Mobile management vendors including Good Technology and MobileIron are increasing their efforts to pitch Android and iOS as alternatives to BlackBerry, thanks to improved security and management tools. On Monday, BlackBerry announced it ...
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Lenovo, the Beijing-based PC and server maker, was rebuffed in its attempt to acquire smartphone maker BlackBerry by the Canadian government, which blocked its bid on national security grounds. According to Canada's Global and Mail ...
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Foundering BlackBerry has given up for now on finding a buyer. Instead the smartphone company is seeking an infusion of cash from some investors, and shaking up its board and executive leadership. The company will also be getting a new ...
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BlackBerry will change its CEO and accept a US$1 billion loan from a consortium involving shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings as it struggles with inventory and strategy problems. The company has abandoned plans to sell itself. CEO ...
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BlackBerry's appointment Monday of former Sybase CEO John Chen as its next executive board chair and interim CEO could be the best news in months for the struggling smartphone company. Chen is seen as someone who can give business ...
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Fairfax Financial Holdings, the Canadian investment fund leading a takeover of smartphone maker BlackBerry, is to invest $250m in BlackBerry via a $1bn private placement of convertible debenture. The financing move marks the close of ...
Sybase CEO John Chen is leaving SAP, roughly two-and-a-half years after SAP acquired the company for its database and mobility technologies, SAP announced Tuesday. “After 15 years of leading Sybase, I want to take on a new ...
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Huatai Property Insurance of China has selected FICO's insurance fraud protection solution to reduce losses from auto insurance claims fraud. FICO said that its predictive analytic models will help uncover fraud early in the process, ...
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