Mr. Neelam Sandhu reports

BLACKBERRY UNVEILS NEXT-GENERATION UEM REDEFINING THE ENDPOINT MANAGEMENT MARKET

BlackBerry Ltd. has release details on two major new unified end point management (UEM) innovations: BlackBerry UEM at the edge and BlackBerry UEM for the IoT.

BlackBerry UEM software is used for managing, monitoring and securing all of an organization's end-user devices. Taking BlackBerry UEM to the edge will enhance enterprise productivity and employee experience by placing workloads close to the end user and their device for ultralow latency connectivity, while maintaining the highest security standards that customers rely on and trust BlackBerry to deliver -- in testing users saw up to 87-per-cent decrease in latency. The solution brings the BlackBerry Network Operations Center (NOC), the company's unique secure connectivity infrastructure, to the edge and integrates with AWS local zones and availability zones to securely place compute, storage and other services where data are being generated and consumed. BlackBerry UEM at the edge is compatible with BlackBerry UEM on premises and cloud.

BlackBerry UEM for the Internet of Things (IoT) will expand unified end-point management to IoT devices enabling organizations to realize the vast benefits of the IoT and reduce unknown risks in their environment. The solution integrates BlackBerry UEM with AWS IoT Greengrass, an open-source edge runtime and cloud service used on millions of IoT end points across the connected world -- in factories, vehicles, health care and enterprises -- to provide IoT end-point visibility and management and empower IT teams. Advancing the company's convergence vision, this new addition to BlackBerry UEM will enable organizations to seamlessly and securely inventory and manage their IT and IoT end points from a single console.

"BlackBerry founded and has been a leader in the enterprise mobility management market for over 20 years. We are once again revolutionizing the market, by leapfrogging the industry in end-point management innovation and paving the way for convergence," said Neelam Sandhu, chief elite customer success officer, BlackBerry. "It has been wonderful to collaborate with AWS to develop BlackBerry UEM at the edge and BlackBerry UEM for the IoT, to enable our customers to unlock new business value through digital technologies, which offer the potential to transform and advance every aspect of the connected world, spanning how we live and work."

"IoT has advanced over the past years across different industries - automotive, enterprise, medical, manufacturing. The convergence of the IoT with security at the forefront of the conversation is now emerging as a must-have for the connected world. Bridging systems in the cloud provides scale, consistency and flexibility to organizations to access data across the IoT and developers to innovate to deliver new value. AWS is delighted to collaborate with BlackBerry on UEM edge and IoT solutions to deliver unified and innovative end-point management solution for the future of the connected world," said Dr. Sarah Cooper, general manager for industry products at AWS.

The IoT is a foundational pillar of the future of digital transformation and unlocks new business opportunities for organizations by dramatically extending the reach of information technology. The value of enterprise IoT is largely untapped today due to the heavy compute requirements of the IoT and the complexity of the IoT network. Edge computing addresses the increasing demand for real-time data processing and analysis and increased end-point visibility provides valuable situational awareness and security benefits, enabling organizations to easily integrate IoT into their IT strategies.

BlackBerry UEM holds the most security certifications in the industry and is the only UEM product to be named 2023 Customers Choice by Gartner Peer Insights.

AWS provides reliable, scalable and inexpensive cloud computing services to organizations around the world.

About BlackBerry Ltd.

BlackBerry provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. The company secures more than 500 million end points, including over 235 million vehicles. Based in Waterloo, Ont., 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, end-point management, encryption and embedded systems. BlackBerry's vision is clear -- to secure a connected future you can trust.