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Fiscal 2011
10
• Launched the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and, later in fiscal 2012, launched BlackBerry PlayBook Operating System
(“OS”) 2.0, a free software upgrade for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet users that includes new features to enhance
productivity and communications, including built-in email, calendar and contacts intended to deliver a socially connected
BlackBerr
y
ex
p
erience;
• Announced BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, the next generation enterprise mobile device management solution for
BlackBerry, Android and iOS smartphones and tablets. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, which was launched after the
Company’s fiscal year end, allows organizations to efficiently manage existing BlackBerry smartphones and BlackBerry
Pla
y
Book tablets, as well as devices runnin
g
Android and iOS o
p
eratin
g
s
y
stems;
• Introduced BlackBerry Balance technology with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, BlackBerry Enterprise Server and
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express, allowing enterprise users to carry one device and view both work and personal
information in an inte
g
rated wa
y
while kee
p
in
g
the content se
p
arate and secure;
• Launched new cloud services for small businesses with the BlackBerry Management Centre and enterprises with the
BlackBerr
y
Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365;
• The Company’s Board of Directors appointed Thorsten Heins as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
and appointed Barbara Stymiest as the independent Chair of the Board as part of governance changes implemented in the
fourth
q
uarter of fiscal 2012; and
• Experienced additional changes to the Company’s Board of Directors and management following the fiscal year end,
including the resignations of Jim Balsillie from the Board and Jim Rowan, Chief Operating Officer for Global Operations,
as well as the retirement of David Yach, Chief Technolo
gy
Officer, Software.
• Introduced BlackBerry 6, a new operating system for BlackBerry smartphones that retained the trusted features that
distin
g
uish the BlackBerr
y
brand while deliverin
g
a
p
owerful and sim
p
lified user ex
p
erience;
• Announced several new developer tools to make it easier for applications developers to create and monetize feature-rich
applications on the BlackBerry platform including the BlackBerry Enterprise Application Development Platform; the next
generation BlackBerry Web Application Platform; BlackBerry WebWorks Platform for the BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet
and BlackBerry smartphones; and BlackBerry Payment Service, BlackBerry Push Service, BlackBerry Advertising Service
and BBM Social Platform Software Develo
p
er Kits (SDKs);