Software Lifecycle Notifications

End-of-Life Notice

November 1, 2019

Introduction

BlackBerry Share product will reach end of life / support on August 31, 2020.  While you may continue to use the product past the end of life stage, the product will no longer be supported by BlackBerry, which means no software patches, security fixes or workarounds will be generated to resolve any product issues.  Additionally, compatibility with future mobile device OS beyond iOS13 and Android Q will not be supported for the Share product.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the BlackBerry Share product only.

Recommended Customer Actions

We strongly suggest that you migrate Share users to one of the following solutions:

• BlackBerry Dynamics Work Docs / BEMS
  • Share and Work Docs use the same licensing SKU migration to Work Docs without the need for new licenses
  • Work Docs has feature parity with Share with specific exceptions, see WorkSpaces solution for Admin offline folder marking on behalf of users.
  • Documentation for Migration of Share database to BEMS-Docs is available at https://docs.blackberry.com/en > BEMS > Installation: BEMS in a BlackBerry UEM Environment > Appendix I.
• BlackBerry WorkSpaces Plus
  • With Share, admins can mark folders as off-line available on behalf of users.  This functionality is not supported by Work Docs but is supported by BlackBerry WorkSpaces Plus.

If you have any questions about this notice, please contact your sales representative.

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

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Please contact your sales representative if you require more information.

End-of-Life Notice

Mar 14, 2016

Introduction

As part of our on-going software lifecycle management process we wish to inform you that BlackBerry Limited and/or its affiliates announce the discontinuance of BlackBerry Business Cloud Services.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the BlackBerry Business Cloud Services only.

Recommended Customer Actions

Recommend performing a security wipe on BlackBerry OS devices after the service ceases operations. Visit support.blackberry.com/kb< to read knowledge base article 000014058 for steps to complete this task. 

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

Contact your BlackBerry sales representative
Should you have any questions about this end of availability notification, or for assistance in understanding the options available to you, please contact your BlackBerry sales representative, or visit blackberry.com/bes12 for a free trial of BES12 Cloud. To learn about other mobility management solutions for your enterprise from BlackBerry, please visit blackberry.com/enterprise.

In order to make it easier for you to transition to one of our newest smartphones, including the Android Powered BlackBerry PRIV, contact our Smartphone Business Sales team. We provide direct sales support as well as volume purchase pricing advantages to businesses of all sizes interested in deploying BlackBerry smartphones.

End-of-Life Notice

Jan 26, 2016

Introduction

BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) product will be reaching end of life / support on June 30, 2017.  While you may continue to use the product past the end of support stage, product will no longer be supported by BlackBerry, which means no software patches, security fixes or workarounds will be generated to resolve any product issues.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) product only.

Recommended Customer Actions

We strongly suggest that you upgrade to the BES12 product, which is the core of the new BlackBerry EMM Software Platform. BES12 provides you with the cross-platform OS support (iOS, AfW, KNOX, W10, OS-X, BB10, BBOS), numerous activation types (BYOD, COPE, COBO, etc.), comprehensive mobile application management, and effective unified IT management experience. 

BES12 has been recognized as a leader in EMM suites by Gartner’s 2016 Magic Quadrant Report.

If you are an existing support customer, you are eligible for a free upgrade to BES12 through Software Assurance, for more information please refer to this page. For additional technical information on migration from BES10 to BES12, please visit here.

For all other questions please contact your sales representative.

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

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Please contact your sales representative if you require more information.

End-of-Life Notice

May 2, 2016

Introduction

As part of our on-going software lifecycle management process we wish to inform you that BlackBerry Limited and/or its affiliates announce the discontinuance of Good Mobile Service Management (Good MSM). BlackBerry is transitioning from an in-house to a partner based strategy for providing monitoring solutions.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the Good Mobile Service Manager (Good MSM) solution only.

