Thursday, February 25, 2016

BlackBerry builds software business with companies – General-Anzeiger

02.25.2016 Barcelona Barcelona (dpa) -. The Canadian smartphone pioneer BlackBerry aimed amid weak sales its mobile phones even more in the software business with companies. The company has announced the acquisition of the British company Encription known.

The Canadian smartphone pioneer BlackBerry aimed amid weak sales of its mobile phones even more on the software business with companies. The company has announced the acquisition of the British company Encription known.

Encription specializes in advising on cyber security. In the new BlackBerry range around 60 employees are to work, in charge of the operational business manager Marty Beard said at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Blackberry had with its own operating system last, according to market researchers, only a fraction 0.2 percent of the smartphone business. After a first Android phone CEO John Chen did not rule out that BlackBerry could also completely change to Google’s system. It sets priority on software for IT security in companies. All current applications would develop the same for different platforms, said Beard. BlackBerry aspires to a strong position in secure networking technology in the Internet of Things, including the health sector and in cars. (Dpa)

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