Aankondiging • Apr 08
BlackBerry Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2026 BlackBerry Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2026. Aankondiging • Nov 18
BlackBerry Limited Announces President Changes at its QNX Division BlackBerry Limited announced the appointment of John Wall as President of its QNX division, effective immediately 17 November 2025. Wall will report to BlackBerry CEO, John J. Giamatteo. Wall, widely recognized as a leading authority in embedded software, has been an integral member of the QNX team since joining in 1993. He has held roles of escalating seniority within the organization, including in product engineering, service delivery and sales, and most recently served as the division's Chief Operating Officer. Wall has overseen the planning, design and development of QNX's product portfolio and played a key role in driving its significant growth in automotive and general embedded systems. Wall holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Carleton University. Wall will succeed Mattias Eriksson, who has decided to pursue other opportunities outside of BlackBerry. Eriksson will remain as an advisor to the company until December 31, 2025 to ensure a smooth transition. Aankondiging • Apr 09
BlackBerry Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2025 BlackBerry Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2025. Aankondiging • Mar 08
BlackBerry Limited Announces Step Down of Marjorie Dickman as Chief Government Affairs and Public Policy Officer On February 28, 2025, Marjorie Dickman stepped down from her position as Chief Government Affairs and Public Policy Officer of BlackBerry Limited to pursue corporate board and other opportunities. Ms. Dickman will remain with the Company as Special Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer until May 31, 2025. Ms. Dickman’s departure is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on matters related to its strategy, operations, policies or practices. Aankondiging • Feb 04
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. completed the acquisition of Cylance assets from BlackBerry Limited. Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cylance assets from BlackBerry Limited on December 15, 2024. Under the terms of the agreement, Arctic Wolf will acquire the Company’s Cylance® endpoint security assets for a purchase price consisting of $160 million of cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments set forth in the Equity and Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Cash Consideration”), and 5.5 million common shares in Arctic Wolf (the “Equity Consideration”). After giving effect to the purchase price adjustments to the Cash Consideration, the Company will receive approximately $80 million of the Cash Consideration and the Equity Consideration at closing of the transaction, and approximately $40 million of the Cash Consideration on the one-year anniversary of closing.
In addition, the Equity and Asset Purchase Agreement provides that, on the closing date of the transaction, the Company and Arctic Wolf will enter into (i) a non-exclusive patent license agreement, (ii) a partner agreement pursuant to which the Company will agree to resell certain products and services of Arctic Wolf, and (iii) a strategic customer support agreement, pursuant to which Arctic Wolf will agree to provide certain customer support services to the Company. The proposed transaction is subject to the provision of customary closing deliverables and satisfaction of customary conditions and is expected to close in BlackBerry’s fourth fiscal quarter. Perella Weinberg Partners LP served as exclusive financial adviser to BlackBerry and Chere See and Erik Knudsen of Morrison Foerster LLP served as legal adviser to BlackBerry. Cooley LLP served as legal adviser to Arctic Wolf.
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. completed the acquisition of Cylance assets from BlackBerry Limited on February 3, 2025. Aankondiging • Jan 18
BlackBerry Limited Announces Resignation of Jay Chai as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, Effective January 31, 2025 On January 15, 2025, Jay Chai resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of BlackBerry Limited (the Company"), with effect as of January 31, 2025. Mr. Chai is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities and his resignation is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on matters related to its strategy, operations, policies or practices. Aankondiging • Jan 03
BlackBerry Limited to Report Q4, 2025 Results on Apr 02, 2025 BlackBerry Limited announced that they will report Q4, 2025 results on Apr 02, 2025 Aankondiging • Dec 17
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cylance assets from BlackBerry Limited for CAD 160 million. Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cylance assets from BlackBerry Limited for CAD 160 million on December 16, 2024. Under the terms of the agreement, BlackBerry will sell its Cylance assets to Arctic Wolf for CAD 160 million of cash, subject to certain adjustments, and approximately 5.5 million common shares of Arctic Wolf. After allowing for the purchase price adjustments, BlackBerry will receive approximately CAD 80 million of cash at closing and approximately CAD 40 million of cash one year following the closing. The proposed transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in BlackBerry’s fourth fiscal quarter. Perella Weinberg Partners LP served as exclusive financial adviser to BlackBerry and Chere See and Erik Knudsen of Morrison Foerster LLP served as legal adviser to BlackBerry. Cooley LLP served as legal adviser to Arctic Wolf. Aankondiging • Dec 12
BlackBerry Limited and TTTech Auto Launch New MotionWise Scheduling Solution for QNX 8 BlackBerry Limited and TTTech Auto announced a solution that addresses the growing complexities automotive developers are facing as the industry doubles down on its push towards Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs). MotionWise Schedule for QNX®? Software Development Platform (SDP) 8.0 accelerates software development for automakers building SDVs and helps to enable the safe, real-time execution of applications running on QNX®? SDP 8.0. As vehicle software becomes increasingly complex while maintaining real-time system properties, the demand for products that enable safety, reliability, and precise timing execution is growing. MotionWise Schedule forQNX SDP 8.0 addresses this need by providing a high-performance runtime environment with deterministic task scheduling. This enables optimized resource utilization and is supported by a correct-by-design tool-suite, significantly reducing design and configuration efforts for the embedded runtime. Simplifying complex integration tasks to speed up GTM: In SDV projects, manual configuration of schedulers can lead to cumbersome cycles of repeated testing and iterations. With each code alteration, new feature addition or software release, the process re-starts, causing delays in production timelines and in tandem, adding to program costs. MotionWise Schedule for Q NX simplifies the daily work of software developers, replacing countless manual processes by generating scheduling solutions in a single automated step. New software applications can be added incrementally without compromising quality, meaning the time to bring new software to market is significantly reduced, drastically cutting the cost of new vehicle projects, where even a few days of production delay is detrimental. QNX and TTTech Auto will demo MotionWise Schedule for QnX at CES Jan. 7 - 10 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Visit QNX at Booth #4224 in the West Hall, or schedule a meeting with a spokesperson here. MotionWise Schedule for Quebec SDP 8.0 will be available in early 2025. For more information on how BlackBerry QNX's portfolio of embedded software solutions can help accelerate safety-certification, ensure reliability and reduce development time, visit BlackBerry QNX. Aankondiging • Oct 02
BlackBerry Limited Appoints Veteran Lisa Bahash to its Board of Directors BlackBerry Limited announced that it has appointed automotive OEM and Tier 1 supplier veteran Lisa Bahash to its Board of Directors, effective September 26, 2024. Ms. Bahash is an executive leader with over 30 years of experience in the automotive OEM. She served as Senior Vice President, Automotive and Transportation with Jabil Inc. Prior to Jabil, Ms. Bahash was Group Vice President and General Manager of Johnson Control's Power Solutions business, leading the OEM and technology strategies including advanced energy storage and lithium-ion technologies. She was also President and CEO of Ride Control, LLC (Gabriel), where she accelerated growth and completed a successful sale of the business. Ms. Bahash began her career at Ford Motor Company where she worked for 10 years in a variety of positions. Most recently, she served as Principal and Operating Partner at Architect Equity LLC. Ms. Bahash holds a Master of Engineering Management degree from Wayne State University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. She is a member of the Board of Directors at Syrah Resources Ltd., where she serves as Chair of the Remuneration, Nomination and Governance Committee and as a member of the Sustainability Committee. Ms. Bahash is also a former director of Mattr Corp., formerly Shawcor Ltd. In 2015, Ms. Bahash was recognized as one of Automotive News Top 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry. In connection with the appointment of Ms. Bahash, the Board increased the total number of directors to eight, seven of whom are independent directors, including Ms. Bahash. Aankondiging • Sep 27
Blackberry Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter Ending November 30, 2024 and the Full Fiscal Year Ending February 28, 2025 BlackBerry Limited provided earnings guidance for the third quarter ending November 30, 2024 and the full fiscal year ending February 28, 2025. For the quarter, the company expects Total BlackBerry revenue in the range of $146 million- $154 million.
