BlackBerry Government Solutions will be based in Washington, D.C. and run by Robert Day, a former U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral. The new company, which will sell cloud based services to government, will have separate offices and technology infrastructure, as well as a board of directors. BlackBerry CEO John Chen said the new structure will ensure the company’s products are compliant with U.S. policies on cloud technology. (Toronto Star)
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BlackBerry Government Solutions will be based in Washington, D.C. and run by Robert Day, a former U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral. The new company, which will sell cloud based services to government, will have separate offices and technology infrastructure, as well as a board of directors. BlackBerry CEO John Chen said the new structure will ensure the company’s products are compliant with U.S. policies on cloud technology. (Toronto Star)
Talking point: The focus on cloud based services is the latest move in BlackBerry’s shift to software. In February, the company received $40 million from the federal government to develop its self-driving car technology. While the company no longer produces the phones that made it famous, some of its software appears inspired by those early successes. On Tuesday, the company announced that NATO had purchased a contract for software that encrypts text and voice messages.
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