My Work on Mike Lazairdis
Founders: Mike Lazairdis and Doug Fregin
Company Information: RIM, which was named way back in 1984 when the company was started by Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin, was renamed as a part of the major changes the company is undergoing.
The Canadian company was one of the top brands in 2008,
Logo: The old RIM logos were replaced by the new BlackBerry boarding’s overnight.
Year Founded: The company BlackBerry was founded in 1984, Waterloo, Canada.
Headquarters: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada BlackBerry Limited, Headquarters.
Current CEO: John S. Chen is the CEO of BlackBerry Ltd.
How BlackBerry Started: RIM's early development was financed by Canadian institutional and venture capital investors in 1995 through a private placement in the privately held company.
In 1999 RIM introduced the BlackBerry 850 pager.
Named in reference to the resemblance of its keyboard's keys to
the druplets of the blackberry fruit, the device could
receive push email from a Microsoft Exchange Serverusing its
complementary server software, BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES).
The introduction of the BlackBerry set the stage for future enterprise-oriented products from the company such as the BlackBerry 957 in April 2000, the first BlackBerry smartphone.
The BlackBerry OS platform and BES continued to increase in
functionality while the incorporation
of encryption and S/MIME support helped BlackBerry devices
gain increased usage by governments and businesses.
Experience of the Founder: In 1979 he enrolled at the University of Waterloo in electrical engineering with an option in computer science. In 1984 Lazaridis responded to a request for proposal from General Motors to develop a network computer control display system. GM awarded him a contract.
He dropped out of university that year just two months before he was
scheduled to graduate. The GM contract,
a small government grant and a loan from Lazaridis's parents enabled Lazaridis,
Mike Barnstijn and Douglas Fregin to launch Research In Motion.
One of the company's first achievements was the development
of barcode technology for film.
RIM plowed the profits from that into wireless data transmission
research, eventually leading to the introduction of
the BlackBerry wireless mobile device in 1999 and its better-known
version in 2002.
Where the Company Started: Waterloo, Canada.
What Problem the Company was Solving: The problems Blackberry were having was synchronizing emails and messaging so Blackberry invented BBM (Blackberry Messenger) which was unique. This issue was solved due to the creation of the BBM system and it's positive influence to the public.
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