Research In Motion Ltd (RIMM)

ORLANDO, FLORIDA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/18/10 --
Lotusphere - To support the growing interest by enterprises for mobile collaboration and social networking, Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) today announced that it is further mobilizing IBM (NYSE: IBM) Lotus® Software on the BlackBerry® platform.

RIM is launching today the new BlackBerry® Client for IBM Lotus® Quickr®, enabling secure mobile access to IBM's document-based collaboration software from BlackBerry® smartphones. RIM is also releasing a new version of the BlackBerry® Client for IBM Lotus® Connections® for enterprise social networking. These applications, along with the BlackBerry® Client for IBM Lotus® Sametime® for unified communications and collaboration, deliver secure, deeply integrated and intuitive mobile experiences for enterprise customers on the BlackBerry platform.

"Just as RIM securely and efficiently mobilized Lotus Domino email on the BlackBerry platform, we are mobilizing collaboration and social networking for businesses," said David Yach, CTO for Software at Research In Motion. "We have built these powerful BlackBerry applications for Lotus Software in order to make it very easy for mobile workers to tap into their enterprise knowledge-bases and stay connected with colleagues; and, equally important, we have made it easy for IT departments to align with corporate policies and efficiently deliver these capabilities in a protected and manageable environment."

The BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr makes content sharing easy and secure. BlackBerry smartphone users can quickly and easily navigate IBM Lotus Quickr libraries and folders; upload, preview or download content; and edit files within Quickr's version controls. The application also tightly integrates with the BlackBerry Email application and the Documents To Go® suite on a BlackBerry smartphone - allowing users to edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files - for a robust and seamless work experience.

The BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections extends key IBM Lotus Connections components to BlackBerry smartphones, including the ability to work with IBM Lotus Connections Profiles, Communities, Bookmarks, Activities and Blogs. The Client also tightly integrates with core BlackBerry smartphone applications for phone, email, browser, tasks, contacts and camera to create a seamless and intuitive user experience.

Updates to the server component - the BlackBerry Social Networking Application Proxy server - optimizes the data sent between IBM Lotus Connections or IBM Lotus Quickr and BlackBerry smartphones in order to improve performance and minimize data plan usage. Administrators can also generate usage reports.

The BlackBerry applications for IBM Lotus Quickr and Lotus Connections offer a range of benefits to enterprise customers including:

--  Fast access to information - There's no need to launch the browser and
    log in, and no time spent waiting for web pages to render.

--  Optimized for mobile use - The BlackBerry Clients are deeply integrated
    with core applications in the smartphone for a seamless and intuitive
    experience.

--  Multitasking - The BlackBerry smartphone OS allows multiple applications
    to run at the same time, which makes them ideal for social networking
    and collaboration while mobile.

--  Market-leading end-to-end security - Integration with BlackBerry®
    Enterprise Server provides very strong encryption and high security
    standards, a top requirement by CIOs for the use of social networking
    and collaboration solutions in the enterprise.

--  Mobile application management - Leveraging the over-the-air application
    push capabilities, robust IT policies and advanced controls of
    BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, IT departments can save a tremendous
    amount of time when deploying these apps, especially when deployments
    involve hundreds or thousands of users.

For more information about BlackBerry apps for IBM Lotus software, visit www.blackberry.com/go/lotus.

About Research In Motion (RIM)

Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld(TM) product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

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