Recommended Customer Actions

• Good MSM customers can continue to use Good MSM and receive support from BlackBerry until the End of Support/End of Life date (Feb 28, 2018)
• Existing active Good MSM customers1 can purchase additional Good MSM licenses or renew existing subscriptions/maintenance via standalone Good MSM SKUs, until the End of Sale date (Feb 28, 2017).

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

Contact your BlackBerry sales representative
Should you have any questions about this Good MSM end-of-life notification, or for assistance to understand or obtain the options available to you, please contact your BlackBerry sales representative.

End-of-Life Notice

June 27, 2016

Introduction

In order to facilitate your long-term technology planning and ensure an orderly transition of your user base, we would like to provide advanced notification of the planned End of Life of Good for Enterprise and its replacement with Good Work.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

All versions of Good for Enterprise.

Recommended Customer Actions

It is strongly recommended that customers begin planning for a transition to Good Work. Good Work represents a significant improvement over Good for Enterprise in terms of end user productivity, increased scalability, ease of administration and potential to reduce server costs. Built on the Good Dynamics platform, Good Work integrates with a wide ecosystem of Good-secured applications as well as other BlackBerry products such as BES12.

In addition to the benefits above, Good Work also includes:

• Rich email creation, customized notifications, smart folders, and support for wearables
• Personalized calendar with attendance tracking and GAL photo integration
• Quick actions for composing emails, creating meetings, or adding contacts
• Full Microsoft Office mobile document editing 

See Good Work in action, and learn more about your upgrade options today.

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

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BlackBerry Professional Services offer a comprehensive portfolio to deliver expertise and a trusted methodology for the design, implementation and deployment of the BlackBerry software platform. A wide range of options is available to fit specific customer requirements, regardless of industry, organizational structure, or size. Jumpstart packages are complete implementation programs, available for your transition to Good Work, and for all Good Secure EMM Suites. Quickstart packages are an option that’s tailored to the needs of small- to medium-sized customers.

Additionally, to enable BlackBerry customers to plan a thorough, smooth transition from Good for Enterprise to Good Work, BlackBerry has introduced a customer specific Transition Planning Workshop.

For more details, please contact your BlackBerry Account Manager or get in touch with the BlackBerry Sales team.

End-of-Life Notice

Jan 26, 2016

Introduction

As a result of the acquisition of Good Technology and BlackBerry’s commitment to offering customers the best-in-class and most complete secure mobile solution across all platforms, the BlackBerry Secure Work Space (SWS) solution is now in limited maintenance mode, and end-of-life/support is scheduled for Dec 31, 2016. 

During the limited maintenance mode, updates to Secure Work Space will be limited to bug fixes and compatibility updates with iOS9 and Android M.  Please note that Secure Work Space will not be updated to support iOS10 and Android N.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the BlackBerry Secure Work Space (SWS) solution only.

Recommended Customer Actions

BlackBerry strongly encourages SWS customers to leverage either of the two options outlined below to transition from SWS before the releases of iOS10 and Android N.

Good Secure EMM Suites

BlackBerry’s new, unified secure mobility platform, the Good Secure EMM Suites, are now available for purchase and offer access to features from both BES12 & Good.   Further details are available in the BlackBerry website.

The Good Secure Collaboration Suite (GSCS) is the mid-tier Suite and the most affordable of BlackBerry’s new product offerings that include the necessary features to fulfill the functionality currently provided by SWS. The comparable features in GSCS are more comprehensive and more flexible than SWS.

Until May 31, 2016, BlackBerry is offering a promotion which provides significant discounts to our pricing of licenses of the Good Secure Collaboration Suite for existing SWS customers. Please engage a BlackBerry sales representative to pursue this option further.  

