The fast - growing company (which ranked No. 499 on the 2013 PROFIT 500 ranking of Canada's Fastest - Growing Companies) had already established
a sales beachhead in Colorado, and is developing a presence in Australia, says president and co-founder Scott MacDonald.
Opinion differs on whether Research In Motion, based in Waterloo, Ont., can buffer its bottom line by establishing a significant
beachhead in the increasingly lucrative tablet market to go along with its ever - growing smartphone
sales, or whether it should close up shop and get out of the game while it still can.