WATERLOO, ON, March 11, 2024 /CNW/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:
BB; TSX: BB) is proud to receive the Frost & Sullivan Best
Practices Award for Company of the Year in the global automotive
embedded operating system (OS) industry.
Frost & Sullivan's Company of the Year Award recognizes the
market participant that exemplifies visionary innovation,
market-leading performance, and unmatched customer care. The
accolade recognizes BlackBerry as a "preferred vendor for embedded
connected and autonomous vehicle solutions."
In its Best Practices Recognition evaluation, Frost &
Sullivan highlights the technology, innovation, and customer
support leadership delivered by the comprehensive BlackBerry® QNX®
portfolio and team across automotive and wider embedded markets,
including industry, medical, and robotics. The evaluation
highlights how the QNX safety-certified solutions clearly
accelerate strategic initiatives by customers and boost their
development efforts.
Mattias Erikkson, President,
BlackBerry IoT, said, "This award reinforces our vision and
validates our approach to continually deliver safety, security,
reliability and performance across increasingly complex and
inter-connected embedded platform innovations. Our trusted QNX
technologies allow customers to accelerate time to market and focus
engineering resources where they can bring greater value and
personalization to their own customers, providing cost savings and
a monetization path."
Elizabeth Whynott, Best Practices
Research Analyst at Frost & Sullivan added, "With its QNX
product line, BlackBerry addresses industry challenges through
strong leadership focus, client-centric strategies, and best
practice implementation. The company has earned a reputation for
offering the best solutions in the automotive embedded OS market.
With its strong overall performance, BlackBerry is well deserving
of this Frost & Sullivan Global Company of the Year Award."
BlackBerry QNX works with leading OEMs, such as BMW,
Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Ford, Toyota, Lexus, Audi, Porsche, and
Volkswagen, as well as Tier 1 suppliers and start-up EV
manufacturers worldwide. BlackBerry QNX technology is embedded in
more than 235 million vehicles on the road today, powering over 290
vehicle models from 45 automakers.
In addition, BlackBerry QNX solutions are trusted by various
industry leaders in aerospace and defense, industrial controls,
medical, and rail and robotics.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) provides intelligent security
software and services to enterprises and governments around the
world. The company's software powers over 235M vehicles. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company leverages AI
and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions in the areas
of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy, and is a leader in the
areas of endpoint security management, encryption, and embedded
systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a connected
future you can trust.
For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow
@BlackBerry.
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third-party products or services.
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