BlackBerry spends $425 million to acquire mobile security firm Good Technology

BlackBerry, already the leader in smartphone security, has purchased mobile security firm Good Technologies for $425 million. The acquisition will allow BlackBerry to improve upon its mobile device management capabilities, good news for CIOs and IT departments in charge of managing a fleet of handsets that include iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices.

Good Technology will help BlackBerry in the BYOD era by offering secure apps and containers for any mobile OS, using secure technology that has been approved by governments around the world. 64% of the handsets managed by Good Technology’s …

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