Blackberry buys Good Technology as it further expands into mobile device security

Blackberry has moved further into the mobile device management space by purchasing Good Technology for US$ 425 million [m].

Good Technology sells enterprise mobile security products and was Blackberry’s competitor. In a January blog post, Blackberry called out Good for claiming it was the first company to add a special billing feature to its products.

A separate blog post on Friday discussing the merger made note of this history, saying the companies have taken “aggressive positions” through the years.

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