For the full year, the company expects Total BlackBerry revenue in the range $591 million - $616 million. Aankondiging • Sep 04
HaleyTek AB and BlackBerry Limited Announce the Launch of Haleytek's Generic Automotive Platform HaleyTek AB and BlackBerry Limited announced the launch of HaleyTek's Generic Automotive Platform (GAP), a cockpit software platform. GAP provides access to a seamless, agile Android Automotive development environment, accelerating the time-to-market for next-generation infotainment systems. BlackBerry QNX is providing the QNX Hypervisor for Safety and QNX Sound platform for GAP, which will offer OEMs access to two long-awaited enabling technologies for next generation automotive cockpits; Software Defined Audio (SDA) and VirtIO. SDA delivers superior software-based acoustic and audio experiences for consumers, while enabling significant Bill-of-Material (BOM) savings and the ability to generate new subscription revenue through personalized audio software features after the sale of the vehicle. It will also extend the lifecycle of these systems, offering over-the-air (OTA) Android™ and security updates to enable a safe, connected future. With a focus on sustainable innovation, HaleyTek and BlackBerry QNX are dedicated to ensuring that their advanced collaborative platforms not only meet but further enable the next generation of cockpit consolidation and better ecosystem and consumer experiences based on software. Aankondiging • Aug 01
BlackBerry Limited Announces Chief Financial Officer Changes BlackBerry Limited announced Tim Foote has been appointed as the company's Chief Financial Officer, effective 30 July 2024. Foote will report to BlackBerry CEO, John J. Giamatteo. Foote joined the company following BlackBerry's acquisition of Good Technology in 2015 and brings more than 20 years of experience across a number of senior finance leadership positions. While at BlackBerry, Foote's roles have included managing the company's international finance operations, Vice President of Investor Relations and, most recently, CFO for the Cybersecurity division. Foote holds an MBA from Imperial College Business School, London and is a Chartered Accountant. Foote will succeed Steve Rai, who has decided to pursue other opportunities outside of the company. Giamatteo, and the rest of the BlackBerry Board, thank Steve for his contributions to the Company since 2014 and wish him well in his future endeavors. Rai will remain with BlackBerry until September in a consulting role in order to help facilitate a smooth transition. Aankondiging • Jul 31
BlackBerry Limited Announces Executive Changes BlackBerry Limited has appointed Jay Chai as the company's chief accounting officer. Chai has been Vice President and Corporate Controller at BlackBerry since May 2019 and will leverage his deep expertise in financial reporting and operations for this new, expanded role and responsibilities. Fraser Deziel has been promoted to the role of Corporate Controller. Deziel has been with BlackBerry since November 2009 and was most recently Senior Director of Financial Reporting and Treasury. Aankondiging • May 03
Blackberry Introduces Cylance Assistant, the Next Level of Cybersecurity with Generative AI Capabilities BlackBerry Limited announced the general availability of Cylance Assistant, a generative AI cybersecurity advisor that will help organizations speed up decision-making and stop more threats faster with fewer resources. Cylance Assistant brings together a set of advanced capabilities that leverage the power of Cylance AI to do more with less. These AI-driven features are built into the Cylance cybersecurity platform. Cylance Assistant provides fast, expert guidance and valuable recommendations to security analysts to enhance your security operations center. It simplifies complex cybersecurity issues by analyzing large quantities of data and combining it with our threat research to deliver recommendations in plain language. It virtually looks over the shoulder of each analyst to evaluate, interpret, and suggest the best course of action in real-time. Unlike competitor offerings, there is no need to step away from your workflow to ask a chatbot what you should do. The Cylance Assistant understands the context and provides expert guidance without asking. The result is quicker investigations and reasonable resolution of security threats. With Cylance AI always available on demand, security analysts can now identify and block a broader range of threats, expedite investigations, and make rapid decisions. The introduction of Cylance AI, the industry's longest-running predictive AI, along with Cylance Assistant, empowers security teams to take complete control of their operations, outmaneuvering sophisticated threat actors who employ adversarial AI and polymorphic malware. Cylance Assistant uses privacy-preserved, responsible AI principles and doesn't share customer data to train models. It is included with CylanceENDPOINT to maximize budget and simplify operations. BlackBerry's Cylance Assistant utilizes Amazon Web Services' (AWS) Generative AI service Amazon Bedrock to help organizations greatly enhance their cyber security operations and achieve better outcomes. Amazon Bedrock provides foundation model choice from leading AI providers via a single API for companies to build and scale generative AI applications. Aankondiging • Apr 06
BlackBerry Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2024 BlackBerry Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 25, 2024. Aankondiging • Feb 08
Blackberry Limited Announces Board and Committee Changes BlackBerry Limited announced that it has appointed IoT technology veteran Philip Brace to its board of directors, effective February 8, 2024. Mr. Brace will serve as a member of the Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee of the Board. Mr. Brace has an extensive background in the IoT, semiconductor, server and storage industries. His roles over the past 3 decades include a wide array of functions, including software, hardware, engineering, marketing, and sales. Most recently, from July 2021 to January 2023, Mr. Brace served as President and CEO of leading Canadian wireless communications designer, Sierra Wireless Inc., where he led the company through operational improvements that increased profits by more than 100% and grew revenue by more than 40%, culminating in a successful acquisition by Semtech Corporation. Prior to this, Mr. Brace served as Executive Vice President at Veritas Technologies, President of Seagate Technology's Cloud Systems and Electronic Solutions, Executive Vice President at LSI Corporation, and General Manager at Intel Corporation. Mr. Brace holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University, Sacramento. He has also participated in the Stanford University Directors' Consortium. Mr. Brace is also a member of the Board of Directors at Lantronix Inc. and Inseego Corp. BlackBerry also announced that Prem Watsa has decided to resign from the BlackBerry Board of Directors as of February 15, 2024, in connection with the Company's repayment at maturity of its $150 million principal amount convertible debentures held by affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, of which Mr. Watsa is Chairman and CEO. Mr. Watsa has served as a director of the Company since November 2013 and was a member of the Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors. He also previously served as a director of the Company from January 2012 to August 2013. Following the appointment of Mr. Brace and the resignation of Mr. Watsa, the Board will have 7 members, 6 of whom are independent directors. Aankondiging • Dec 21
BlackBerry Limited Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending February 29, 2024 BlackBerry Limited provided earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal year ending February 29, 2024. For the quarter, the company expects total company revenue to be in the range of $150 million - $159 million. Aankondiging • Nov 15
