QNX OS for Safety 2.2 to be certified to
industry's highest railway functional safety standard
level
KANSAS
CITY, Mo., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the
61st Annual RSSI C&S Exhibition, BlackBerry
Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) announced that its QNX® OS for Safety
2.2 will be certified to the highest Safety Integrity Level (SIL)
4, of the functional safety standard for the railway industry – EN
50128 from the European Electrotechnical Committee for
Standardization (CENELEC).
With strong adoption across multiple industries including
industrial controls, automotive and medical applications, QNX OS
for Safety 2.2 will provide the rail industry with a safe, secure
and trusted foundation to develop systems that meet stringent
international safety and security requirements.
This certification is in response to the company's growing rail
business, whose recent customer wins include sTraffic, South Korea's leading fit-for-purpose,
solution developer for transportation infrastructure systems along
with Infraestruturas de Portugal
(IP), the Portuguese railway infrastructure manager.
"Rail transportation is growing rapidly as trends such as
urbanization, green energy, digitalization, and autonomous rail
technology drive demand for modern and smart railway systems," said
Grant Courville, VP, Products and
Strategy at BlackBerry QNX. "Rail manufacturers and suppliers know
they can trust BlackBerry QNX to provide the software building
blocks for their robust, safe and secure embedded systems. Gaining
the EN 50128 certification will be additional affirmation for our
best-in-class technology as we look to further grow our leadership
position within an industry that is laying the track for
software-driven infrastructure investments at feverish pace,
creating countless opportunities for trusted suppliers like
ourselves."
"With worldwide supply chain disruptions across many traditional
transport modes, the rail industry is poised for massive growth and
thus the certification of the QNX OS for Safety to the key railway
functional safety standard could not have come at a better time,"
said Adhish Luitel, Senior Analyst
at ABI Research. "Because the software-defined railway system is a
pillar of this growth, functional safety will be the foundation.
BlackBerry QNX is well positioned to serve a massive need for
safety-certified software for all types of railway systems as the
market embraces innovations like autonomous and high-speed rail,
which will be critical to meet the anticipated demand for
sophisticated rail transport across the globe."
BlackBerry QNX works closely with its rail partners to deliver
the expertise and technologies needed to develop safe, secure
mission critical systems that need to be supported over long
product life cycles. The company provides time-tested and trusted
foundation software, which includes a deterministic microkernel
real-time operating system (RTOS) and a hypervisor, and their
safety-certified variants, along with other safety-certified
products such as QNX Hypervisor for Safety, QNX Black Channel
Communications Technology, middleware, and cybersecurity solutions,
all purpose-built for embedded systems.
Companies interested in learning more about the benefits of QNX
OS for Safety 2.2 are encouraged to visit the BlackBerry QNX booth
(#814) at RSSI C&S Exhibition from May
16 – 18, 2022 in Kansas
City or visit www.blackberry.qnx.com.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB)
provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises
and governments around the world. The company secures more
than 500M endpoints including
195M 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 solutions,
and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security, endpoint
management, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry's
vision is clear - to secure a connected future you can trust.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.
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