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BlackBerry (TSX:BB) launches QNX® Hypervisor 2.2 for Safety

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28 April 2022 12:00 (EDT)

Source: BlackBerry Limited

BlackBerry Limited (BB) has released the QNX® Hypervisor 2.2 for Safety, the company’s latest safety-certified, real-time embedded hypervisor product.

The Hypervisor is designed to enable the healthcare industry to deliver safe, secure medical devices and applications to market faster.

“Medical device manufacturers operate in an environment filled with intense market pressures, stringent safety regulations and concerns about cyberthreats,” said Grant Courville, Vice President, Products and Strategy at BlackBerry QNX.

“BlackBerry QNX solutions are used in more than 50 types of medical devices and with the release of the QNX Hypervisor 2.2 for Safety, embedded developers have a software foundation that they can continue to count on which has been specifically designed for safety, security and reliability, enabling them to overcome many challenges at once.”

With the QNX Hypervisor 2.2 for Safety, medical device manufacturers and other embedded system suppliers are empowered with design flexibility and scalability to consolidate multiple systems with different operating environments onto a single hardware platform, reducing the development and ownership costs of a variety of embedded systems in industries including industrial, automotive, transportation, heavy machinery, rail and robotics and more.

Medical device companies trust BlackBerry QNX software for a broad range of life-critical and graphics-rich medical applications including surgical robots, infusion pumps and pacemakers.

BlackBerry provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. 

BlackBerry Limited (BB) shares is up 0.84 per cent on the day, trading at C$7.24 per share at 11:50 am ET.

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