BlackBerry is setting 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 BlackBerry Power Wireless Charging Pad has been launched by Optiemus Infracom. The BlackBerry Wireless Charger is Qi-enabled, has a power output of 5W, and is available in India from today.
As BlackBerry celebrates its 35th birthday today, touting "35 years of innovation", BlackBerry CEO John Chen said the new foldable phones from Samsung, Huawei and others are just not innovative or particularly useful.
A BlackBerry Canadian Class Action will now proceed to trial as a securities class action involving claims for damages for misrepresentation in BlackBerry's disclosure documents.
Verizon has added BlackBerry Cylance's AI-driven antivirus security solutions to its Managed Security Services (MSS) portfolio. CylanceProtect prevents ransomware, fileless attacks, and other unknown threats from executing on the endpoint.
Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS) will offer BlackBerry’s QNX software and services to its broad embedded customer base in the Americas. ICS joins the BlackBerry QNX Distributor & Value-Added Integrator (VAI) Program, a worldwide network of value-added integrators and distributors, and reseller experts trained on QNX technologies.
BlackBerry Cylance today introduced CylancePERSONA, an AI-driven proactive user and entity behaviour analytics (UEBA) add-on to their platform that adds monitoring capabilities that identifies suspicious users in real time.
AttackIQ has partnered with BlackBerry Cylance to enable organisations to validate that their endpoint security solutions are deployed correctly and configured optimally, ensuring continuous protection against the latest threats.
BlackBerry recently completed its acquisition of Cylance, and the company has been recognised as a leader in five distinct categories at the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards Best Cybersecurity Company, Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company, Endpoint Detection and Response, Endpoint Security, and Best Cybersecurity Podcast.
The acquisition is BlackBerry’s largest ever and will see Cylance operate as a separate business unit within BlackBerry’s business.
Back in March 2018, BlackBerry sued Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp over messaging patents. Within months, Facebook counter-sued BlackBerry for similar reasons. Both cases are still in litigation, but BlackBerry has now filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Twitter.
BlackBerry has rolled out updates to BBM Enterprise for Android, iOS and Desktop. BBM Enterprise 1.6 brings Banner message in legacy chats, QR code activation, App lock and more.
BlackBerry has rolled out a BlackBerry UEM 12.10 Maintenance Release 1. OpenJDK 8-based builds that are compatible with Java SE 8 are now supported as an alternative to using Oracle JDK 8. These builds and support are available from vendors such as Azul Systems (Zulu) or AdoptOpenJDK.
