[FeitaInc]

You can visit the FedRAMP site and click on any of the Authorized products (or those in Process or Ready)... and it show what departments are using that particular service. Even allows you to compare the Service Description and Agencies using this service.

BlackBerry now has three products - AtHoc, Mobility Suite and CylancePROTECT that are Authorized. But by far AtHoc is the one with the largest number of agencies using the service. But most the big competitors are there as well...

Try comparing Cylance (authorized in 2017) deployment to say Crowdstrike (Authorized in 2018). Four small bureaus vs twenty-eight listing, some are huge departments.

thanks for sharing. very useful.

unfortunately CRWD has some of the departments I would want BB to have, such as department of defence / homeland security / justice / etc..

damn.. CRWD's has quite a list of departments. does anyone know how often these contracts are renewed / they must be put out for new bids?

[Corbu]

More from Zenas:

"13F update Michael Burry of Scion capital (the big short movie) who had taken a new stake of 900K or 7% of his fund sold all last quarter, also David Leone partners sold 4.8M and has 3.1M left, FAIRFAX reported no change as expected, several of the top holders have sold over 10m shares combined."

[EchoTango]

thanks for sharing. very useful.

unfortunately CRWD has some of the departments I would want BB to have, such as department of defence / homeland security / justice / etc..

damn.. CRWD's has quite a list of departments. does anyone know how often these contracts are renewed / they must be put out for new bids?

Very disappointing as this is directly in BB's self declared wheelhouse, namely regulated markets.

I wonder how much the fact that Blackberry is a foreign company plays into its market acceptance. Yes, I'm aware that BB created a US company to act as a "fig leaf" when dealing with the US government. CRWD is a strange choice for federal departments as there are many more lower/no risk choices.

[FeitaInc]

Very disappointing as this is directly in BB's self declared wheelhouse, namely regulated markets.

I wonder how much the fact that Blackberry is a foreign company plays into its market acceptance. Yes, I'm aware that BB created a US company to act as a "fig leaf" when dealing with the US government. CRWD is a strange choice for federal departments as there are many more lower/no risk choices.

somebody should let Trump know that his favourite "ukrainian company" is protecting all the most important federal assets, and not his registered republican friend JC. if he can block Bezos, perhaps something like someone whispering in his ear might get some wind in cylance´s federal sails.

[FeitaInc]

More from Zenas:

"13F update Michael Burry of Scion capital (the big short movie) who had taken a new stake of 900K or 7% of his fund sold all last quarter, also David Leone partners sold 4.8M and has 3.1M left, FAIRFAX reported no change as expected, several of the top holders have sold over 10m shares combined."

does this list look about right?

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

Very disappointing as this is directly in BB's self declared wheelhouse, namely regulated markets.

I wonder how much the fact that Blackberry is a foreign company plays into its market acceptance. Yes, I'm aware that BB created a US company to act as a "fig leaf" when dealing with the US government. CRWD is a strange choice for federal departments as there are many more lower/no risk choices.

The list doesn't really say how many "licenses" have been purchased..... some of these "departments" may have only used the software for evaluation purposes only. To see if CRWD (or BlackBerry's products) meets their needs. Many of the other players on the list also provide end point protection as well - so it possible neither Cylance or CRWD is really deployed very much.

[Corbu]

Re MobileIron complaint filed April 27, 2020

BI Litigation Watch: MobileIron Attacks BlackBerry

BlackBerry Licensing Shift Hits Patent Pushback From MobileIron

(Bloomberg Intelligence) -- MobileIron could dent BlackBerry's growing patent licensing business with its lawsuit accusing the smartphone pioneer of engaging in unfair licensing dealings. The litigation portends more headwinds for BlackBerry's licensing division, which accounts for 32% of total sales annually, following setbacks in patents lawsuits targeting Facebook and Snap. (05/14/20)

1. What's at Stake?

Damages, BlackBerry's licensing strategy.

MobileIron's patent suit against BlackBerry could net a modest damages award in the tens of millions of dollars (MobileIron's Ebitda in FY19 was minus 34 million dollars), yet we think its real purpose is undermining BlackBerry's growing patent licensing program. The suit asserts MobileIron patents related to software security and accuses BlackBerry of attempted extortion. It was filed after BlackBerry's overtures seeking royalties from MobileIron, so we expect counterclaims from BlackBerry. (05/14/20)

2. Who's Favored?

Too early to tell.

MobileIron's move to launch a suit against BlackBerry, rather than wait to be sued for infringement, is a bold move intended to begin the fight on its own terms and in its preferred venue. Still, the complaint's bombastic allegations --accusing BlackBerry of being a technological has-been and growing licensing revenue through "shakedowns"-- don't alter the fact BlackBerry has a vast patent portfolio. We think it's possible the case ends with a cross-license and minimal royalties changing hands. (05/14/20)

3. What's Next?

BlackBerry's response.

