...Richman Company’s, Final Project “Corey Networks” Situation: Operation Richman’s Company You are a networking security intern at Richman. You have asked to submit a proposal to Richman senior management. In the proposal, you must choose to address seven of the following and relate it to the appropriate SSCP domains: Issue one. Based on the premise that Richman has 5,000 employees throughout the main office and several branch offices, you must research solutions and detail the appropriate access controls including policies, standards, and procedures that define who users are, what they can do, which resources they can access, and which operations they can perform on a system. Issue two. Based on the premise that most of the managers have BlackBerry devices for instant communications and all employees are provided cell phones, you must research and detail the cryptography methods to protect organizational information using techniques that ensure its integrity, confidentiality, authenticity, and non-repudiation, and the recovery of encrypted information in its original form. Issue three. Based on the premise that there is a mix of computer running Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X, you must research and devise a plan to thwart malicious code and activity by implementing countermeasures and prevention techniques for dealing with viruses, worms, logic bombs, Trojan horses, and other related forms of intentionally created deviant code. Issue...
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...Research in Motion and Blackberry Word count (to nearest 100) MKT 201 : 11 am section. Instructor: Professor Deepak Outline Company Overview and Project Focus Research in Motion (RIM) is one of Canada’s companies that are declared in its US official website to be “a global leader in wireless innovation, [that] revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry® solution in 1999” (“Research In Motion”, n.d.). The BlackBerry product line includes the BlackBerry Playbook tablet, BlackBerry smartphone, and software for businesses and accessories. RIM launched the Blackberry smartphone in 1999. Indeed, RIM was a global leader with a strong position in the world market in early 2000s. RIM was first to understand that mobile application had to be simple to use. Company Mission and Vision Every company strives to satisfy its customer needs by implementing the strategies within the company’s mission and vision. A mission statement describes the firm’s objectives of the activities it plans to take. However, the vision statement includes the steps that should be taken to achieve the company’s goals and strategies. RIM’s mission statement states, “To develop socially and professionally responsible and proactive managers and leaders with holistic perspectives and competencies” (Ricketts, 2011). To denote furthermore, the mission emphasizes on hiring highly skilled employees that are able to deliver products of value...
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...14 BlackBerry: The Long Journey of Missteps, Failure, and Change For Better. The self-reflective analysis of BlackBerry Limited’s change management Written by: Josephine Carolina Andjaya (3169628) Tutorial: A2 ; Tutor name: Dr. Huong Ha Executive Summary (Abstract) Nowadays, dynamism and complexity of company’s surrounding environments have pushed the company to change. To survive, companies started to compare, analyze gaps between current company position and desired state, and search for ‘best change practices’ to solve the puzzle. In the name of old glory and freedom from financial crisis, the tangled-clueless BlackBerry Limited has gone through critical situation since 2011 until deciding to kick-out Thorsten Heins and replaced him with John Chen as their new CEO in November 2013 to act as change agent transforming the company. With expertise, suitable leadership style, creative mind and teamwork, in less than a year, John Chen has proven satisfying outcomes and closed to “profitable state” that invite global citizens’ curiosity. This report highlights the 3 changes John Chen has done such as: leadership change, change in business structure, and change in business strategies, compared to ex-CEO Thorsten Heins’ change management; Overcoming the resistance of changes which is the pessimistic organization culture is also one of Chen’s achievement. The Action Research Model becomes platform of change application stages (institutionalization), changes must be preceded by...
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...------------------------------------------------- History Mike Lazaridis - Founder and former co-CEO of BlackBerry The first BlackBerry device, the 850, was introduced in 1999 as a two-way pager in Munich, Germany. The name BlackBerry was coined by the marketing company Lexicon Branding. The name was chosen due to the resemblance of the keyboard's buttons to that of the drupelets that compose the blackberry fruit. In 2003, the more commonly known smart phone BlackBerry was released, which supports push email, mobile telephone, text messaging, Internet network. BlackBerry first made headway in the marketplace by concentrating on email. RIM currently offers BlackBerry email service to non-BlackBerry devices, such as the Palm Treo, through its BlackBerry Connect software. The original BlackBerry device had a monochrome display, but all current models have colour displays. All models, except for the Storm series and the all-touch Torch 9850/9860 have a built-in QWERTY keyboard, optimized for "thumbing", the use of only the thumbs to type. The Storm 1 and Storm 2 include a Sure Type keypad for typing. Originally, system navigation was achieved with the use of a scroll wheel mounted on the right side of phones prior to the 8700. The track wheel was replaced by the trackball with the introduction of the Pearl series which allowed for 4 way scrolling. The trackball was replaced by the optical track pad with the introduction of the Curve 8500 series. Models made to use iDEN networks...
