As announced through the Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog, BlackBerry's cloud-based enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution, BES12 Cloud, has now been certified through the HP Helion Ready Program making BlackBerry the first EMM vendor to become part of the HP Helion Network, an ecosystem of service providers, value-added resellers, independent software vendors and other partners.
"BlackBerry's enterprise portfolio and global presence reinforce HP and the Helion community's commitment to creating an open ecosystem of leading IT vendors," said Steve Dietch, Vice President, Cloud Go to Market, HP. "This program allows customers to confidently deploy HP Helion OpenStack in mixed environments with hardware and software solutions that are certified and supported."
With the certification, customers can now select BES12 Cloud as their EMM solution for use with HP Helion OpenStack extending the reach of BES12 Cloud to enterprise customers looking to leverage HP Helion OpenStack. If you're looking to learn more about HP Helion OpenStack, you can get the details here. If you're looking to learn more about BES12 Cloud or sign up for a free 30-day trial, you can do so here.
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BlackBerry the first EMM vendor to join HP Helion Network
Great news. Lol hp couldn't pick a better name helius for a cloud lol.
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
Has hileon is a meteoroid that came from the sun and could come crashing down rocking havoc on humanity.
Send from the amazing powers of the Z30
Sorry, but after the WebOS debacle I wouldn't trust HP to have the ball to see anything through. ...and as for their servers, they couldn't handle their own TouchPad fire sale.
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I'm glad they've partnered up. GO BLACKBERRY!!!! :D
HP=high performance.
nt300 you my friend are spot on. Too bad these brain dead sheep don't see it.
Long Live BlackBerry
This is good news. Every little bit helps.
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Just a thought, has HP ever made an offer to buy BB? Being the first to join the team, Helion, Chen must be desperate for partners or probably is cozy already with HP ,thus the deal.Next rumor you hear might be this one,Thanks...gbahr1...you enlightened me about the HP and BB partnership,at this moment in time with all the Android bs any partner and any deal sounds great! lol
I think we've already been there,Lenova right? Stupid me! haha
Meg is already on the record as saying "No, we will not be buying BlackBerry." However, that was two years ago when they were casting about for a white knight and that is a long time in the business and tech world.
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Pretty sure HP has bought they last smartphone manufacture....
Agreed.
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HP sounds great
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While I can't be sure, I think the US Government uses a lot of HP products & services. As a Veteran attending training, all my laptops, printers, etc are HP products. It may be that certain parts of the Government use HP.
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State governments too. I see a lot of HP products in state agencies. Used to be Dell but in the last few years it is primarily HP desktops and laptops.
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Dell's customer service, quality of sales reps, and after-sales service has gone down the drain in the last few years...
With my last shopping "experience", I'm going to stay away from them.
Did not deliver product as advertised on the website, and do nothing to remedy bar a refund. Not nice.
Product is good, care factor is next to zero... :-(
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How does HP's Helion compare to other cloud platforms in terms of the number partners/subscribers (Example IBMs BlueMix, Amazon's AWS or Microsoft's Azure)?
Heilo is like HPs managed server stacks right? Like server and vm Lego blocks- you want AD, Exchange and bla bla bla - okay boom here you go all managed by one thing and various hardware arrays... now add to the list of "checkboxes" offered to customers is bbes12
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Nice. Long live #BlackBerry!
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The first step being Foxconn,really want to see some figures,Hardware Blues?Maybe not?
Well as Foxconn isn't building the LEAP... I think Foxconn didn't want to play with BlackBerry anymore.
Supposed to be a 5 year deal, expioring just after Chen's 5 year deal
And this is helpful to BlackBerry how?
Cartman says: Screw you guys I'm going home!
@adonesc...Builds Chen's war chest of partners,lol
Every long journey begins with the first step.
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What the f is a helio and how does it affect bb?
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Somebody explain to a stupid guy like me!
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Helion is HP's Cloud hosting that allows business to move some of their server needs to the Cloud.
They started it only last year so it's pretty new compared to others who have been in the game for years... like IBM. But as HP does sell Servers, they may have an edge when dealing with customers who's needs might be more affordable meet in the cloud.
Having HP on-board helps BlackBerrry have another source to "promote" their service.
Thank you!
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Is BlackBerry really the First vendor???
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Very nice first.
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Second 2 none
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What does the writing on the wall say?
Well how about this just out!
http://seekingalpha.com/news/2588055-blackberry-slides-following-cautiou...
Then again he just made the cover of ..The Next M..magazine and it's a great article,but we all have to be really patient,lol :-)
http://www.thenextmillion.com/blackberry-turnaround
Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the cover,neat!
Thanks for the link!
Really a great article!
Thanks a lot, JoJo!