BlackBerry's response to MobileIron's patent infringement suit will likely be filed in early 3Q, when the Canadian company will likely deny infringing the patents and file counterclaims alleging its own patents are infringed. BlackBerry has been aggressively enforcing its software patents in recent years, growing its licensing revenue in the process. MobileIron's lawsuit, filed April 27, came after BlackBerry sent a few letters claiming MobileIron was infringing its patents. (05/14/20)

Next Key Event:

BlackBerry Response
Likely in 3Q

Last Key Event:
MobileIron Complaint Filed
April 27, 2020

4. What's the Issue?

BlackBerry's licensing practices.

MobileIron's dispute with BlackBerry is only ostensibly about its own technology being allegedly infringed. But the real contention point, in our view, is BlackBerry's aggressive patent licensing practices highlighted in scores of suits over the last few years seeking royalties from an array of parties along the mobile-phone supply chain. While BlackBerry has had some early success, it's struggled in recent litigation against Facebook, and Snap, calling the strength of its IP into question. (05/14/20)

[app_Developer]

Very disappointing as this is directly in BB's self declared wheelhouse, namely regulated markets.

I wonder how much the fact that Blackberry is a foreign company plays into its market acceptance. Yes, I'm aware that BB created a US company to act as a "fig leaf" when dealing with the US government. CRWD is a strange choice for federal departments as there are many more lower/no risk choices.

That’s been BB’s wheelhouse, but not Cylance. Most of Cylance’s business was SMB. This is changing now, hopefully. But Crowdstrike has a big head start in enterprises (regulated and otherwise)

Good news is these departments have hundreds of programs. It’s not winner takes all at all.

[elucianic]

Apple seems to be better positioned in BB with the new wave of shares acquisitions made in Q1 via Berkshire Hathaway, Vanguard etc.

[FeitaInc]

Apple seems to be better positioned in BB with the new wave of shares acquisitions made in Q1 via Berkshire Hathaway, Vanguard etc.

I am sorry, but I don't quite understand what you mean. has apple bought stocks in BB? or do you mean that BH/Vanguard etc. has bought stocks in Apple while they have sold BB stock?

[elucianic]

I am sorry, but I don't quite understand what you mean. has apple bought stocks in BB? or do you mean that BH/Vanguard etc. has bought stocks in Apple while they have sold BB stock?

BH, Vanguard & co has an interest in Apple going very well. If you need something from a company, try to control it or buy it. Wells Fargo, BofA, Marathon and many others in BB are institutions in which BH or Buffett have a certain power. BB is peanuts for them.

[Corbu]

BlackBerry Limited v. Facebook, Inc. (2:18-cv-01844)

These two updates just became available.

05/05/20
NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY filed by Plaintiff BlackBerry Limited
[Uniloc USA, Inc. v. LG Electronics USA, Inc., previously mentioned in this thread]
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/...3149.666.0.pdf

05/15/20
NOTICE of Supplemental Authority filed by Defendant WhatsApp Inc..
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/...3149.667.0.pdf

[rarsen]

General 5G information for your files:

The State of Mobile Network Experience 2020: One Year Into the 5G Era
https://www.opensignal.com/sites/ope...signal_3_0.pdf
South Korea and Canada tie first for download speed

[Corbu]

Facebook, Inc. v. BlackBerry Limited (4:18-cv-05434)

Update

05/15/20
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/...1602.120.0.pdf

05/15/20
https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/...1602.121.0.pdf

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

That’s been BB’s wheelhouse, but not Cylance. Most of Cylance’s business was SMB. This is changing now, hopefully. But Crowdstrike has a big head start in enterprises (regulated and otherwise)

Good news is these departments have hundreds of programs. It’s not winner takes all at all.

Government is also very slow to adopt new solutions... BlackBerry Government Solutions has only existed for a year, and even if they get a department or agency to agree to "look" at a product, the evaluations and testing could take a while before any real commitment is made.

Most interesting thing in looking at the FedRAMP site.... is Amazon.

Amazon - AWS GovCloud

AWS GovCloud (US) is an AWS Region designed to allow US government agencies and customers supporting the US government to move more sensitive workloads into the cloud. In addition to complying with FedRAMP requirements, the AWS GovCloud (US) framework adheres to U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) regulations. Additional information is available at http://aws.amazon.com/govcloud-us/.