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...MARKETING PLAN FOR THE MOBILE PHONE MANUFACTURING BUSINESS (BLACKBERRY) 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective profitability of BlackBerry, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats they have in the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) market and how to overcome it. Bmobile, one of T&T’s mobile providers has been distributing BlackBerry for over 5 years and they have 6 main outlets but over 100 authorized partners throughout T&T. BlackBerry, T&T’s most popular Smartphone device has been chosen because of its traditional business appeal and product development in order to respond to the local pressures and sustain in a highly competitive business environment. Blackberry has been in the T&T market for 8 years and possess approximately 41% market share. Blackberry’s regional director Sean Killen recognised that they had a great customer base in the T&T market and couldn’t give customers what they needed and he said “loyal customers deserve the latest technology and hardware, the most modern and innovative navigation systems in a Smartphone. As such, in a bid to remain viable in the local mobile market, Bmobile carried out market research to determine the preference of consumers and their attitudes and perception of Blackberry. This brand of mobile phones is best known for its technological advancement and as a basis for investigation, PESTLE analysis, Porter’s competitive forces have been...
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...Glass Door Comments BlackBerry Reviews Updated Dec 11, 2013 All Employees Current Employees Only 3.4 796 reviews 57% of employees recommend this company to a friend 796 Employee Reviews Bottom of Form Review Highlights Pros: * "Great environment combined with a perfect work-life balance" in 49 reviews * "Great work environment/culture which makes it a fun place to work" in 45 reviews * "Good benefits; Good company to work for till profits started to slide off" in 36 reviews * "Lots of great people at the company, learned a lot and inspired my career in technology" in 33 reviews * "Good pay, great management, I felt like the work I was doing was important for the company" in 30 reviews Cons: * "No work life balance, limited career advancement, lack of good benefits of tech companies" in 20 reviews * "Senior management (C-Level) does no communicate down to employees well" in 27 reviews * "Poor management decision making processes - not innovative" in 18 reviews * "Upper management doesn't listen to people lower down that actually know what they're talking about" in 15 reviews * "Many bad/useless middle management built up over the years but the layoff did some clean up" in 13 reviews Reviews Dec 8, 2013 “Loved the company and the people.” Software Development Manager (Former Employee) Rolling Meadows, IL I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than 5 years Pros – BlackBerry was a great company...
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...Module Assessment Project Management and Research Methods BY Clifford Imaguezegie ABSTRACT The fast growing telecoms industry in a dynamic environment requires effective innovation management, strategic collaboration and stringent product development processes. In achieving this, project management principles, tools and techniques as well as appropriate and applicable research processes need to be applied. In a bid to for 3GM to reverse continuous drops in market share, a new marketing campaign plan has been drawn up which is to be implemented using project management principles and techniques. Possible reasons for market penetration drops are identified; market research tools are analysed, effective research method is adopted and used to strategize future forecasts. Approaches to assessment of offered features by 3GM are recommended according to customer perception of the features. All approaches to be taken stand to reverse alarming depreciating 3GM market share and secure an appreciable market share for the future. Table of Contents 1. Introduction …………………………………………….……..………………... 4 2. Marketing Campaign and Planning...…………………….….……..……………... 5 2.1. Strategy Development ……………………………….…….………..…………... 5 2.1.1. Market Review .…..…………………………………….………..…………. 5 2.1.2. Technology Review …..…….………………………….…………..……….. 6 2.1.3. Strategy Analysis …..…………………………………….…………..……... 7 2...
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...Course Project: Research In Motion Attempt at Making A Comeback TM583: Strategic Management of Technology Professor Syed Ali Nabeel June 17, 2012 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2. Research In Motion’s Strategy 3.1. Current Strategy 3.2. Projected Strategy 3. Core Competencies 4. Industry Dynamics 5. Technology Sourcing 6. Product Development Strategy 7. Strategy to Protect Innovations 8. Bibliography Executive Summary This document has been prepared to provide RIM, the makers of Blackberry, with a new insight for a strategic plan that will aid the organization into becoming a fair market leader once more. RIM transformed into a dominating force in the cell phone industry between the early 1990s and late 2006 with innovative technology for their Blackberry Smartphones. As an avid Blackberry user, I’ve seen RIM prosper into a fine organization, but most recently the company has been in a downturn. Research and Development hasn’t been effective in creating products with greater return on investment (ROI). With all the new technological advances in the cell phone industry, competitors Apple and the Google Android market, has gained several new customers from RIM. This is mostly due to RIM’s lack of new product innovativeness, such as design and improved system functionality. RIM’s revenue has suffered greatly from what makers of the iPhone and Android product-line has placed on the market for consumers and businesses...
