Prem Watsa Again Confirms That Enterprise Will Be The Focus for BlackBerry
Fairfax Financial CEO, Prem Watsa, has sat down with the Globe & Mail to discuss a bit about his companies bid for BlackBerry. Watsa compares the deal to what he pulled off with the Bank of Ireland a bit back and he has “ no doubt that Fairfax will be able to pull off its…
National Police of Colombia Upgrading to BlackBerry 10 & BES 10
BlackBerry is really focusing on the enterprise and government wins since Fairfax announced their bid and focus on enterprise. The latest is the National Police of Colombia announcing that they are switching to BES 10 and BlackBerry 10. More details below: The National Police of Colombia Upgrading BlackBerry Smartphones, Migrating to BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10…
BlackBerry 10 Wins NATO Approval for Restricted Communications
BlackBerry 10 got another seal of approval for secure government use again. This time it is coming from NATO who approved the devices for communications up to the level of “Restricted.” This is combined with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 as a whole package for all 28 members of NATO. Check out the details below:…
Globe & Mail Exposé On BlackBerrys Last Few Conflicted Years
While I was getting home from visiting my parents in San Diego this week quite a few readers sent in this great exposé done by the Globe and Mail. It is titled “Inside the fall of BlackBerry: How the smartphone inventor failed to adapt” and does a great job of giving you the back story…
BlackBerry to Announce Financial Results Earlier this Friday
Due to BlackBerry signing the letter of intent agreement with Fairfax this week they decided to move up their financial release by an hour. They are now saying that they will release their financial results this Friday September 27th at 7AM instead of 8AM as previously scheduled. They will also publish further details regarding its…
“Why I’ll never ditch my BlackBerry” on CNN
Yesterday I wrote an Op-Ed for CNN’s website detailing “Why I’ll never ditch my BlackBerry.” Since then I have been getting some great feedback from readers and others that feel the same way (and those that don’t). I highly recommend reading it over at CNN and definitely let me know what you think. I am…
Empresas POLAR S.A. Upgrading to BES 10.1
BlackBerry is really stretching out the press releases about BES 10 today. The last is an announcement that Empresas POLAR S.A. (aka POLAR) has upgraded to BES 10.1. They are a leading company in the food and beverage industry in Venezuela for what it is worth. If Fairfax is taking BlackBerry private to focus on…
BlackBerry Touts UK Enterprises Using BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10
Since Fairfax financial is buying into BlackBerry for what looks like their enterprise business its interesting to see a slew of press releases about it today. The latest is some stats for how UK enterprises are taking up or testing BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10. Obviously there is a big difference between testing and actually deploying…