BlackBerry Limited announced that it expects to receive $150 million in funding from Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited BlackBerry Limited announced that it has entered into an agreement with certain controlled affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited to issue 1.75% extendable convertible unsecured debentures for the gross proceeds of $150,000,000 on November 13, 2023. The Extension Debentures will be convertible into Common Shares at a price of $6.00 per Common Share and will be due on or about February 14, 2024, with an option for the parties to extend the maturity date to on or about May 14, 2024, by mutual agreement. The conversion price represents a premium of approximately 64.8% to the closing price of the Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on November 10, 2023, and the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of all of the Extension Debentures would represent approximately 4.3% of the current issued and outstanding Common Shares. The closing of the Transaction is subject to customary conditions, including approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. The Transaction is expected to be completed on or before November 17, 2023. The offer and sale of the Extension Debentures, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Extension Debentures, if any, will be made to accredited investors in reliance on the exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and will not be registered pursuant to the Securities Act or any state securities laws. Aankondiging • Nov 05
Blackberry Limited Announces Chief Executive Officer Changes BlackBerry Limited announced that John Chen, Executive Chair of the Board of Directors will retire from his roles at the Company effective November 4, 2023. Mr. Chen’s retirement is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on matters related to its strategy, operations, policies or practices. In addition, on October 30, 2023, the Company announced that Richard (Dick) Lynch, 75, will succeed Mr. Chen as Chair of the Board and will also serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer while BlackBerry completes its search for a permanent Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lynch has served as a director of the Company since 2013 and been President of FB Associates, LLC since 2011. Previously, Mr, Lynch served as Chief Technology Officer of Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless. Mr. Lynch joined the BlackBerry Board in 2013 and serves as a member of its Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee. He previously served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer of Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless. He is a director of Cohere Technologies and iconectiv and has served as Chairman of Ribbon Communications and as a director of Ruckus Wireless. Aankondiging • Nov 04
Blackberry Limited Announces Board Changes BlackBerry Limited announced that John Chen, Executive Chair of the Board of Directors will retire from his roles at the Company effective November 4, 2023. Mr. Chen’s retirement is not the result of any disagreement with the Company on matters related to its strategy, operations, policies or practices. In addition, on October 30, 2023, the Company announced that Richard (Dick) Lynch, 75, will succeed Mr. Chen as Chair of the Board and will also serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer while BlackBerry completes its search for a permanent Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lynch has served as a director of the Company since 2013 and been President of FB Associates, LLC since 2011. Previously, Mr, Lynch served as Chief Technology Officer of Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless. Mr. Lynch joined the BlackBerry Board in 2013 and serves as a member of its Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee. He previously served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer of Verizon Communications and Verizon Wireless. He is a director of Cohere Technologies and iconectiv and has served as Chairman of Ribbon Communications and as a director of Ruckus Wireless. Aankondiging • Oct 17
Blackberry Limited Announces Generative AI Powered Cybersecurity Assistant BlackBerry Limited announced its new Generative AI powered assistant for Security Operations Center (SOC) teams. The enterprise-grade solution acts as a SOC Analyst providing Generative AI based cyberthreat analysis and support to enhance CISO operations. It leverages private large language models (LLMs) for greater accuracy and data privacy. The solution, which will be available to BlackBerry's Cylance®? AI customers, predicts customer needs to proactively provide information rather than requiring users to manually ask questions and compresses research hours into seconds. Fully integrated in the Cylance Console, it produces a natural workflow instead of an efficient chatbot experience. Cylance launched as the industry's first AI cybersecurity solution and the industry's first predictive cybersecurity solution. Predictive cybersecurity is a must for emerging cyber risks and seen as the future of cybersecurity. BlackBerry has delivered transformative innovation for almost forty years and continues to set a standard in the technology industry. In the field of AI this is evidenced by the company having more than five times the AI/ML patents than competitors and AI being integrated across the company's product portfolio. Furthermore, BlackBerry earlier this month was one of the first signatories of Canada's voluntary Code of Conduct on the responsible development and management of advanced Generative AI systems. Aankondiging • Sep 08
BlackBerry Limited Provides Revenue Guidance for the Second Quarter Fiscal 2024 BlackBerry Limited provided revenue guidance for the second quarter fiscal 2024. For the quarter, Total company revenue expected to be approximately $132 million. Aankondiging • May 19
BlackBerry Limited Provides Revenue Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2024 BlackBerry Limited provided revenue guidance for the fiscal year 2024. The company expects to report total revenue of $665 million - $700 million for the fiscal year 2024. Aankondiging • Aug 03
Blackberry Supports Aerospace and Defense Market with New Future Airborne Capability Environment (Face) Conformance Certification BlackBerry Limited announced its QNX® Software Development Platform 7.1 has achieved conformance to the latest Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) technical standard as a General Purpose Profile Unit of Conformance (UoC), enabling developers to rapidly deploy safe and secure software solutions based on the BlackBerry® QNX® platform to deliver competitive and cost effective defense vehicle capabilities. The FACE Technical Standard is the global open standard for making computing more robust, interoperable, portable and secure. Software conformance with the FACE Technical Standard can be used—and most importantly, easily reused—by suppliers and integrators of systems across different global defense programs. The FACE framework is supported by over 90 international government and industry member organizations. By achieving FACE conformance, BlackBerry QNX can help manufacturers and service providers reduce procurement costs and prevent supplier lock-in. For 40 years, BlackBerry QNX has helped hundreds of aerospace and defense companies around the globe build mission-critical systems and the new FACE accreditation now enables these customers to simplify development, accelerate time to market and reduce costs when building their mission-critical embedded systems. QNX SDP 7.1 is compliant with POSIX PSE54 Multipurpose Realtime 1003.13-2003 standard, making it an easy transition for developers to prototype designs using Linux, and then move to QNX for production programs. In addition, the QNX® OS for Safety and the QNX® Hypervisor for Safety are certified to the latest ISO 26262 ASIL D standard for automotive and IEC 61508 SIL3 for electronic systems, allowing rapid safety certification to be achieved across a wide range of systems and devices. Global companies trust BlackBerry QNX software in a broad range of solutions in automotive, heavy machinery, industrial, rail, robotics, and transportation markets. BlackBerry QNX has powerful portfolio of embedded system software designed for these implementations, including the QNX® Hypervisor and the QNX® Neutrino® Real-time Operating System, in addition to middleware and development tools. Aankondiging • Jun 23
