Earlier this week, AWS and BlackBerry revealed they were joining forces to develop BlackBerry IVY, a scalable, cloud-connected software platform that will allow automakers to create personalized driver and passenger experiences.
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Shares in BlackBerry gained as much as 63.9 per cent in intraday trading on Tuesday following news of a deal with Amazon Web Services to develop and market BlackBerry's intelligent vehicle data platform, called IVY.
AWS and BlackBerry are joining forces to develop BlackBerry IVY, a scalable, cloud-connected software platform that will allow automakers to create personalized driver and passenger experiences and improve operations of connected vehicles with new BlackBerry QNX and AWS technology.
Joe McPhillips, sales director for the BlackBerry Asia Pacific channel, has left the role just over two years after joining Cylance, a cybersecurity vendor acquired by BlackBerry in 2019.
BlackBerry's Unified Endpoint Manager (UEM) software has achieved National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Solutions for Classified Program (CSfC) approval.
BlackBerry is reportedly looking to sell its intellectual property holdings, which could be worth more than US$450 million.
Elektrobit (EB) corbos AdaptiveCore 2 software now supports the BlackBerry QNX Software Development Platform 7.1 for building high-performance computing (HPC)-based automotive architectures.
Self-driving truck company Plus, has selected BlackBerry QNX for the global commercial deployment of the company's automated driving system for Class 8 trucks.
A new mercenary hacker group tracked as CostaRicto by BlackBerry researchers is selling its services to entities requiring APT-level hacking expertise in cyber-espionage campaigns
MicroEJ's virtual execution environments for cost effective SoC/MCU/MPU now supports the QNX Neutrino RTOS, a microkernel real-time OS from BlackBerry QNX.
BlackBerry has launched QNX OS for Safety 2.2, a new release of the safety-certified operating system that OEMs and other embedded software suppliers can use to build safety-critical systems
Swiss company Toradex is to offer BlackBerry QNX software and services to its broad embedded customer base across North America, EMEA and APAC.
BlackBerry's QNX technology will power the digital cockpit in ARCFOX αT, a high-end, electric SUV. In ARCFOX αT's digital cockpit system, the fully digital instrument cluster
BlackBerry has teamed up with Zoom to integrate Zoom into Dynamics. Titled “Zoom for BlackBerry”, the video conferencing platform has been integrated with BlackBerry’s Dynamics.
BlackBerry has achieved their first-time placement in “The Forrester Wave: Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q3 2020” report
MathWorks has released an update to Simulink Real-Time that will enhance rapid control prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing with Model-Based Design.
The Government of Ontario, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME), and BlackBerry have partnered to accelerate Ontario's economic recovery.
ServiceNow is 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
A hack-for-hire cyberespionage group named BAHAMUT is reportedly involved in advanced attacks targeting government officials and organisations with sophisticated credential harvesting attacks and phishing campaigns, new Windows malware samples, zero-day exploits, and other techniques.
BlackBerry has integrated its critical event management platform, BlackBerry AtHoc, with the real-time collaboration platform, Microsoft Teams, ensuring that any organization managing critical events using Teams is able to contact, alert, and account for everyone within the organization directly through the Teams platform.
BlackBerry today launched BlackBerry Persona Desktop, a user and entity behaviour analytics (UEBA) solution that uses advanced AI and machine learning to deliver continuous authentication to validate user identity in real-time and protect against security breaches.
BlackBerry today launched BlackBerry Protect Mobile, a new mobile threat defense (MTD) solution that extends the powerful AI-based security in BlackBerry Protect to mobile devices. The solution provides security teams with visibility into their mobile, desktop, and server endpoints from a single security console.
BlackBerry has launched BlackBerry Cyber Suite, in what BlackBerry says is the industry's first, comprehensive, AI-powered unified endpoint security (UES) solution. BlackBerry Cyber Suite delivers security and Zero Trust with a zero-touch end-user experience through a single console
BlackBerry has launched a new global partner program that combines the BlackBerry Enterprise Partner Program and BlackBerry Cylance Partner Program. The BlackBerry Partner Program features a unified sales portal with real-time access to a revamped curriculum of training, tools and enablement resources.