The following AWS services are FedRAMP Authorized and approved by the JAB: Amazon API Gateway, Amazon AppStream 2.0, Amazon Athena, Amazon Aurora (MySQL), Amazon Aurora (Postgres), Amazon Cloud Directory, Amazon Cloudwatch, Amazon Cloudwatch Events, Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Elastic Container Registry, Amazon Elastic Container Service, Amazon Elastic File System, Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Amazon Elasticsearch Service, Amazon Glacier, Amazon Guard Duty, Amazon Inspector, Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon Polly, Amazon Redshift, Amazon RDS (MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, SQL Server), Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Route 53, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF), Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Translate, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon WorkSpace, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CloudTrail, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeCommit, AWS Config, AWS Database Migration Service, AWS Data Sync, AWS Direct Connect, AWS Directory Services, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Elemental MediaConvert, AWS Glue, AWS IoT Core, AWS IoT Device Manager, AWS IoT Greengrass, AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM), AWS Key Management Service (KMS), AWS Lambda, AWS License Manager, AWS Organizations, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Serverless Application Repository, AWS Server Migration Service (SMS), AWS Service Catalog, AWS Snowball, AWS Snowball Edge, AWS Step Functions, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS WAF

and

Amazon - AWS US East/West

Amazon US East/West is a multi-tenant public cloud for Federal, State and Local Government customers, as well as commercial customers, designed to meet a wide range of regulatory requirements, to include government compliance and security requirements. AWS leverages the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing model, which enables convenient, on-demand Internet access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources such as servers, storage, network infrastructure, and various other web services. Customers can rapidly provision or release computing resources on demand.

The following AWS services are FedRAMP Authorized and approved by the JAB: Amazon API Gateway, Amazon AppStream 2.0, Amazon Athena, Amazon Aurora (MySQL), Amazon Cloud Directory, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Amazon Cognito, Amazon Comprehend, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR), Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Elastic MapReduce, Amazon Elasticsearch, Amazon Glacier, Amazon Inspector, Amazon Guard Duty, Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, Amazon Macie, Amazon PinPoint, Amazon Polly, Amazon QuickSight, Amazon Redshift, Amazon RDS (MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, Postgres, SQL Server), Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Route 53, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Simple Workflow Service (SWF), Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Translate, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), AWS Batch, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CloudTrail, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS Config, AWS Database Migration Service, AWS Data Sync, AWS Direct Connect, AWS Directory Service, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Glue, AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM), AWS IoT Core, AWS IoT Device Manager, AWS IoT Greengrass, AWS Key Management Service (KMS), AWS Lambda, AWS License Manager, AWS Managed Service, AWS Organizations, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Serverless Application Repository, AWS Service Catalog, AWS Server Migration Service (SMS), AWS Shield Advanced, AWS Snowball, AWS Snowball Edge, AWS Step Functions, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS WAF, AWS WorkDocs, AWS WorkSpaces, CloudWatch Events

Microsoft and the other major players are there as well... but I really didn't know just how far Amazon's services had come. Amazon buying BlackBerry might have been cheap... if they needed them.

One hope is that maybe for Car Services Amazon doesn't have everything already... and that in the end they rather own than partner?

[EchoTango]

Government is also very slow to adopt new solutions... BlackBerry Government Solutions has only existed for a year, and even if they get a department or agency to agree to "look" at a product, the evaluations and testing could take a while before any real commitment is made.

Most interesting thing in looking at the FedRAMP site.... is Amazon.



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Microsoft and the other major players are there as well... but I really didn't know just how far Amazon's services had come. Amazon buying BlackBerry might have been cheap... if they needed them.

One hope is that maybe for Car Services Amazon doesn't have everything already... and that in the end they rather own than partner?

I've always felt Amazon would be a good fit for Blackberry as they have a limited history in device technology and/or security plus they're both players in the emerging ADAS market. Speaking as a shareholder, it also helps that they have very deep pockets.

Although this would be bad timing for Blackberry right now due to the current depressed SP, it's too bad if they don't get together and hammer out a future deal.

[app_Developer]

Government is also very slow to adopt new solutions... BlackBerry Government Solutions has only existed for a year, and even if they get a department or agency to agree to "look" at a product, the evaluations and testing could take a while before any real commitment is made.

Most interesting thing in looking at the FedRAMP site.... is Amazon.



and



Microsoft and the other major players are there as well... but I really didn't know just how far Amazon's services had come. Amazon buying BlackBerry might have been cheap... if they needed them.

One hope is that maybe for Car Services Amazon doesn't have everything already... and that in the end they rather own than partner?

The first federal use of AWS that I’m personally aware of was late 2009. They have a whole bldg in Herndon VA that’s been primary focused on US fed govt for some time.

Amazon acquiring BB would reduce risk for car makers. I think most of QNX customers would really appreciate that.