Blackberry Limited Software Is Now Embedded in over 215 Million Vehicles BlackBerry Limited announced that Strategy Analytics, a leading independent research firm, has determined BlackBerry® QNX® software is now embedded in over 215 million vehicles worldwide, an increase of 20 million from the year before. BlackBerry is the market leader for safety-certified embedded software in automotive, trusted by OEMs and Tier 1s across the industry, including BMW, Bosch, Continental, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, and Visteon. Automakers rely on BlackBerry QNX software for a broad range of critical systems for the vehicles of and for the next generation software-defined vehicles of the future, as exampled by the growth announced and the company's design wins with 24 of the top 25 Electric Vehicle OEMs . BlackBerry also announced that its BlackBerry QNX royalty revenue backlog has increased to approximately $560 million at the end of its first quarter of Fiscal Year 2023. This represents a 14% increase, from approximately $490 million last year. The backlog metric is calculated annually using QNX's royalty rates and current projections of anticipated volumes over the lifetime of a design. BlackBerry QNX has recently achieved design wins with industry leaders such as Aptiv, Denso, Ford, GM, Hyundai, LG Electronics, Magna, and Volvo. Strategy Analytics determined the volume of vehicles embedded with BlackBerry QNX software based on the number of BlackBerry QNX products that are shipped in the automotive market and the number of cars that contain BlackBerry QNX products and technology. The vast majority of BlackBerry QNX software products that are integrated and used in automotive ECUs are licensed on a per-unit royalty basis. BlackBerry QNX software includes QNX® Neutrino® OS, QNX® Platform for ADAS, QNX® OS for Safety, QNX® CAR Platform for Infotainment, QNX® Platform for Digital Cockpits, QNX® Hypervisor 2.2 and QNX acoustics middleware. Aankondiging • Jun 15
BlackBerry Limited Strengthens QNX Advanced Virtualization Framework for Android Automotive OS BlackBerry Limited announced an updated version of QNX(R) Advanced Virtualization Frameworks (QAVF) and support for Google's latest Android Automotive OS (AAOS) reference implementation (Trout 1.0). Already in use by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across multiple production programs, this new version of QAVF will further enable embedded automotive software developers to simplify development, accelerate time to market and reduce costs when building Android Automotive OS-based IVI systems. This new development strengthens the company's leadership position within the embedded automotive software market by providing a foundation on which safety and non-safety applications can be easily developed. QNX Advanced Virtualization Frameworks extends the functionality of the QNX(R) Hypervisor and the QNX(R) Hypervisor for Safety to support the complex sharing and abstraction of the underlying hardware in a hypervised environment for systems including digital cockpits, domain controllers and other high-performance compute applications requiring a mix of safety and non-safety functions. The QNX Hypervisor products, QAVF and Trout 1.0 together enable a rapid application development environment, while leveraging the features and advantages provided by the Android operating system. Virtualization is a fundamental requirement in current and next generation cockpit architectures. The combination of Trout 1.0, QNX Hypervisor for Safety and QNX safety certified shared device drivers simplifies the integration of Android for customers while simultaneously providing an ideal environment for developing mixed-criticality systems. In addition to supporting Trout 1.0, QNX is extending QAVF to align with the latest VIRTIO standards and add USB management, filesystem sharing and specialized graphics sharing for mission critical environments. The development is another significant automotive milestone for the company, whose BlackBerry QNX technology is in production programs with 45 different OEMs and 7/7 of the top Tier 1s and secures over 195 million vehicles worldwide. Aankondiging • Jun 09
Blackberry Limited Announces Number of Enhancements to the Blackberry Partner Program BlackBerry Limited announced a number of enhancements to the BlackBerry Partner Program to help Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) capture the exploding demand among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) for 24x7x365 Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) services. Enhancements include: Greater Cybersecurity Protection for Customers & More to Sell – New products and services now available to MSSPs include CylanceGUARD,CylancePERSONA, and CylanceGATEWAY. This will enable new service opportunities and help MSSPs secure their client environments. Increased Support & Field Seller Alignment – Commitment to significantly increase the size of BlackBerry's channel team, doubling employee headcount in roles such as partner management, customer success and channel enablement to ensure partners have the technical and sales support to compete and win in the crowded EDR/XDR market. BlackBerry has also introduced seller compensation on MSSP deals to encourage field alignment and to embrace MSSPs as a critical route to market. More Comprehensive Training – New BlackBerry Cyber Security Administrator (BCSA) technical training – aimed at MSSPs who will be configuring, managing, and troubleshooting BlackBerry UES products. Representing the next-generation evolution of the popular Cylance Security Professional Certification, the new program includes a blend of videos, instructor-led training, and online assessments on BlackBerry's industry-leading, AI-based, prevention-first solutions focused on preventing breaches before they happen. Lucrative Marketing Incentives – Expanded the generous 'Protect and Earn' partner incentive program that rewards MSSPs for uncovering and closing net-new BlackBerry logos. Partners earn cash-based rewards which are determined by the qualifying closed deal's Total Contract Value, with no limits. New Pricing – New flexible licensing and pricing options built to match the way MSSPs do business with customers. New MSSP-focused aid in partner business development including demand generation & sales supportvia proposal-based marketing funds, case studies, strategic Go-To-Market engagement and access to inside sales resources. Aankondiging • Jun 08
BlackBerry Launches New Zero Trust Network Access Solution with CylanceGATEWAY BlackBerry Limited unveiled how it is securely enabling remote workers and preventing malicious threat actors from compromising corporate networks using advanced AI-driven cybersecurity with CylanceGATEWAY's new ZTNA-as-a-service capabilities. Available to customers globally from July 2022, CylanceGATEWAY will provide businesses of all sizes with a contextual correlation of network and device telemetry combined with continuous authentication to limit access to trusted, authenticated, and known users and devices; augmenting their prevention-first cybersecurity posture to protect against the prolific growth of ransomware and other advanced cybersecurity threats. At RSA 2022 Booth #5665 in the North Expo, visitors can see in real-time how BlackBerry's ZTNA-as-a-service solution helps to solve many of the real-world challenges NetOps, SecOps, and IT leaders experience when implementing, managing, and scaling secure access solutions, including: Secure access from any device, on any network, to any application. Dynamic risk reduction and access control using Cylance AI (now in its 7th generation having trained on more than a trillion diverse threat data sets over several years of front-line operations). Protected connectivity and zero-day phishing detection. Detection of lateral movement attempts using the MITRE ATT&CK® framework rules. Seamless and secure connectivity for BYOD deployments including connecting to Microsoft 365 for secure cloud connectivity. Aankondiging • May 19
