BlackBerry has appointed Philip Brace to its board of directors. The appointment is effective immediately and he will also join the Compensation, Nomination and Governance Committee of the Board.
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BlackBerry has promoted John Giamatteo to chief executive and called off plans for an initial public offering of its Internet of Things business, but still plans to split its operations.
Microsoft has announced it has hired Sam Altman and fellow OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman to lead a team conducting artificial intelligence research, days after the pair were pushed out of OpenAI.
In a surprising move, OpenAI has fired co-founder Sam Altman as its CEO. The company’s board, after a thorough review, expressed a loss of confidence in Altman, citing his lack of transparency in communications as a primary concern
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After ten years at the helm of BlackBerry, CEO and executive chairman John Chen will retire from the company at the end of this week - November 4.
NS1 has appointed Kim Kaminski, a veteran marketing leader with more than 25 years of experience, as chief marketing officer (CMO).
Aerospike, Inc., the real-time data platform leader, has appointed Martin James as Vice President of EMEA. He is responsible for driving regional growth and meeting customer demand for Aerospike in today’s Right-Now Economy™.
Barbara Stymiest will not stand for re-election as a director at BlackBerry's Company’s annual and special meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), to be held on June 22, 2022.
Cellhire has appointed Duncan Griffiths to the newly created position of Head of Sales – M2M & IoT Connectivity.
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BT has launched a pilot employee cyber security reskilling programme in collaboration with cyber security training organisation, CAPSLOCK.
BlackBerry has granted an equity inducement award to John Giamatteo, President of BlackBerry's Cybersecurity business unit
BT has appointed Marc Overton as Managing Director of its newly created ‘Division X’ unit, which forms part of its Enterprise business.
Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, has been elected to Apple’s board of directors. Gorsky will bring decades of experience in corporate leadership and health technologies, and a long track record of leading innovative and diverse teams around the world.
BlackBerry has updated the leadership of the standing committees of the company's Board of Directors.
BlackBerry has appointed John Giamatteo as President of the Cyber Security business unit. Giamatteo will join the company on October 4th and report to Executive Chairman and CEO John Chen. He will be responsible for business unit strategy, engineering, and go-to-market.
The UK Cyber Security Council has appointed Simon Hepburn, a charity and education executive with over twenty years’ experience in a variety of national and international organisations, as its chief executive.
Microsoft has hired ex Amazon cloud executive Charlie Bell as a corporate vice president. Bell, who left Amazon Web Services a fortnight ago, is now listed by Microsoft as a corporate vice president
Adam Crozier will succeed Jan du Plessis as Chairman of BT Group. Adam will join the Board as an independent non-executive director and Chairman Designate with effect from 1 November 2021 and will become Chairman with effect from 1 December 2021
Charlie Bell, one of the top executives in Amazon's cloud business, is leaving the company. Peter DeSantis, a senior vice president at Amazon Web Services who has worked on global infrastructure, will become the new leader for utility computing, which Bell was managing.
Cellhire has appointed Simon Fort to the newly created position of UK Business Development Manager, Reseller Channel, responsible for the growth and development of key strategic partnerships within the UK mobile telecoms reseller industry.
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) today announced that following nearly a three year stint as Executive Director Kelvin Coleman is stepping down from the position and will leave his post as of July 18th.
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BlackBerry shareholders have voted to keep Fairfax Financial's Prem Watsa as the company's lead director at its annual meeting. That vote was against the advice from both proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis and investor Dorsey Gardner, who opposed the move.
Three UK has appointed Jonathan Clamp as the new Director of Sales. Jonathan will be responsible for developing and driving Three’s consumer sales strategy in line with the company vision of better connectivity, every day, for every customer. He will lead a sales organisation comprising 311 stores and 2,523 people, with direct end-to-end accountability for Retail and Indirect channels.
Sachin Jogia has been by appointed by Ofcom as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) after nine years at Amazon, where he is currently the General Manager for Alexa Smart Home International – overseeing development of the company’s voice-activated services. A highly experienced product and technology leader, Sachin has also held senior technology roles at AOL and advertising.com.