[rytwjyx]

OT: SPHS

Sophiris Bio To Shut Down Operations
https://investor.sophirisbio.com/new...own-operations

GG :/

[BanffMoose]

OT: SPHS

Sophiris Bio To Shut Down Operations
https://investor.sophirisbio.com/new...own-operations

GG :/

Wow. Can't believe there was no interest by any other pharma on Topsalysin. Wonder what Morgan and Mrs. Morgan would have to say based on this turn of events.


Now let's look at the dog named EYPT...

[Corbu]

PR:
https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...882341227.html
BlackBerry Spark Suites Launch to Provide Companies Intelligent Security, Everywhere

WATERLOO, Ontario, May 19, 2020 /CNW/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB;TSX: BB) today announced availability of BlackBerry Spark® Suites, offering enterprises a range of tailored cybersecurity and endpoint management options to help protect data, minimize risk, and reduce cost and complexity.

BlackBerry Spark Suites combine the best endpoint security and management capabilities. The suites are powered by artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and automation for improved cyber threat prevention and remediation from BlackBerry Cylance, plus seamless endpoint management, user authentication, and application and data encryption from BlackBerry® UEM. The new suites improve user productivity and layered security defenses, while simplifying purchasing decisions for enterprise customers who are undergoing digital transformation and shift to remote work.

[...]

The company also announced that payments leader BPAY Group has deployed BlackBerry Spark UES Suite - one of the four new BlackBerry Spark bundles – to help protect and prevent cyberattacks on its endpoints.

"As a leading payments provider, BPAY Group must ensure complete trust in our operations, service delivery and especially, our data integrity," said Angela Donohoe, CIO of BPAY Group. "BlackBerry's AI and ML engine, with its proven ability to prevent, detect and respond to sophisticated threats, was a major consideration in our decision to deploy the BlackBerry Spark UES Suite."

BlackBerry's unified offering is in-line with the convergence of mobile threat detection (MTD), endpoint detection and response (EDR) and endpoint protection platform (EPP) tools. Gartner has dubbed this combined infrastructure stack "unified endpoint security." Organizations should invest with this convergence in mind.1

[Corbu]

The world is shifting towards a new normal. In these times of uncertainty, how does an organization ensure business continuity, while keeping their workforce safe and productive? See how BlackBerry works for a global organization to provide Business Continuity, Unified Endpoint Security and Management, and, for the personnel Working from Home, the tools to stay secure and productive – during and after the pandemic.

[Corbu]

https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/pro...y-spark-suites

[EchoTango]

OT: SPHS

Sophiris Bio To Shut Down Operations
https://investor.sophirisbio.com/new...own-operations

GG :/

"Just when you think you can't take anymore leaks in the ship, a dead body floats buy."

I know some on this thread invested in this company and sadly will now lose it all. My sincere sympathies to all affected.

At least Blackberry seems to be moving forward with another SPARK announcement today and of course we're all hoping this translates into some revenue. However, I suspect the auto sector and other QNX projects will take a plunge due to the pandemic. Should make for an interesting quarter, just like most companies out there.

Thankfully we're not Boeing. lol

[dalinxz]

"Just when you think you can't take anymore leaks in the ship, a dead body floats buy."

I know some on this thread invested in this company and sadly will now lose it all. My sincere sympathies to all affected.

At least Blackberry seems to be moving forward with another SPARK announcement today and of course we're all hoping this translates into some revenue. However, I suspect the auto sector and other QNX projects will take a plunge due to the pandemic. Should make for an interesting quarter, just like most companies out there.

Thankfully we're not Boeing. lol

Sadly the blackberry announcement is nothing more than smoke and mirrors for doing absolutely nothing but recycling news that has zero material revenue impact - this company is dead, entire BOD, Chen, and Watsa need to be ousted - they've absolutely clobbered the company.

What a waste all those millions were, bunch of fraud artists running failberry - karma will be a *****. No wonder any partners left are moving away from anything blackberry related - a company who alienates any stakeholder they come in contact with for greed, corruption and incompetence. Drain the swamp, BB is the swamp, nothing but **** soup.

SPHS, BB - Morgan was supposed to be an expert, most of the above in this thread, myself included at one point were nothing but dumbasses misled by unethical fraudsters. Today's reality points out this reality.

Not sure why you're laughing about it, I'd rather have Boeing than this trash, next thing you know you'll hear blackberry will be shutting down operations too, they'll pay out the board and Chen to avoid lawsuits from insiders - that's how scummy this company is.

[FeitaInc]

Not sure why you're laughing about it, I'd rather have Boeing than this trash, next thing you know you'll hear blackberry will be shutting down operations too, they'll pay out the board and Chen to avoid lawsuits from insiders - that's how scummy this company is.

then please pretty please buy Boing and leave this thread alone.