Blackberry Limited Announces Revenue Guidance for the Fiscal Year 2022, 2025 and 2027 BlackBerry Limited announced revenue guidance for the fiscal year 2022, 2025 and 2027. For the fiscal year 2022, the company expected Total BlackBerry revenue to be $655 million.For the fiscal year 2025, the company expected Total BlackBerry revenue to be $886 million.For the fiscal year 2027, the company expected Total BlackBerry revenue to be $1,213 million. Aankondiging • Apr 08
BlackBerry Reaches Agreement in Principle to Settle Class Action Litigation BlackBerry Limited announced that it has reached an agreement in principle to settle the consolidated securities class action lawsuit captioned Pearlstein v. Blackberry Limited, et al., Case No. 13 Civ. 7060 (CM) (KHP) pending against the Company and certain of its former officers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The consolidated class action complaint was filed in October 2013, in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2022. The agreement in principle was reached following a voluntary mediation process resulting in the parties’ acceptance of the mediator’s recommendation for settlement. The court has granted the parties’ jointly request to adjourn further proceedings in the matter pending approval of the final settlement. The agreement in principle contemplates an aggregate cash payment by the Company of $165 million to settle the claims brought on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired BlackBerry shares on the NASDAQ between March 28, 2013 and September 20, 2013. The parties have agreed to negotiate in good faith to execute a definitive stipulation of settlement and related documents to be filed with the court. The Company anticipates that the stipulation of settlement will provide a full release of all claims against all defendants, including the Company and its officers, and will expressly deny any liability, wrongdoing or responsibility by any of the defendants. The Company anticipates that, upon final approval of the settlement, the litigation will be dismissed with prejudice. Approval by the court, notice to the putative class, and the satisfaction of customary conditions to effectiveness may take several months. While BlackBerry believes that the allegations in the case were without merit, it also believes that eliminating the distraction, expense and risk of continued litigation is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. Aankondiging • Apr 05
BlackBerry Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 22, 2022 BlackBerry Limited, Annual General Meeting, Jun 22, 2022. Aankondiging • Dec 21
BlackBerry Launches New Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Service BlackBerry Limited announced a major update to its BlackBerry® Guard managed detection and response (MDR) service to now deliver a managed extended detection and response (XDR) service. This new functionality is achieved through a partnership with Exabeam. The BlackBerry Guard managed XDR solution provides coverage beyond endpoints by seamlessly integrating Cylance® AI-powered BlackBerry® Optics, BlackBerry® Persona, BlackBerry® Gateway, and BlackBerry® Protect solutions with Exabeam Fusion SIEM and XDR solutions. BlackBerry customers will benefit from BlackBerry solutions and the Exabeam security analytics and automation platform for high-fidelity alerts and cross-tool threat hunting services that automatically correlate data from mobile devices, servers, users and networks to quickly detect potential threats in real-time, visible from a single console. Exabeam is the leader in next-generation SIEM that powers security teams with analytics-driven insights to uncover, investigate, and resolve threats. With Guard 2.0, BlackBerry's managed XDR analysts and threat prevention experts work as an extension of customers' security and IT teams, providing around-the-clock multi-regional support, compliance and monitoring and responding to threats directly when necessary. This integration introduces telemetry to the BlackBerry analyst portal so that customers can defend against the evolving threat landscape. With Guard 2.0, customers can choose a single service offering that combines Guard's managed XDR services on top of the BlackBerry Cyber Suite products and Exabeam solutions -- all in one package. In addition to the integration between the BlackBerry product suite and third-party solutions such as Exabeam, BlackBerry Guard provides: Advanced threat detection across all products and Guard services, based on BlackBerry's 7th generation Cylance AI/ML models, which have analyzed over 1.4 trillion files, extracting over 20 billion features, AI-based auto threat responses to reduce time to respond (TTR) and resolve major incidents as quickly as possible, reducing cyber risks, maximizing uptime, and eliminating threats as they appear Support for multi-regional architecture to ensure that customers can comply with their regional data residency requirements, such as GDPR, Continuous monitoring of various attack surfaces to prevent malicious malware and phishing attempts from attacking customer environments. Aankondiging • Sep 10
BlackBerry Limited Enhances Integration of Blackberry® Unified Endpoint Manager and Microsoft 365 BlackBerry Limited enhanced the integration of BlackBerry® Unified Endpoint Manager (UEM) and Microsoft 365, so enterprises can benefit from BlackBerry's leadership in security while using Microsoft's productivity products. BlackBerry UEM and Microsoft 365 customers can now enjoy a BlackBerry secure version of modern authentication in the cloud, in addition to on-premises environments. Furthermore, the integration between BlackBerry UEM and Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) has been enhanced to provide secure authentication and conditional access. Aankondiging • May 18
BlackBerry Builds Out Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Capabilities with New Cybersecurity Innovations BlackBerry Limited announced BlackBerry® Optics 3.0 [2], its next-generation cloud-based endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution and BlackBerry® Gateway [3], the company's first AI-empowered Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) product. Rooted in a prevention-first and AI-driven approach, BlackBerry's new endpoint and network security capabilities will help differentiate BlackBerry's extended detection and response (XDR) strategy. The new cloud-native architecture and Advanced Query capability that underpins Optics 3.0 [5] is integral to BlackBerry's XDR strategy. With Optics 3.0 [6], Edge AI threat detection and automated response capabilities execute directly on the endpoint device so an incident can be mitigated in near real-time. The resulting telemetry, alert, and forensic data gets stored in the cloud data lake along with non-endpoint related telemetry data. Security professionals can then query and analyze the multiple source of telemetry data to gain greater visibility and context into an organization's security environment. Aankondiging • Apr 01
