WATERLOO, ON, June 17, 2021 /CNW/ -- BlackBerry Limited
(NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced Frost & Sullivan has
presented BlackBerry® AtHoc® with the 2021 Technology Innovation
Leadership Award for safe city solutions. Applying a rigorous
evaluation process, Frost & Sullivan recognizes companies who
are at the forefront of innovation and growth in their respective
industries, and have a visionary understanding of the
future.
BlackBerry AtHoc is celebrated by Frost & Sullivan for its
superior communication and collaboration capabilities, its ability
to integrate with any endpoint, and its excellence in providing
situational awareness and actionable intelligence. Frost
& Sullivan highlights that BlackBerry AtHoc is the most secure
critical event management solution in the market, which is vital to
avoid bad actors being able to create or manage a critical event.
BlackBerry AtHoc can be used by organizations and operators
across an entire city or broader geography, to enable business
continuity, keep people safe, and deliver a citywide response to
critical events.
"BlackBerry is renowned for our innovations and leadership in
safety, security and communications, which have been shaping the
market for over thirty years. Our software is relied on by
organizations around the world, including 18 of the G20
governments, for mission-critical use cases," said John Chen, Executive Chairman & CEO,
BlackBerry. "BlackBerry is honored to receive the Frost &
Sullivan 2021 Technology Innovation Leadership Award for BlackBerry
AtHoc, the most secure and trusted critical event management
solution."
"Some of the key capabilities for safe city technology include
actionable intelligence, superior situational awareness,
exceptional critical event monitoring, and secure communications,"
said Danielle VanZandt, Security
Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan. "BlackBerry AtHoc
checks all of these boxes and more, enabling organizations and
operators to synthesize multiple data sources, identify critical
incidents, and quickly and securely enact mitigation and
remediation actions that can protect operations, assets, and
citizens from potential harm, across an entire geographic area of
interest."
BlackBerry AtHoc enables organizations to prepare for, respond
to and recover from planned and unplanned critical events and
emergencies. The solution is used by thousands of
organizations around the world across verticals, including
government, financial services, healthcare, and more.
To read the full Frost & Sullivan award report click
here.
For more information on BlackBerry AtHoc click here.
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
175M cars on the road today.
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.
For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow
@BlackBerry.
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