Mr. Jim Hirsch reports

QNX AND ADVANTECH STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION TO STREAMLINE EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

QNX, a division of BlackBerry Ltd., and Advantech, have expanded their collaboration to better serve their joint customers across the embedded systems industry. For over a decade, QNX and Advantech have cultivated a strong working relationship, delivering innovative, preintegrated solutions for customers around the world, building medical devices, industrial automation systems, transportation control systems and other mission-critical embedded applications.

The expanded collaboration builds on these shared successes, deepening the company's working relationship with further technology integrations, a more focused go-to-market approach and a shared product road map. By strengthening their relationship, QNX and Advantech are doubling down on their commitment to deliver greater value to organizations, building high-performance, scalable and secure embedded systems, at a time when countless industries are seeking to accelerate their next generation of products. Initially, the expanded collaboration will focus on the medical devices, robotics, industrial automation, aerospace and defence (A&D), and agricultural technology (agtech) sectors, where there is a need for real-time operating systems, safety certifications and audit capabilities.

Customers can now source both QNX software and Advantech hardware from a single point of contact, streamlining the procurement process and enhancing the overall customer experience. In recent years, Advantech has also developed over 30 board support packages (BSPs) and device drivers optimized for QNX (with more on the product road map), enabling faster deployment and full utilization of its hardware suite. The expanded collaboration aims to further accelerate embedded systems' time to market by streamlining the porting process for customers, reducing development time and additional integration efforts, while offering customizable OS (operating system) solutions tailored to meet specific requirements for peripherals, performance and security.

"For over a decade, we've worked hand in hand with Advantech to help give developers a jumpstart on their embedded projects, from advanced surgical robotics systems to automated industrial control systems and everything in between. Along the way, we realized that we could be doing even more to scale these efforts," said Jim Hirsch, vice-president of sales at QNX. "As we kick this off, complete with deeper technological collaboration, a shared product road map and co-ordinated sales efforts, we're confident that together we'll deliver even greater value to our shared global customers, while helping them to accelerate time to market and cost-efficiencies."

"Advantech is dedicated to providing innovative embedded platforms that empower developers to build reliable, high-performance systems with greater efficiency. Expanding our collaboration with QNX enhances our ability to deliver seamless hardware and software integration, reducing complexity and accelerating development. Together, we are enabling organizations to bring advanced solutions to market faster, with the confidence of industry-leading safety, security and performance," said Jospeh Su, VP, corporate development/business operations, at Advantech.

QNX provides high-performance operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions and development tools that help simplify the most complex challenges in industries such as automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, robotics, commercial vehicles, rail, and aerospace and defence. QNX empowers organizations to unlock new possibilities in areas like high-performance computing at the edge, standards-based virtualization technologies and cloud enablement. Trusted in the world's most critical systems, QNX continues to lead across a range of sectors, including health care, where its technology is deployed by nine of the top 10 medical device manufacturers.

About BlackBerry Ltd.

BlackBerry provides enterprises and governments the intelligent software and services that power the world. Based in Waterloo, Ont., the company's high-performance foundational software enables major automakers and industrial giants alike to unlock transformative applications, drive new revenue streams and launch innovative business models, all without sacrificing safety, security and reliability. With a deep heritage in secure communications, BlackBerry delivers operational resiliency with a comprehensive, highly secure and extensively certified portfolio for mobile fortification, mission-critical communications and critical events management.

About QNX

QNX, a division of BlackBerry, enhances the human experience and amplifies technology-driven industries, providing a trusted foundation for software-defined businesses to thrive. The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions and development tools, along with support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. QNX technology has been deployed in the world's most critical embedded systems, including more than 255 million vehicles on the road today. QNX software is trusted across industries, including automotive, medical devices, industrial controls, robotics, commercial vehicles, rail, and aerospace and defence. Founded in 1980, QNX is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.