BlackBerry Limited Provides Revenue Guidance for the Full Year of 2022 BlackBerry Limited provided revenue guidance for the full year of 2022. The company anticipates double-digit billings growth for both Cybersecurity and BTS for the fiscal year 2022, resulting in total Software and Services GAAP revenue in the range of $675 million to $715 million. Cybersecurity, which will include UEM, UES, AtHoc and Secusmart, is expected to have full year GAAP revenue in the range of $495 million to $515 million. BTS is expected to have full year GAAP revenue in the range of $180 million to $200 million. For both Cybersecurity and BTS, The company anticipates revenue in the second half of the fiscal year to be stronger than the first half. Aankondiging • Mar 31
Blackberry Limited Announces Impairment Results for the Fourth Quarter Ended February 28, 2021 BlackBerry Limited announced impairment results for the fourth quarter ended February 28, 2021. For the quarter, the company's impairment of long-lived assets was USD 22 million. Aankondiging • Mar 16
BlackBerry Introduces BlackBerry® Alert Next-Gen Critical Event Management for the Commercial Sector BlackBerry Limited announced a new critical event management (CEM) solution called BlackBerry® Alert that will help commercial organizations prepare for, respond to and recover from major incidents. BlackBerry Alert is available to customers – from small businesses to large enterprises – as either a SaaS solution or a fully managed service providing for ease of setup and use. BlackBerry Alert is built on BlackBerry's strong experience in providing CEM solutions to the public sector with its BlackBerry® AtHoc® product line, the market leader in its category. Events from the past year highlight that the commercial CEM market requirements differ from the public sector. Aankondiging • Feb 19
BlackBerry Announces Enhancements of BlackBerry Radar BlackBerry Limited announced enhancements to its BlackBerry Radar® H2 intelligent, data-driven asset monitoring devices to help the world's transportation businesses reduce costs and securely improve the utilization of their trailers, containers, chassis and other remote assets. To support global operations that need enhanced cargo visibility and control of their shipments, BlackBerry also released the BlackBerry Radar R2, a unique wireless sensor that uses radar waves to measures cube space utilization inside a container or trailer, with the door open or closed. The online end user dashboard has also been enhanced, empowering teams to better manage their assets based on the information BlackBerry Radar provides. The new Events 2.0 Alerting System highlights 'events' within a customer's transportation ecosystem that are important to their specific business needs, systematically combing through mounds of asset location and status data to bring forward actionable intelligence to help solve problems and drive operational efficiencies. With Events 2.0, transportation businesses can create custom reporting dashboards using a combination of data elements – mileage, cargo status, location, geofence, asset type, asset status and time frame – to focus on key items of importance that can be monitored for, acted against and improved upon, whether it be turn times, preventative maintenance, or unauthorized and underutilized assets. BlackBerry Radar is an innovative, easy-to-install, asset monitoring solution that provides information such as location, motion, mileage, temperature, humidity, door open/close status, and cargo status on an intuitive on-line dashboard. It collects significantly more data than conventional GPS-based track and trace solutions and uses this information to build a 360-degree visualization of a customer's assets. All data is transmitted and stored securely on a cloud platform, which maintains the privacy of user information at all times. Aankondiging • Feb 13
BlackBerry Limited Announces the Release of QNX® Hypervisor 2.2 BlackBerry Limited announced the release of QNX® Hypervisor 2.2, the latest edition of the company's real-time embedded hypervisor product. With QNX Hypervisor 2.2, manufacturers and other embedded system suppliers are empowered with ultimate design flexibility and scalability to consolidate multiple systems with mixed criticality and different operating environments onto a single hardware platform, reducing both the initial development and long-term costs of ownership for a wide variety of embedded systems – from rail and robotics controllers to vehicle digital cockpits and battery management ECUs. Based on the QNX® Neutrino® Real-time Operating System (RTOS) 7.1, QNX Hypervisor 2.2 supports the latest silicon enhancements for interrupt control, scalable vector extensions (SVE), cryptography and enhanced security, and offers features such as fast booting of critical system services before guest launch and priority-based sharing of hardware resources and devices. QNX Hypervisor 2.2 also adds to the extensive VIRTIO shared device support offered by previous QNX Hypervisor releases, including adding sources of entropy. QNX Hypervisor 2.2 provides development teams with a robust and reliable hypervisor domain on which they can run Android and Linux distributions. QNX Hypervisor 2.2 can be scaled so that system architects can choose to run software in a virtual machine or alongside the virtual machine in the host domain. This flexibility allows developers to add Android and Linux to an SoC without compromising on features and performance while at the same time reducing system complexity. Mission-critical applications can share host domain services (backends) with Android based on priority scheduling and therefore precisely control the guest's behavior. As with all BlackBerry QNX Hypervisor product releases, system architects also have full control over separation and isolation of guests and devices as well as deep insight into Hypervisor operations through the QNX® Momentics Tool Suite. BlackBerry QNX has a broad portfolio of embedded system software designed for mission-critical implementations, including the QNX Hypervisor, QNX Neutrino Real-time Operating System, in addition to middleware and development tools. Safety-certified variants of the hypervisor – QNX® Hypervisor for Safety and the OS – QNX® OS for Safety, are also available. BlackBerry's pedigree in safety, security, and continued innovation has led to its QNX technology being used in hundreds of millions of critical systems for medical devices, industrial controls, automotive, commercial trucking, rail and robotics systems worldwide. Aankondiging • Feb 10
Blackberry's Qnx Black Channel Communications to Be Used in Motional's Driverless Platform BlackBerry Limited announced its QNX Black Channel Communications Technology will be used in Motional's next-generation driverless vehicles. Motional will be BlackBerry's first customer to use QNX Black Channel Communications for driverless systems. The technology enables Motional to provide safe data communication exchanges within the vehicle's safety systems. Certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D, the automotive industry's functional safety standard, QNX Black Channel Communications Technology is based on the safe data communication requirements identified in IEC 61508 and mitigation measures defined in AUTOSAR End-to-End communications protection profiles. The product makes the countless nodes of data communication in embedded systems functionally safe. By safely encapsulating the data being exchanged and validating it with essential safety checks, it protects data communication from systematic software faults, random hardware faults and transient faults while helping in the automatic prevention of damage from these failures, all with minimal impact on system performance. BlackBerry has a broad portfolio of functional safety-certified software including its QNX® operating system, development tools and middleware for autonomous and connected vehicles. Automakers and Tier 1's use BlackBerry® QNX® software in their advanced driver assistance, handsfree and infotainment systems, along with their digital instrument clusters and connectivity modules. BlackBerry's pedigree in safety, security, and continued innovation has led to its QNX technology being embedded in more than 175 million vehicles on the road now. Aankondiging • Dec 13