BlackBerry on Thursday reported a loss of $23 million in its fiscal second quarter but beat both Revenue And EPS Expectations. The company says the loss amounted to four cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Aug. 31. The result compared with a loss of US$44 million or 10 cents per diluted share a year earlier.
BlackBerry has launched the BlackBerry AtHoc Public Safety edition, a secure messaging service that will allow government organisations and universities to deliver critical communications in an accurate, secure and trusted manner.
OnwardMobility, the company that has licensed the BlackBerry brand to produce a new BlackBerry-branded 5G smartphone, has named public relations firm Rainier Communications as its agency of record.
BlackBerry and L-SPARK held a Virtual Demo Day to showcase the success of the five companies to take part in the second phase of the company’s joint start-up incubator program. The Blackberry/L-Spark Accelerator Virtual Demo Day was created to support building an ecosystem around the Blackberry QNX platform, particularly the automotive markets where this software is deployed.
The United States Air Force has selected BlackBerry Spark for their secure productivity needs. The agreement gives the organisation access to the latest BlackBerry technologies for Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) and Unified Endpoint Security (UES).
BlackBerry and TELUS are to provide secure emergency management and crisis communications to organisations across Canada. The expansion of a long-standing relationship, TELUS will resell BlackBerry AtHoc, BlackBerry's critical event management and communications solution, with TELUS' world-class connectivity.
BlackBerry is extending its partnership with the American Red Cross, donating its BlackBerry AtHoc software, powering its mission to provide emergency assistance, disaster relief and disaster preparedness education to all people in need.
BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager (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.
Saudi Financial Lease Contract Registry Company, known by the brand name SIJIL, has selected BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager (UEM) and BlackBerry Workspaces for its secure communications needs. SIJIL says it has chosen BlackBerry because of the company's exceptional security capabilities and its industry leadership in secure connectivity technologies.
BlackBerry will report results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2021 at 8:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, September 24, 2020. The conference call can be accessed by dialing +1 (877) 682-6267 or live streamed on the Company’s website here.
BlackBerry are to decommission the legacy services for BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier, BlackBerry 10 software, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier versions, with an end of life or termination date of January 4, 2022. The company says they chose to extend service until then as an expression of thanks to loyal partners and customers.
BlackBerry is now providing dedicated EU instances of its BlackBerry AtHoc service, enabling customers to comply with EU data protection regulations and prepare for the upcoming Public Warning directives by localising personal data in additional data centres located in the Netherlands and France, as well as the existing one in the UK.
Sliced Tech has partnered with BlackBerry in Australia to host its secure communications portfolio, SecuSuite for Government. The partnership allows BlackBerry to offer a locally-hosted managed service to Australian government agencies and address data sovereignty concerns.
StradVision will utilise BlackBerry's QNX Software Development Platform within a number of next generation Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV) from South Korean automakers.
BlackBerry completed its debt refinancing Tuesday, which left Fairfax Financial holding 90% of new 1.75% BlackBerry convertible debt. On the same day, Billionaire investor Prem Watsa, leader of Fairfax Financial Holdings, upped his stake in BlackBerry by 117.99%.
Fairfax Financial Holdings (Fairfax) has acquired control of $330M of 1.75% subordinated convertible debentures issued by BlackBerry, representing 90% of BlackBerry's private placement of $365M of the debentures that closed.
BlackBerry has received approval from the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) for its BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager software (UEM). BlackBerry UEM is the only MDM solution on the DoDIN Approved Product List.
BlackBerry has completed the redemption of all of its 3.75% unsecured convertible debentures (TSX: BB.DB.V) (the "3.75% Debentures") on September 1, 2020. None of the 3.75% Debentures were converted into common shares of BlackBerry prior to redemption.
BlackBerry has announced the amendment of the indenture governing its outstanding 3.75% unsecured convertible debentures to permit the optional redemption of the 3.75% Debentures prior to November 13, 2020.
BlackBerry has hired Brian Yearwood as a new director of licensing. Yearwood will be responsible for patent licensing matters and the settlement of patent litigation through licensing. He will provide business/financial advice and preliminary damages analysis for patent litigation matters– delivered to the litigation team and plaintiff/client and work with external damages experts to prepare damages report for litigation matters.
