BlackBerry buys Good Tech for $425m

AFP, OTTAWA: Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry on Friday bought rival mobile security provider Good Technology for $425 million in a move to broaden its software sales.
With its consumer smartphone sales sagging in recent years, BlackBerry turned to mobile security for governments and corporations, a market in which Good Technology also operates.
Good Technology of Sunnyvale, California serves more than 6,200 organizations, including banks, aerospace and defense firms, as well as healthcare, manufacturing and retail firms.
Its software secures devices that use mostly Apple, but also Android and Windows operating systems.
BlackBerry is the mobility partner of all G7 governments, 16 of the G20 governments, the world's top banks and law firms as well as healthcare, investment and oil and gas companies.
Blackberry's strength is in security for its own BBM operating system as well as Android.

BlackBerry buys Good Tech for $425m

AFP, OTTAWA: Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry on Friday bought rival mobile security provider Good Technology for $425 million in a move to broaden its software sales. With its consumer smartphone sales sagging in recent years, BlackBerry turned to mobile security for governments and corporations, a market in which Good Technology also operates. Good Technology of Sunnyvale, California serves more than 6,200 organizations, including banks, aerospace and defense firms, as well as healthcare, manufacturing and retail firms. Its software secures devices that use mostly Apple, but also Android and Windows operating systems. BlackBerry is the mobility partner of all G7 governments, 16 of the G20 governments, the worlds top banks and law firms as well as healthcare, investment and oil and gas companies. Blackberrys strength is in security for its own BBM operating system as well as Android.