BlackBerry, Tata Elxsi partner to fuel innovation in secure embedded designs

BlackBerry Limited and Tata Elxsi on Wednesday announced their strategic partnership to help companies design and develop secure, mission-critical solutions for industries such as automotive, industrial, medical and network communication using BlackBerry QNX technologies.

"The partnership will allow customers across industries to rapidly adopt and integrate their products and shorten the time to market. BlackBerry's rich suite of safety-certified and secure software solutions for mission critical applications, coupled with Tata Elxsi's automotive, industrial, medical and general embedded development capabilities will enable OEMs and Tier I suppliers to quickly design, build and deploy sophisticated and secure system level solutions," said Nitin Pai, SVP of Marketing and Strategy, Tata Elxsi.

"The explosion of connected products and mission critical embedded systems has presented a tremendous opportunity for safe, secure, and trusted software solutions. By using trusted BlackBerry QNX technology, companies around the world can develop safety-certified embedded systems and devices that are not just secure, but BlackBerry Secure," added Kaivan Karimi, SVP and Head of Sales and Marketing for BlackBerry Technology Solutions.

Tata Elxsi will provide integration and customisation services for the following embedded software solutions from BlackBerry: QNX Neutrino Realtime OS, QNX Momentics Tool Suite, QNX Hypervisor, QNX SDK for Apps & Media, QNX Wireless Framework, QNX OS for Safety, QNX OS for Medical, QNX CAR Platform for Infotainment, QNX Platform for Acoustics, and QNX Platform for ADAS.