BlackBerry, a global leader in secure mobile communications, recently announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Good Technology for $425 million in cash. Good will bring complementary capabilities and technologies to BlackBerry, including secure applications and containerization that protects end user privacy, enabling BlackBerry to offer customers an end-to-end solution that secures the entire mobile enterprise, across all platforms.
Fantastic to have @JohnChen and team join us this morning to welcome the team. Fired up! https://t.co/Xii22JNK6I
— Christy Wyatt (@christywyatt) September 4, 2015
With Good, BlackBerry will expand its ability to offer cross-platform EMM solutions that are critical in a world with varying deployment models such as bring-your-own-device (BYOD); corporate owned, personally enabled (COPE); as well as environments with multiple user interfaces and operating systems. Good has expertise in multi-OS management with 64 percent of activations from iOS devices, followed by a broad Android and Windows customer base.
John Chen, BlackBerry Executive Chairman and CEO
By acquiring Good, BlackBerry will better solve one of the biggest struggles for CIOs today, especially those in regulated industries: securely managing devices across any platform.
Christy Wyatt, Good Chairman and CEO
Enterprise customers today demand stringent security and the most flexible platform across all mobility strategies. ....Our trusted Good solutions will also help BlackBerry to accelerate its Internet of Things platform for managing endpoints beyond mobile devices.
