BLACKBERRY’S
ATHOC CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS
Expanded
cloud offering empowers European organizations to improve public safety with
secure crisis communications in a fully‐compliant, EU‐hosted deployment
BlackBerry Limited
(NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in secure mobile communications,
announced the availability of BlackBerry’s AtHoc hosted networked crisis
communications platform from BlackBerry’s secure data centers in Europe. The
new offering will serve European and global customers that plan to support
public safety leveraging the BlackBerry AtHoc cloud, which enables people and
organizations to exchange critical information in real time during business
continuity and life safety operations. In light of recent events, security
communication is of paramount importance to both public safety agencies and
commercial organizations concerned with the safety of their personnel and
community.
With the
option to be hosted in Europe, BlackBerry’s AtHoc delivers an offering that is
not only in full compliance with regional security but also supports data
privacy concerns, including the recent European Court of Justice determination
in October, 2015 that a U.S.‐EU Safe Harbor Framework is no longer valid for the transfer of
personally identifiable information (PII) from Europe to the U.S.
“AtHoc’s
expanded, secure European hosting capabilities offers high reliability and
security with a cloud deployment,” said Guy Miasnik, President of BlackBerry’s
AtHoc Division. “The solution is in full compliance with European data
protection requirements to ensure the world’s most demanding organizations can
deliver security, life safety, and business continuity to their community and
personnel.”
AtHoc
Networked Crisis communications platform enables immediate and effective
communication within and across organizations both remotely and on‐site in the case of an
incident. AtHoc’s mass notification solution delivers targeted alerts in real
time, using multiple channels to potentially thousands of enterprise staff or
personnel. AtHoc customers securely connect with a diverse set of endpoints,
including mobile devices running iOS and Android, PC and Mac desktops, digital
displays, radios, IP phones, sirens, fire panels and speakers to facilitate
collaboration and enhance situational awareness.
Featuring
world‐class security and high availability, the European data centers
will host data for public and private sector companies in Europe. Customer data
will be processed within Europe, meeting the requirements for how European
organizations handle PII and data privacy. A primary disaster recovery data
center in Europe will supplement the new offering.
"We’re
committed to working closely with our growing number of European customers to
provide them with the secure crisis communications technology they need to
communicate and collaborate rapidly in times of crisis,” said Florian Bienvenu,
Senior Vice President, EMEA Enterprise Sales at BlackBerry.
With the
availability of the European data center, BlackBerry’s AtHoc offers hosting
solutions for organizations around the world. In addition to Europe, the
BlackBerry AtHoc cloud is available from the company’s secure U.S. data
centers, and has been available from BlackBerry’s secure data center in Canada
since February, 2016.