BlackBerry Limited Prevails Against Mobileiron's Baseless Extortion Claims BlackBerry Limited announced that California federal court approved a stipulation submitted by MobileIron dismissing with prejudice claims MobileIron filed earlier this year alleging that BlackBerry attempted to extort MobileIron into entering a patent licensing agreement. As a result, MobileIron will have to pay BlackBerry's costs and attorney's fees in defending against those claims. In its complaint filed earlier this year, MobileIron claimed that BlackBerry attempted "civil extortion" by sending MobileIron notices of patent infringement. But as BlackBerry maintained throughout the suit, BlackBerry's efforts to enforce its patent rights were at all times proper, and MobileIron's claims to the contrary were both abusive and meritless. The dismissal of MobileIron's claims vindicates BlackBerry's position and the propriety of BlackBerry's licensing practices. Aankondiging • Dec 04
BlackBerry Limited to Report Q3, 2021 Results on Dec 17, 2020 BlackBerry Limited announced that they will report Q3, 2021 results at 5:30 PM, US Eastern Standard Time on Dec 17, 2020 Aankondiging • Nov 20
Blackberry Reportedly Looks to Sell Majority of Its Patents BlackBerry Limited (TSX:BB) is looking to unload most of its intellectual property in a deal that could mark another turning point for the fallen former smartphone giant. But it could also deal a major setback to Ottawa’s innovation strategy efforts, marking the second time in a decade that valuable IP assets from one of Canada’s leading research-and-development-driven companies have been sold off. If, as expected, a deal results in ownership of tens of thousands of BlackBerry patents passing into foreign hands, assets potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars whose creation were partially subsidized by federal research and development tax credits could leave the country along with prospects of generating any further benefit to the economy. A source familiar with the situation told The Globe the company isn’t certain what price it will get, but it’s believed the portfolio could be worth more than $450-Million - a significant size for a deal in the global patent trade, but a fraction of the $4.5-Billion a consortium led by Apple Inc. Apple Inc. paid in 2011 for a trove of 6,000 Nortel Networks patents. The Globe is not identifying the source as they are not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. A BlackBerry spokesman declined comment, saying the Waterloo, Ont. company “does not comment on rumour or speculation”. A sale of most BlackBerry patents would result in “a sharp change of business direction because they’ve been quite successful licensing their portfolio,” said Louis Carbonneau, Chief Executive officer with Tangible IP, a Seattle patent brokerage and strategic advisory firm. Aankondiging • Nov 19
BlackBerry Achieves NSA Approval for BlackBerry UEM BlackBerry Limited announced that its BlackBerry® Unified Endpoint Manager (UEM) software has achieved National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Solutions for Classified Program (CSfC) approval. The NSA protects the United States' most critical information and systems against cyberattacks. The CSfC is an important part of the NSA's strategy, ensuring that the U.S. government can leverage the industry's most secure and innovative cybersecurity technologies to accomplish their mission objectives. Aankondiging • Nov 18
Plus Chooses BlackBerry to Power Its Class 8 Truck Automated Driving System First Self-Driving Truck Developer to Leverage Safety-Certified BlackBerry QNX Operating System BlackBerry Limited and Plus announced that Plus has selected BlackBerry® QNX® technology for the global commercial deployment of the company's automated driving system for Class 8 trucks. Plus is the first automated truck developer to use BlackBerry QNX technology for its next-generation self-driving systems, which are expected to be commercialized and deployed by Plus and FAW, China's largest heavy-duty truck maker, beginning in 2021. Plus also plans to deploy thousands of intelligent, automated trucks in the US in the next two years. As part of the agreement, BlackBerry will license its ISO 26262 ASIL-D safety-certified QNX® OS for Safety software solution to Plus, further strengthening the technology foundation the company has built to create a truly safe and secure automated driving system. Based on the QNX® Neutrino® Real-time Operating System (RTOS), QNX OS for Safety is used around the world by embedded software developers for mission-critical systems in medical devices, industrial controls, rail, robotics and aerospace and defense. A certified automotive operating system is the foundation for functionalities of a self-driving truck, helping to manage the autonomous system data flow from sensors to prediction technology and finally to the actuation that controls the movement. Optimizing this data flow can also help to speed up the image processing, machine learning and other algorithms that are needed for the automated driving system to work. The transition to the safety-certified QNX OS for Safety, along with other enterprise technology that Plus has adopted, will allow Plus to work more quickly with its OEM and fleet partners to continue the commercial rollout of its automated driving system. Aankondiging • Nov 06
BlackBerry QNX Adds Another Certification to its Embedded Software Portfolio BlackBerry Limited announced the launch of QNX® OS for Safety 2.2, a new release of the trusted, safety-certified operating system that OEMs and other embedded software suppliers can use to build safety-critical systems, accelerating development timelines and reducing the cost of moving projects from research to production. Based on the QNX® Neutrino® Real-time Operating System (RTOS), the QNX OS for Safety 2.2 has been certified by the independent auditors at TÜV Rheinland to IEC 61508 SIL3 (industrial), ISO 26262 ASIL D (automotive), and IEC 62304 Class C (medical devices) functional safety standards. The product also includes C and C++ toolchains qualified to ISO 26262, IEC 61508 TCL3 and T3 requirements. The BlackBerry QNX functional safety product portfolio now includes a safety certified C++ runtime library to complement the OS product offering. Aankondiging • Oct 29
Shiftleft, Inc. Announces the Appointment of Stuart McClure and Adam Fletcher to Board of Directors, Effective October 28, 2020 ShiftLeft Inc. announced the appointment of Stuart McClure and Adam Fletcher to Board of Directors, effective October 28, 2020. McClure, the former CEO and founder of Cylance and Fletcher, the CISO of Blackstone, a leading global investment firm, will guide ShiftLeft’s next stage of growth as it disrupts the application security market with products purpose-built for developers within today’s modern software development lifecycle (SDLC). With over three decades of experience in founding and leading high-growth cybersecurity and technology companies, Stuart McClure was the Founder, Executive Chairman and CEO/President of Cylance, the next-generation endpoint security company that revolutionized detection and protection through AI and machine learning. In 2019, Cylance was acquired by BlackBerry Limited for $1.5 billion to advance the company’s entire BlackBerry technology portfolio. Prior to this, McClure was the former Global CTO for McAfee/Intel, original Founder of Foundstone, and lead/founding author of the Hacking Exposed book series. A recognized security pioneer, McClure will join ShiftLeft’s Board of Directors to support the company through product innovation and corporate strategy. As Blackstone’s CISO, Adam Fletcher is responsible for overseeing all aspects of cybersecurity across one of the leading global investment firms. He is also responsible for managing a small portfolio of investments in early-stage cybersecurity companies. Prior to joining Blackstone, Fletcher led the International Security Unit for Equifax and coordinated a global security program across 14 countries. He has served on the boards of Ataata and Preempt, and currently serves as an observer on the boards of CyberGRX and Pcysys. Aankondiging • Oct 15