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...on the product’s high level of security, which is most attractive to these consumers due to the nature of their careers. By promoting its product to a segment of consumers who have yet to be satisfied with excellent privacy encryption technology, RIM will achieve a competitive advantage and gain the loyalty of these customers who rely on the protection of sensitive information. Concluding this report will be the implementation process needed to succeed in launching the PlayBook. The marketing plan spans over a two-year time period which will project RIM’s PlayBook into the tablet market strategically. These methods include heavy promotional and advertising activities, the official launch of the PlayBook into the United States, and draws to a close by how RIM can utilize its strengths to assist the company into having a successful future in this industry. Overview Introduction As a new entrant to the tablet industry, Research In Motion will face many challenges in this increasingly competitive market. When RIM’s...
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...Strategy Formulation Capstone Project Contents INTRODUCTION 3 Company Background 3 Strategic Overview 3 Initial Analysis of Objectives 5 EXTERNAL ANALYSES 6 Environmental Scan 6 Political 7 Economic 7 Social 7 Technological 7 Environmental 8 Legal 8 Three Future Trends 9 Scenario 1: Shift from Hardware to Software Focus 9 Scenario 2: Cloud Computing 12 Scenario 3: Developing markets 14 INTERNAL ANALYSIS 15 Resource-Based View Analysis 15 Tangible Resources 15 Intangible resources 17 Value Chain Analysis 18 Primary 18 Secondary 20 Core Competencies Assessment 21 SWOT Analysis 23 GENERIC STRATEGIES 24 DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS 25 Where are they heading? 25 Where would they like to be? 25 How do they get there? 26 RECOMMENDATIONS 27 APPENDIX 28 REFERENCES 33 INTRODUCTION Company Background BlackBerry Limited, previously known as Research In Motion Limited is a wireless telecommunication equipment manufacturer, well known for its brand of smartphones and tablets of the same name. Originally founded in 1984 by Mike Lazardis, the company was managed with a dual CEO structure where Mr. Lazardis oversaw technical functions and partner Jim Balsillie oversaw sales/marketing. When stock prices began to falter, shareholder criticism of this leadership style caused both men stepped down for Thorsten Heins. He ran the company until November 2013, when he was replaced by John Chen, following the collapse of a deal...
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...Research In Motion Limited (RIM) is a Canadian telecommunication and wireless device company best known for developing the Blackberry Smartphone. RIM has his headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and is a sponsor of RIM Park in the northeast of the city. Founded by Mike Lazaridis, who currently serves as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie were keenly interested in this project. History Preceding the time of manufacture of the Smartphone, RIM worked with RAM Mobile Data and Ericsson to turn the development of Ericsson’s Mobitex wireless data network into a two-way paging and wireless e-mail network. The most important in this development was the release of the Interactive pager 950, which started shipping in August 2000. The size of this is about like the bar soap. This device competed against the SkyTel two-way paging network developed by Motorola. Canadian institutional and venture capital investors in 1995 sponsored RIM’s initial development through a private placement in the privately-held company. Working Ventures Canadian Fund Inc. led the first venture round with a $5,000,000 (CAD) investment with the proceeds being used to complete the development of RIM's two-way paging system hardware and software. A total of $30,000,000 (CAD) in pre-IPO financing was raised by the company prior to its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in January, 1998 under the symbol RIM. RIM has released a variety of devices running on GSM, CDMA, and Motorola iDEN...
