As of March 1, 2008, RIM had 8,387 employees, including: 2,910 in the advanced research, product development, standards and licensing areas; 1,076 in sales, marketing and business development; 1,355 in customer care and technical support; 1,552 in manufacturing and 1,494 in administration, which includes information technology, BlackBerry network operations and service development, finance, legal, facilities and corporate administration.