Yesterday, BlackBerry’s CEO was in the news again. This time, in Straits times, with the headlines ‘Rescue act for phone maker’. The article focused mainly on BlackBerry’s chances and its change of direction from hardware to software.

Highlighting on the acquisition of Movirtu, and that the fact that the worst is now over, it adds a quote from Clement Teo, a Research Analyst from Forrester:

John Chen’s experience in software will help steer them. The immediate challenges are to stem its declining hardware revenues and grow its software services, especially around security. The danger is that its devices risk becoming irrelevant to enterprise users today, as there are alternatives easily available in the market.

Read the whole article in straits times!