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...Exchange 2007 t0 Office 365 Migration Project Jessica Graf ISTM5015 - Complex IT Glob Enterprise Sys Capella University Dr. Jose Lepervanche September 13, 2014 Table of Contents Project Description 3 Problem Statement 5 Benefits 6 End State 6 Deliverables 7 Scope 7 Stakeholders and Project Roles 8 Tasks and Schedule 9 Budget Cost 9 Risk Management 10 Communications and Reporting Plan 10 Change Control Management 10 Project Repository 11 Implementation Plan 11 High Level Tasks 12 Figure 1 High-Level Tasks/Milestones 12 Budget for Project 13 Figure 2: Project Cost Summary 14 Human and Technology Resources 14 Figure 3 Breakdown of Project Roles 15 Risk Plan 15 Figure 4 Project Risks 16 Communication and Reporting Plan 17 Meetings 17 Figure 5 Standing Meetings Summary 17 Status Reports 18 Status Report 19 Meeting Minutes: 20 Project Status Summary 20 Project Progress/Accomplishments 20 Attention Areas 21 Project Schedule Issues/Updates 21 Deliverables 22 Cost Reports 22 Figure 6: Project Costs 22 Summary Resources: 23 Figure 7: Resource Allocation Summary 23 Goals for Next Week Review 23 Table 1: Goals and Responsibility 23 Project Dashboard 25 Figure 1: Project Dashboard as of August 16, 2014 25 Work Accomplished 27 Figure 2: WBS Tasks Completed 27 Updated WBS 28 Figure 3: Updated WBS 28 Project Cost Summary 30 Figure 4: Project Expenditures Summary 30 Resource Usage log 31 ...
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...Towson University | Blackberry | Consumer Profile Analysis | | Anna Chapman, Tyra Enoch, Bradford Bauer, David Stup | 12/13/2011 | Executive Summary Recently, Blackberry has fallen short in their technology innovation. This has allowed competitors to enter the market with newer innovations and better research to please consumers. By initially only targeting the business professional, Blackberry eliminated their appeal to a large chunk of the market. The new proposed target market of young professionals, 18-25, was evaluated through focus groups. The focus groups allowed insight into consumer demands, which included reliability for use in everyday life. The launch and creation of the Blackberry Sport can meet the consumer demands in style as well as technology advancement, which ultimately may make Blackberry the top smartphone once again. Table of Contents Executive Summary1 Blackberry Introduction3 Company Overview4 Current Target Market; Benefit Segmentation4 Identification of New Target Market6 Focus Group Research7 Analysis of New Target Market10 Common Consumption Behaviors10 Target Market Decision Making Process12 Product Modifications and Recommendations14 Works Cited19 Blackberry Introduction Research in Motion, the forefront of enterprise mobile communications in this decade was founded with the business professional in mind. Founded in 1984 the company was based off a product called Blackberry. Charging a fee for a pager like device...
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...and leadership in BlackBerry: 4 Analyzing the impact of management and leadership styles on strategic decisions in the organization in BlackBerry 5 Evaluation of how leadership style can adapted to different situations in McDonalds. 6 The impact that selected theories of management and leadership have on organizational strategy 7 Creating a leadership strategy that supports organizational direction: 9 Appropriate methods to review current leadership requirements in BlackBerry: 11 Planning for the development of future situations requiring leadership in BlackBerry: 13 Planning the development of leadership skills for a specific requirement 14 The usefulness of the methods used to plan the development of leadership skills 16 Conclusion and recommendation: 17 References: 18 Introduction BlackBerry is a renowned company in the marker which has made a 3% of total mobile device sales among the all companies worldwide in the year 2011. BlackBerry was at that time one of the most popular device maker and holds its position in sixth (among the devices the 25% of mobile device sales are smartphones). The BlackBerry Internet Service to the consumer is one of the most powerful services which are available in 91 countries worldwide. At September 2012 BlackBerry made eighty million subscribers worldwide which is a very appreciable amount. From a statistics in 2011 the Caribbean and Latin America were the most highest in the amount of user of BlackBerry smartphones worldwide...
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...Company Members Project scope statement Project Title: Improve Network Structure for Lawyers Firm Date: June 27, 2012 Document prepared by: Email: * We will provide our clients with IT solutions that offer practical value today while positioning them to meet the business and technological needs of tomorrow. With our constant focus on improved business results, we will make and build definitive plans for the best and most economical IT hardware and solutions. Our goal is to ensure a solid network as well as a state of the art design and equipment for a Law Firm’s work environment. Assure that appropriate telecommunications and computing resources are available to support the mission of the firm Assure that each staff member who uses telecommunications and computing resources in his or her position has a computer of sufficient capability to fulfill their required job responsibilities Ease resource and financial planning by reducing the effort involved in budgeting and planning for new telephone units, computers, network, classroom equipment and server systems. Provide for the cost effective and timely purchasing and installation of new equipment while decreasing the deployment time for new equipment; and disposal of old and obsolete equipment. ------------------------------------------------- Deliverables Dell Desktops and laptops Cisco Routers, switches, and Ip phones will be installed and configured Firewalls will be installed Blade server holding case will be provided...
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