BlackBerry Shareholder Dorsey R. Gardner has objected to BlackBerry's recently announced recapitalisation transactions, which he argues give rise to a clear conflict of interest as they involve Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and certain of its affiliates (collectively, "Fairfax")
The BlackBerry Security Summit 2020 will be a virtual event this year due to the covid-19 epidemic and registration is now open. The Partner Summit will take place on October 5, while the ecurity Summit will take place on October 6 and 7.
BlackBerry has announced the IPU-03, an autonomous driving domain controller developed in conjunction with Desay SV Automotive, has been officially mass produced in the Xpeng P7, a super-long range, high-performance and fast-charging intelligent EV sports sedan from Xpeng Motors, one of China's leading electric vehicle and technology companies.
In a surprise announcement last week, it was revealed that BlackBerry is teaming up with startup OnwardMobility for a new 5G smartphone with physical keyboard and enhanced security.
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BlackBerry has provided further details regarding the proposed refinancing of its outstanding US$605 million principal amount of 3.75% unsecured convertible debentures, which mature on November 13, 2020. BlackBerry announced the proposed refinancing on July 22, 2020, and intends to complete the transaction on September 1, 2020.
Despite it's many failures with their smartphones, it would appear that BlackBerry have not given up on producing smartphones. In a surprise announcement Wednesday, Startup OnwardMobility announced agreements with BlackBerry and FIH Mobile, a subsidiary of Foxconn, to deliver a new 5G BlackBerry Android smartphone with physical keyboard, in the first half of 2021 in North America and Europe.
In the latest round of the legal battle between BlackBerry and Facebook, BlackBerry's desperate patent lawsuit against Facebook is continuing in a Munich court in Germany, according to US court filings by Facebook.
At Black Hat USA 2020 Monday, BlackBerry released a free open-source tool for cybersecurity professionals, called PE Tree that significantly reduces the time and effort required to reverse engineer malware.
L-Spark has opened applications for a new MedTech accelerator program in partnership with Telus, BlackBerry, Solace, and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA).
BlackBerry and Vodafone UK have expanded their partnership, with Vodafone offering BlackBerry AtHoc as its emergency alert and crisis communications solution.
Electric vehicle (EV) startup Canoo's advanced driver-assistance system for the company's membership-based semi-autonomous EVs will be powered by the BlackBerry QNX, including radar sensors, parking sensors and cameras.
RigNet has teamed up with CACI International (CACI) on CACI’s SteelBox Secure Voice and Text App for government users.
BlackBerry has obtained consents from the beneficial owners of 88.39% of its outstanding 3.75% unsecured convertible debentures including Fairfax Financial Holdings and certain of its affiliates.
BlackBerry reported quarterly revenue below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, reporting a loss of $636 million in its fiscal first quarter.
BlackBerry has announced that the nine nominees listed in the company's management proxy circular dated May 8, 2020, for the company's annual and special meeting of shareholders held on June 23, 2020, were elected as directors
BlackBerry said today that its QNX software is now embedded in more than 175 million cars on the road today. This is an increase of 25 million cars since the company last reported its automotive footprint in June 2019.
Frost & Sullivan has published an assessment of the cyberthreat landscape and the proportion that BlackBerry’s suite of technologies can protect against, concluding that BlackBerry can secure all IoT endpoints, and upwards of 96% of all cyberthreats.
BlackBerry has launched BlackBerry AtHoc Managed Service, delivering the full featured BlackBerry AtHoc system as a service managed and delivered by BlackBerry.
BlackBerry has released a security update to address multiple vulnerabilities in BlackBerry powered by Android smartphones. The update addresses issues in the May 2020 Android Security Bulletin that affect BlackBerry powered by Android smartphones.
While several countries in Europe have already released contact tracing apps using Apple-Google technology, Canada has announced that it has developed a new national contract tracing app that will also use the Apple-Google Exposure Notification API.
BlackBerry has released an update to BlackBerry Optics with cryptomining and cryptojacking detection for Intel-based commercial PCs.
BlackBerry and Bell are teaming up to provide enhanced secure communications to business and government customers, delivering mobile security solutions to Canadian consumers and business customers.