Apple has named Stella Low, chief communications officer at Cisco., as the company’s head of communications, filling a role that has been empty since 2019.
Three UK has appointed Jon Davies as Director of Digital. Jon is responsible for driving a digital focus across Three in the UK and delivering the maximum customer benefit for its investment in new IT infrastructure.
BlackBerry is taking steps to further align operations and go-to-market efforts to its key market opportunities as well as strengthen its management team. This follows the company's previous announcement to separately report revenues of its operating business units in the new fiscal year.
David Hennessy has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). David has been CTO for Three Ireland since 2008 and will now lead a dual role in the Technology and Operations functions across both businesses, responsible for the network and IT systems.
It seems like some time ago that OnwardMobility announced that they would be releasing a BlackBerry-branded device some time in 20201. While we have had news of staff being hired, news of the impending phone has been zero.
Jan du Plessis has informed the BT Group Board of his intention to retire as Chairman of the Company in 2021 once a successor has been appointed.
Three UK has appointed Matt Ward as Head of MVNO. In this role, Matt will be responsible for driving the strategy and commercial performance of its MVNO business in the UK.
Vodafone has hired the former boss of its biggest UK competitor to join its board. Olaf Swantee was chief executive at EE, having risen through the ranks at Orange and merging it with T-Mobile.
Apple today announced Dan Riccio will transition to a new role focusing on a new project and reporting to CEO Tim Cook, building on more than two decades of innovation, service, and leadership at Apple.
Back in August of last year, 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.
Monica Lozano, president and CEO of College Futures Foundation, has been elected to Apple’s board of directors, bringing with her a broad range of leadership experience in the public and private sectors, as well as a long and storied track record as a champion for equity, opportunity, and representation.
BlackBerry has been recognized with eleven "employer" awards in 2020, honouring the company's comprehensive employee enrichment programs, community and culture building initiatives, and wellness and work-life balance priorities, as a global 'employer of choice'.
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.
Huawei Ireland has appointed its UK sales director, Tony Yangxu, as chief executive officer, assuming overall responsibility for the company’s carrier, enterprise and consumer business units, including the national roll-out of 5G.
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 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 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.
Huawei has appointed Sir Michael Rake to their UK board as a non-executive director. Sir Michael Rake is well known for serving as the chairman of BT for over a decade, as well as heading the Confederation of British Industry.
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.
Pulse Secure has announced that Alex Thurber is joining the executive team as Chief Revenue Officer.
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Samsung has appointed Roh Tae-moon, their youngest-ever president at 51, as mobile chief as part of a management reshuffle.
Huawei is giving $389 million in cash rewards to staff helping it weather a US trade blacklisting. A company announcement circulated Tuesday on social media said 90,000 employees will share 2 billion yuan ($389 million), or about 22,000 yuan ($3,100) each. Huawei's 180,000-member workforce also will receive an extra month's salary.
BlackBerry announced today that President and COO, Bryan Palma has decided to leave the company to pursue other opportunities.
Starting today, Palma will be responsible for the Company's core product and services that serve as the foundation for its strategy to secure the Enterprise of Things (EoT).
Ala’a Bawab has been appointed vice president for Enterprise Networking Business for Huawei Middle East. Bawab will be responsible for driving business growth for Huawei’s enterprise networking business division.
BlackBerry has promoted BlackBerry Cylance Vice President John McClurg to BlackBerry Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Christopher Hummel, BlackBerry Vice President of IT and Business Application Solutions to BlackBerry Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Lisa Disbrow, who served as the 25th undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force from January 2015 to June 2017, has been appointed to serve on the audit and risk management committee of BlackBerry‘s board of directors. Her appointment increases the number of board members at BlackBerry to nine, including eight independent directors, the company said Monday.
BlackBerry has appointed Bryan Palma as President and COO. The new hire will oversee the BlackBerry Technology Solutions, Enterprise Software & Services, and Mobility Solutions teams.
Starting today, Palma will be responsible for the Company's core product and services that serve as the foundation for its strategy to secure the Enterprise of Things (EoT).
Google employees at offices around the world have been walking out to protest the way Google has handled sexual misconduct in the past — and the way they're still being handled today.
