Hong Kong banks embracing BlackBerry software and services
(CrackBerry.com)

BlackBerry`s focus on software and services appears to be paying off in Hong Kong according to Mike Ding, senior sales director for North Asia at BlackBerry. BlackBerry`s focus on software and services appears to be paying off in Hong Kong according to Mike Ding, senior sales director for North Asia at BlackBerry. In a new report posted by Computer World HK, migration from legacy systems is fueling growth for BlackBerry there. `About 40% to 50% of banks in Hong Kong have started migrating their internal applications used for their office work to the mobile platform,` said Ding during a press briefing last Tuesday, adding that banks in the city are running on average 50 applications in their backend operations. `We almost triple the revenue in Hong Kong in 2017 compared to the year before,` he said. `About 90% of Fortune 100 banks are using our enterprise mobility and security products such as secure email and secure mobile Office. And the banking and insurance sector comprise the...