Shares in BlackBerry dropped on Monday after being removed from Canada's bluechip stock index. Shares of BlackBerry were 6% lower at C$6.7 in morning trade.
BlackBerry today announced that its FedRAMP-authorized BlackBerry AtHoc crisis communication system continues to expand on its leading position within the U.S. Federal Government with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) using BlackBerry AtHoc for secure crisis response.
BlackBerry will report results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021 at 5:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. This will take place after the company's virtual annual meeting.
BlackBerry has expanded its commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As part of its commitment BlackBerry is investing in initiatives that enable access to clean water for the global communities the company serves.
BlackBerry will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders virtually, on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 1pm ET.
A sophisticated strain of ransomware called Tycoon has been selectively targeting education and software companies since December 2019, according to a joint report released this week by BlackBerry and KPMG's UK Cyber Response Services.
BlackBerry has partnered with airspace security company Dedrone to deliver advanced counter-drone technology to secure the world's most critical sites.
Shares of BlackBerry rose more than 6% Monday after it was reported that Fairfax Financial Holdings, run by investor Prem Watsa, had held talks with BlackBerry's management about acquiring the company outright.
BlackBerry has appointed Thomas Eacobacci as President. Eacobacci will be responsible for driving BlackBerry's sales, field marketing, engineering, and customer support for BlackBerry Spark and BlackBerry IoT Solutions.
BlackBerry has launched BlackBerry Spark Suites, offering enterprises a range of tailored cybersecurity and endpoint management solutions.
Back in March of 2019, BlackBerry set up a completely separate subsidiary in Washington, D.C., to strengthen the company's ties with critical U.S. federal agencies that require highly secure cloud-based services.
The University of Windsor and BlackBerry have partnered to develop and deliver a cybersecurity curriculum for the University's Graduate Master's Program in Applied Computing.
In what is hardly a surprise, BlackBerry has informed members of their Beta Community that the program will be closing next week.
BlackBerry announced today that BlackBerry Radar continues to grow its distribution reach with more than 12 new channel partners having signed on in the past six months including two within Mexico
BlackBerry has successfully completed the MITRE ATT&CK APT29 evaluation. BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Security (UES) solutions were examined for their ability to detect sophisticated tactics and techniques used by APT29
MobileIron has filed a lawsuit in California claiming BlackBerry has made “spurious and baseless” allegations of patent infringement against MobileIron, amounting to a version of civil extortion under California law.
BlackBerry has launched QNX Black Channel Communications Technology, a new software solution that OEMs and embedded software developers can use to ensure safe data communication exchanges within their safety-critical systems.
BlackBerry has rolled out an update for BBM Enterprise for Android which brings a reduced setup time for voice and video calls in poor network conditions.
The BlackBerry Enterprise Partner Program and the BlackBerry Cylance Partner Program have both received a 5-Star rating from CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, in its 2020 Partner Program Guide.
BlackBerry has rolled out an update for BBM Enterprise for iOS which brings improvements to push notifications.
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups have been infiltrating critical servers with malware tools for at least eight years, according to a new report from BlackBerry.
ZTR and BlackBerry have combined their technology expertise to offer railcar owners, operators and suppliers ZTR Pivot, a powerful new digital monitoring solution.
BlackBerry reported Q4 2020 results today, reporting a fourth-quarter loss and quarterly sales below Wall Street expectations.
As the global impact of the Covid-19 outbreak becomes more widespread, the vast majority of companies are providing updates on what steps they are taking to support staff, partners and customers through this unprecedented period and beyond.
Advantage has been named as New Zealand’s first BlackBerry Compromise Assessment partner, enabling the company to deliver this leading consulting service to the New Zealand market.
BlackBerry will report results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 at 5 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The conference call can be accessed by dialing +1-877-682-6267 or live streamed on the company's website.
BlackBerry announced today that the German Development Agency, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), has chosen BlackBerry AtHoc as its emergency mass notification system.
BlackBerry has announced improvements to the BlackBerry Cylance North America Partner Program focused on partner protection, enhanced margins, incumbency with renewals and continued enablement.