The employees are demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm, including a call to end forced arbitration - a move which would make it possible for victims to sue.
BlackBerry Chief Operating Officer Marty Beard has reportedly resigned from the company, in order to deal with a family health issue, a person familiar with the plans told Reuters on Friday.
Three female ex Google employees have filed a lawsuit in the United States accusing the company of discriminating against women in pay and promotions.
Deutsche Bank AG is the latest company to replace the BlackBerry devices that were issued to its staff with Apple iPhones. A Deutsche Bank spokesman confirmed that the lender is phasing out the devices, without commenting further.
Microsoft on Wednesday announced plans to streamline the company's smartphone hardware business, which will impact up to 1,850 jobs.
BlackBerry has hired Alex Thurber as Senior Vice President for Global Device Sales with the aim of "accelerating sales of the company's Android-powered PRIV, BlackBerry 10 smartphones and future devices".
BMO Financial Group and MasterCard today marked the beginning of a phased launch of the first biometric corporate credit card program in Canada and the U.S.
Amazon has today announced that a new fulfilment centre in Manchester will open in the autumn, creating 1,000 new permanent jobs over three years.
Amazon has today announced that it will open a one million sq ft fulfilment centre in Coalville, Leicestershire, which will create 500 new permanent jobs over three years.
Opera Software has received a a recommended voluntary cash offer (the “Offerâ€Â) for 100% of the shares of Opera from a consortium of Chinese companies for NOK 10.5 billion ($1.2 billion).
BlackBerry has confirmed it is laying off 200 employees, in Waterloo, Ont. and at a manufacturing facility in Sunrise, Fla.
SAP North America is the first technology company in the United States to be awarded the Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) certificate in recognition for its commitment to gender equality in the workplace.
Amazon.co.uk had its busiest day ever on Black Friday (27th November, 2015). With hundreds of discounted products on offer, Amazon.co.uk sold more than 7.4 million items, at a rate of around 86 items per second.
Eric Johnson, the executive in charge of BlackBerry's enterprise software and services sales to government and business customers, has left the company.
Samsung announced today that Samsung Pay now supports eligible Chase Visa credit, debit and Liquid cards, as well as debit and credit offerings from MasterCard issuers.
SAP today announced a new capability designed to provide organizations with insight to better manage and optimize their total workforce of permanent and external workers.
Amrote Abdella has been announced as the new regional director for Microsoft's 4Afrika Initiative, effective October 2015.
BlackBerry today announced that it has appointed The Honourable Wayne G. Wouters, PC, to the Company's Board of Directors.
LogMeIn today announced that it has agreed to acquire LastPass, the popular single-sign-on (SSO) and password management service. LastPass will immediately bolster LogMeIn's position in the multi-billion dollar identity and access management (IAM) market.
BlackBerry today announced BlackBerry Audit and Archiving Service (BAAS) for BBM Protected, an on premise solution that delivers new archiving features.
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BlackBerry's downsized employee base in India is not a deliberate move to cut staff but a result of a global transformation drive, according to Steven E. Zipperstein, Chief Legal Officer, BlackBerry.
Aaron Lalvani has joined BlackBerry as senior director of business development, IoT. He will be responsible for product management and business development for BlackBerry's asset tracking solution in the global transportation sector.
Smartflash LLC has won a patent trial against Apple, where a jury ruled that they owe $532.9 million to the small company.
BlackBerry has appointed Michael Daniels, former Chairman and CEO of Mobile 365, to the Company's Board of Directors.
BBM offers enhanced encryption for BBM Chats between employees at security conscious organisations. When someone starts a BBM Protected Chat with you, enter the secret passphrase they have shared with you in person, by email or SMS to get started.
Brian Zubert, Director of BlackBerry Developer Relations, appears to be another victim of BlackBerry's employee cult to reduce costs. Brian, who has been at BlackBerry for nine years, was one of the most upfront and helpful members of the Dev Relations Team.
BlackBerry today announced that as part of the on-going reorganization of BlackBerry, Kristian Tear, the Company's Chief Operating Officer, and Frank Boulben, the Company's Chief Marketing Officer, will leave the Company
