BlackBerry reorganises APAC management - security - CRN ...

David Nicol (BlackBerry IoT solutions) and Jason Duerden (BlackBerry Spark)

BlackBerry has reorganised its Asia-Pacific leadership team after the dealer consolidated its safety divisions beneath BlackBerry Spark.

BlackBerry Australia, New Zealand and India managing director David Nicol takes the brand new role of BlackBerry IoT solutions APJ managing director, while Cylance ANZ boss Jason Duerden was named BlackBerry Spark ANZ managing director.

Cylance APAC channel chief Joe McPhillips will additionally be part of BlackBerry Spark as APAC director of channel earnings.

In February at the RSA convention, BlackBerry launched its new Spark division, which covers the Cylance enterprise and its unified endpoint administration (UEM) items.

Duerden informed CRN that BlackBerry desired to carry the best of each elements of the company collectively "to deliver on" the emerging unified endpoint protection market.

"Now was the time for [BlackBerry] to do this," Duerden said.

"in the community here in Australia we essentially had equal size teams on either side of the company, and now we've created one crew as a part of the One BlackBerry approach."

The relaxation of BlackBerry's business is in two other divisions known as IoT options and IP licensing. the former contains the QNX brands, BlackBerry Radar transportation asset tracking, BlackBerry AtHoc crisis communications, and greater.

BlackBerry Spark global channel chief might also Mitchell told CRN that the business is concentrated on engaged on a new unified associate software, combining the Cylance and UEM programs.

"We're at the moment running two concurrent partner programs, but it surely's very elementary for the Cylance companions to beginning selling and researching about the UEM answer, and vice versa," Mitchell stated. "There's little or no overlap between both accomplice courses presently."

in the neighborhood, BlackBerry Spark has began pushing its BlackBerry computing device application, which gives companies relaxed access to email, company websites, servers, content material, and information on personal or non-company managed windows and Mac contraptions.

The company is providing companies in Australia and New Zealand who're pivoting to a work-from-home model a free 60-day license of BlackBerry desktop, with unlimited users.