BlackBerry has released new enhancements and feature updates to SecuSUITE for Government and BlackBerry AtHoc that enable government agencies to securely communicate and safeguard sensitive data
BlackBerry has appointed Marjorie Dickman as the company’s first Chief Government Affairs and Public Policy Officer. Marjorie will be responsible for strategic oversight of the company’s global government relations, regulatory affairs, and public policy operations.
BlackBerry has filed an opposition to Australian company Baby Bunting's application for a logo representing "the silhouettes of two pregnant women".
At the RSA Conference in California today, BlackBerry announced that they have added zero trust security capabilities to its Spark Internet of Things (IoT) platform.
BlackBerry's legacy services will end across the UAE from March 10. Carrier etisalat has announced that BlackBerry services such as BBM - Pin to Pin - BIS and BlackBerry email service will cease to operate on March 10, 2020.
BlackBerry Cylance today released its annual 2020 Threat Report, which examines the latest adversarial techniques and tactics analyzed by BlackBerry Cylance threat researchers, and provides guidance organizations can leverage to mitigate risk.
CRN has named May Mitchell, Vice President, Global Channel Sales and Field Marketing to its 2020 list of Channel Chiefs.
BlackBerry today launched BlackBerry Digital Workplace, a secure robust workspace that provides users simple and secure online and offline access to corporate on-premise or cloud content including Microsoft Office 365 resources.
Ryan Permeh is the Chief Security Architect and Senior Vice President at BlackBerry. He works within the office of the CTO to define technology strategy and architecture that will integrate technology across BlackBerry and focus it towards reducing customer risk.
BlackBerry Radar solution now integrates with Trimble's TMW.Suite and TruckMate transportation management system (TMS) solutions.
TCL officially confirmed today that they will no longer design, manufacture or sell any new BlackBerry branded mobile devices.
BlackBerry Cylance has integrated SafeBreach data breach and attack simulation capabilities into its portfolio.
BlackBerry has rolled out an update for BBM Enterprise for iOS which brings which brings System-level dark mode integration and other improvements,
BlackBerry has rolled out an update for BBM Enterprise for Android which brings System-level dark mode integration and other improvements,
Damon Motorcycles today unveiled the Hypersport, an electric superbike outfitted with Damon’s cutting-edge CoPilot advanced warning system powered by BlackBerry QNX technology.
ANSYS and BlackBerry are teaming up to support BlackBerry QNX's real-time operating system (RTOS) for connected and autonomous vehicles.
BlackBerry today unveiled a customizable concept solution that OEMs and fleet managers can use for vehicle health and security use cases to 'future-proof' their vehicles, accelerating development timelines and reducing the cost of moving projects from research to production and onto roads.
BlackBerry QNX is teaming up with Amazon Web Services to demo a connected vehicle platform that combines BlackBerry's QNX with AWS IoT services.
Google rolled out the January 2020 Android Security Update earlier today, which has been followed by BlackBerry rolling out the December 2019 Android Security update to BlackBerry Android devices.
Back in December of last year, BlackBerry QNX announced that they will be at CES 2020, where they will be unveiling automotive technologies built on BlackBerry QNX software. This included the fact that that Damon’s next generation Hypersport motorcycle will be on show in the #FutureOfMotorcycling Interactive Experience.
BlackBerry issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance Friday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.06-0.08 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.06
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved a Notice of Certification of Class Proceeding ("the "Notice") for a class proceeding against BlackBerry
BlackBerry beat quarterly revenue estimates on Friday, boosted by sales from its licensing and cybersecurity businesses.
BlackBerry's presence at this year's CES conference will centre on AI-driven security innovations, and the role disruptive technologies play in the evolution of smart auto and transportation.
BlackBerry 2FA technology will enable the Government of Romania to deliver Wi-Fi to 4,500 public schools and 1.5 million students, as part of the Government of Romania's National Wireless Campus Project.
Canada's largest accelerator for Software as a Service (SaaS) companies L-SPARK, and BlackBerry have announced the six companies selected for the second cohort of their joint accelerator program, which aims to advance Canadian technology startups that are focused on vehicle-connected services and cloud connectivity to the vehicle.