The Government of Ontario, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, and Blackberry Partner on Ontario's Economic Recovery The Government of Ontario, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), and BlackBerry Limited announced a partnership to accelerate Ontario's economic recovery, following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. BlackBerry will participate in the Ontario Made program, managed by CME, aimed at promoting locally made products. In collaboration with the Government of Ontario and CME, BlackBerry will also establish a technology working group to expand the program. Aankondiging • Oct 10
BlackBerry AtHoc and ServiceNow Partner to Deliver Secure and Reliable Incident Response Management BlackBerry Limited announced it has partnered with ServiceNow to integrate the BlackBerry® AtHoc® service within the Now platform for rapid crisis communications and IT service management. By integrating BlackBerry AtHoc into the Now Platform workflow stack, IT operations teams can now leverage multiple communications channels in the case of an incident, allowing for more efficient and secure communication. This leads to higher levels of collaboration with the wider business to maintain efficiency, productivity and profitability. With this partnership, IT teams will have the ability to alert and assemble a best-in-class crisis team to troubleshoot and resolve any issue such as a critical service outage or an interruption to service, directly within the ServiceNow interface on the Now Platform. Not needing to leave the platform removes the friction of multiple windows and open applications to allow faster incident response and better management of the problem. Teams will also be able to monitor the audit log to conduct a post-mortem review of the incident response. Aankondiging • Oct 06
BlackBerry Limited Launches New Unified Partner Program BlackBerry Limited announced a new global partner program – the BlackBerry Partner Program that combines the award-winning BlackBerry Enterprise Partner Program and BlackBerry Cylance Partner Programs into one comprehensive structure. Doubling down on BlackBerry's commitment to the partner community to facilitate Growth, Innovation, and Enablement, the new global program features a unified sales portal with convenient, real-time access to a revamped curriculum of training, tools and enablement resources to aid partners' Go-To- Market efforts. As part of the new program, all 2200+ BlackBerry resellers and distribution partners will have access to BlackBerry's entire portfolio of solutions, enabling them to generate new revenue opportunities by offering organizations a range of market leading cybersecurity and endpoint management options to help protect businesses, endpoints and people, while ensuring business continuity. The new program also includes a 'Partner Protection' feature, allowing partners to register their deals to receive higher discounts by working closely with BlackBerry's field sales teams. There are also several reseller partner distinction levels in the new program, including Gold, Platinum and Emerald, which provide increased levels of benefits and discounts to partners based on their annual new business revenue targets and technical capabilities. Select value-added distributors will also have the ability to obtain back end rebates for achieving new business growth targets. Additional benefits of the new BlackBerry Partner Program include: A new partner portal allowing partners to submit deal registration and access online training along with sales enablement tools and marketing campaigns. A single deal registration program where partners can obtain higher discounts for new opportunities. New online modular training curriculum for Partner Sales and Partner Technical Sales focused specifically on BlackBerry Spark® Suites. Access to the Beta community and knowledge base to test products before they are released. Availability of Not For Resale (NFR) licenses so partners can educate, test and trial deployments within a virtual sandbox environment. Demand generation & sales support via proposal-based marketing funds, case studies, strategic Go-To-Market engagement and access to inside sales resources. Aankondiging • Oct 04
BlackBerry Limited to Report Q1, 2020 Results on Jun 26, 2019 BlackBerry Limited announced that they will report Q1, 2020 results at 8:00 AM, US Eastern Standard Time on Jun 26, 2019 Aankondiging • Sep 24
Blackberry Limited Announces BlackBerry® AtHoc® Public Safety Edition Blackberry Limited announced the BlackBerry® AtHoc® Public Safety edition, providing local governments and universities proven capabilities to deliver critical communications directly to the public in an accurate, secure and trusted manner. As part of their critical event management programs, BlackBerry AtHoc Public Safety edition enables public leaders to rapidly disseminate critical information to everyone in an affected area to keep their communities informed and safe. Severe weather events, and other major occurrences like rolling blackouts, traffic advisories, public health emergencies and civil unrest impact the public. BlackBerry has supported local governments through crises including earthquakes in Latin America, hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, tornadoes in the Great Plains and wildfires on the West Coast. The AtHoc Public Safety edition builds on this experience to provide a complete cloud-based critical event communication system in a secure, easily managed and cost-effective manner. Designed for the diverse population needs of local governments and universities, the SaaS offering operates from a certified secure cloud, can be up and running quickly, provides ADA 508 accessibility compliance and multiple language support and can connect into the notification networks of other organizations with a public safety mission. Fixed cost affordable pricing is available based on the size of the community that needs to be communicated with. BlackBerryAtHoc has cloud instances in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands to comply with local data residency mandates. Aankondiging • Sep 17
BlackBerry Limited Achieves NIAP Certification for BlackBerry UEM BlackBerry Limited announced that BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager (BlackBerry UEM) has achieved certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP), a U.S. government initiative which oversees the evaluation of commercial cybersecurity products for use in U.S. national security systems. The NIAP certification further strengthens BlackBerry's portfolio of certified security solutions for the government sector, as well as regulated industries that have similarly stringent security requirements. The government offering includes NIAP-certified BlackBerry SecuSUITE for Government for secure voice and FedRAMP-authorized cloud versions of BlackBerryAtHoc crisis communication, BlackBerry Protect endpoint security, and BlackBerry Government Mobility Suite endpoint management. BlackBerry UEM was validated against the latest and most comprehensive version of the NIAP Mobile Device Management Protection Profile version 4. The NIAP Common Criteria certification is a worldwide security standard and is recognized by 31 member countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, France, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. The company also announced that BlackBerry UEM is the only MDM solution that was approved for use by the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) and has achieved NATO Restricted Level certification. BlackBerry UEM is the core foundation for BlackBerry Spark Suites, a new range of tailored cybersecurity and endpoint management options to help protect data, minimize risk, and reduce cost and complexity. 
