That which was the leader in the emerging market of smartphones company is in trouble is no secret. RIM , Blackberry maker , tries to restructure to cope with the challenges it has to stay in the market. Now, we have known that two board more will leave the company in the coming weeks .
As reportedThe Wall Street Journal , citing sources close to the company, this is Chris Wormald, head of mergers and acquisitions of the company and Rick Costanzo, executive vice president of global sales . Two key positions do not know if they remain vacant for someone to pick up the baton within the company, or simply, the goal is to ease the management structure. Something that would interest RIM to be displayed as a sound ahead of a possible takeover company.
are the first executives to leave the company in recent times. The COO (chief operating officer), Kristian Tear , CMO (chief marketing officer) Frank Boulben and self CEO, Thorsten Heins , announced his departure in late November. All key of a management structure that has failed to maintain a foothold in the market to competition from Apple and Android devices posts.
All these movements may in fact be part of a strategy to adapt to another company to take over the Canadian company after internal restructuring completed. Indeed, the output of the company Thorsten Heins followed a resounding failure in selling Blackberry investment group Fairfax , which ended investing 1,000 million in RIM .
John Chen, the new CEO , said they have no intention of getting rid of its mobile devices division, the main cause of the losses of the company, and ensures they have everything they need to return to build a profitable and sustainable business over time. Chen is one of those known for their ability to turn around situations and turn challenges into profitable businesses with companies executives.
His most notable achievement was won with company Sybase , a provider of business services and its competitor day giant Oracle in the difficult market databases corporate. Chen agreed to it in the late 90s, after nearly sinking the management company. Thirteen years later went from being worth $ 362 million to become so in 5,800 million .
RegardingRIM , Chen said that “I have done this before and I’ve seen this movie.” Apparently, the executive expert feels very sure the chances of success of the company and whether the ultimate goal is to sell as if proceed through own resources, is convinced that there is talent and ability for Blackberry again become a reference player in the smartphone market.
alt=”"/> Purriños Andrés is a technology journalist. He was Director of Computer Hoy and has participated in the launch of several of Axel Springer journals. He has also been a software developer. He is passionate about phones, tablets and any technology that can be carried. + Google+ Profile of Andrew Purriños
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