Snoopy in Germany w/ P´9982 + Passport + Z10
I am nervous about this report. BlackBerry did not announce hardly any new sales. Usually they announce something during the QT. I am hoping Chen just wants to nail the shorts and we finally see a bottom. In revenue.
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@standan....one thing they announced were layoffs,I hate that,The SP is going to tank and Stock Buybacks which will probably be approved at the meeting ,so that should help as they will buy them pretty low as soon as the Shareholders approve them on the 23rd,bringing the price back up a bit.I can see the writing on the wall and don't like what I see,but Let the Artist paint what he see's fit.
Sounds like JC's vision is coming together
Z10
But do we know what HIS vision is....
John Chen's vision is an interesting one. Personally I believe I already figured it out.
BlackBerry can simply be the type of company that caters to a small niche and remains a small well managed and highly profitable company . Done.
OR
But before Conceding to such a thought, he's reaching for the stars. Growing this company into a Very Lean Muscle Machine. BB10 Hardware / Software, Enterprise, BES12, QNX, IoT, Cloud Storage, BBM, etc.,
As he expands the company into different things, and giving them time to build revenue and profits, they will continue to assess the situation, and if need be adjust resources to areas that are doing very well and perhaps gradually drop other sections not contributing. He can also adjust funds to weaker areas to help them grow too.
In my honest Opinion, if John Chen stays the course, in 10 YEARS or so, you WILL see BlackBerry LOGO'S plastered all over the place. By then hopefully Apple would have disappeared. ;)
I blame Apple for industry wide "Innovation" stagnation. I suppose Android is to blame too. Only BlackBerry (BB10) and Windows (WP10) have come up with TRUE Innovative Advancements.
Rant Over....
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100 % agree!
Snoopy in Germany w/ P´9982 + Passport + Z10
Seriously though, I just want to start seeing a build up on revenue. They are doing many things but the company needs revenue to start reversing asap.
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Earnings report is coming, we'll soon see if there's much happening there.
Won't see much this quarter I'm afraid. But the analysts will be all over the conversion number for BES 10/12 from free trial to paid subscribers. My impression from the last call was that JC was down along the lump sum conversion of all trial installs to paid subs implying he was being flexible re:the timing of starting to collect fees. So that number may disappoint short term in an effort to create greater uptake long term. That's my guess. No meaningful revs from IoT since they didn't announce a car company client when they rolled out their software upgrade service for auto manufacturers. Not sure how hardware sales have gone this Q either. So, my expectations are very low for this report, and I'm hoping to be surprised (pleasantly).
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Let's hope they reached the bottom last quarter. But we may also see a slight revenue decline or break even before seeing a rise.
It all depends on Actual Passport and Classic sales. Leap will help, but probably for next quarter. I see approx: 1.7M BB10 devices sold to end users. But 2M shipped.
We Shall See Soon Enough...
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Depends on how you look at it.
BlackBerry subscribers globally: As of:
534,000 March 1, 2003
1,069,000 February 28, 2004
2,510,000 February 26, 2005
4,900,000 March 4, 2006
8,000,000 March 3, 2007
14,000,000 March 1, 2008
25,000,000 February 28, 2009
41,000,000 February 27, 2010
70,000,000 August 27, 2011
77,000,000 March 3, 2012
80,000,000 December 1, 2012
76,000,000 March 2, 2013[98]
72,000,000 June 1, 2013[99]
79,000,000 September 2013
76,000,000 November 2013
71,000,000 March 2013
69,000,000 May 2013
60,000,000 September 2013
56,000,000 November 2013
50,000,000 March 2014
46,000,000 September 2014
37,000,000 February 2015
Net Income:
February 28,
2015 = $ 28
November 29,
2014 = $ (148)/Loss
March 1,
2014 = $ (423)/Loss
February 28,
2015 = $ (304)
March 1, 2014
= $ (5,873)
None of the BB10 phones count as subscribers though, so they stopped breaking out this number for earnings calls a while back. They said going forward the number would be less and less useful as a gauge to the business as a whole.
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I HAVE NO IDEA WHY INVESTORS VALUE "SUBSCRIBERS"?
This "service" revenue may have been fantastic for blackberry as a lucrative money making business, but terrible for blackberry as a tech company in the consumer market: here's a substandard phone that allows you to get data services on a substandard network for a premium price. If BB10 phones came subsidized for subscribers, investors could still look at that as a metric. but it didn't, because the subscriber business was NEVER competitive. EVER.
HP sounds good ,who's going to be second?
Is BlackBerry planning on getting certified with other cloud platforms like IBM's BLueMix, Microsoft's Azure or Amazon's AWS?
This is good for BlackBerry. BBrave new cloud world... :-)
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@Prem...3 new cloud IPO's on Monday,Nasdaq..everybody and their brother getting in on the cloud ,lol