Good Secure SWS Grants

If the additional value provided by the Good Secure Collaboration Suite is not desired, BlackBerry is offering free conversion from BlackBerry SWS licenses to like-for-like Good Secure SWS Grant licenses. The Good Secure SWS Grant is only available to customers with active SWS subscription licenses or  active support for SWS Perpetual licenses. The free of charge, Good Secure SWS Grant provides access to the following alternative solutions:

• Good Work¹ + Good Access + ISV Apps + DocsToGo for Good
• Samsung Knox²
• Android for Work
• BlackBerry Secure Gateway with BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus3
• BlackBerry 10

Important Considerations

• Architecture – Converting BlackBerry SWS licenses to Good architecture may require the customer to operate additional server hardware.

• Timing – Most customers will require time to convert BlackBerry SWS functionality to Good functionality. BlackBerry recommends that customers commence conversion planning as soon as possible.

1Good Work requires deployment of Good Dynamics infrastructure
2Samsung Knox only available to customers with subscription Secure Work Space licenses
3BlackBerry Secure Gateway functionality is currently only compatible with iOS9 and Microsoft Exchange and requires BES12.4

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

BlackBerry Professional Services
BlackBerry Professional Services Programs are available to help customers effectively deploy our licensed software including the aforementioned Good Secure Collaboration Suite software and Good Secure SWS Grant software.

Contact your BlackBerry sales representative
Should you have any questions about this Secure Work Space end-of-life notification, or for assistance to understand or obtain the options available to you, please contact your BlackBerry sales representative.

End-of-Life Notice

February 1, 2017

Introduction

BlackBerry Limited and/or its affiliates announce the discontinuance of the WatchDox by Blackberry Enterprise Advanced product tier.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the WatchDox by Blackberry Enterprise Advanced solution only.

Recommended Customer Actions

Going forward, customer can achieve a equal product functionality with the purchase of Workspace Enterprise in combination with Workspaces Sharepoint Protector.

Except as expressly specified as being available for a longer period of time in any contract with BlackBerry, BlackBerry will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide support for the discontinued software until December 31, 2017.

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

Please contact your sales representative if you require more information.

End-of-Life Notice

February 1, 2017

Introduction

BlackBerry Limited and/or its affiliates announce the discontinuance of WatchDox by Blackberry Publisher.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the WatchDox by Blackberry Publisher solution only.

Recommended Customer Actions

Except as expressly specified as being available for a longer period of time in any contract with BlackBerry, BlackBerry will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide support for the discontinued software until December 31, 2017.

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

Please contact your sales representative if you require more information.

End-of-Life Notice

February 1, 2017

Introduction

BlackBerry Limited and/or its affiliates announce the discontinuance of WatchDox by Blackberry Apps.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the WatchDox by Blackberry Apps solution only.

Recommended Customer Actions

Except as expressly specified as being available for a longer period of time in any contract with BlackBerry, BlackBerry will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide support for the discontinued software until December 31, 2017.

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

Please contact your sales representative if you require more information.

End-of-Life Notice

January 26, 2016

Introduction

The Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Mobile Application Management (MAM) functionality of Good Control server will be reaching End-of-Life on May 31, 2017. Support for this functionality including enhancements and additional, advanced capabilities, is available in BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager (BlackBerry UEM).

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

Good Control MDM and MAM features

Definitions

• MDM: Device commands and policies enabled by native OS
• MAM: Enterprise App Store and App Distribution

Note: Good Control functionality for BlackBerry Dynamics deployment and management (including all other Good Control features outside of MDM/MAM) continues to be fully supported, and will continue to be supported in subsequent server upgrades, following May 31, 2017.

Recommended Customer Actions

We recommend that our Good Control customers using MDM and MAM features move to BlackBerry UEM, which provides a comprehensive set of MDM and MAM capabilities beyond those available in Good Control.

In order to ensure a smooth transition to BlackBerry UEM, we encourage you to start planning this process. Reach out to us if you need help identifying the most suitable transition path and required resources.

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

For More Information on upgrade options please contact your Account Manager or see resources available on BlackBerry Admin Portal or on help.blackberry.com.

End-of-Life Notice

January 26, 2016

Introduction

Good AppCentral will be reaching End-of-Life on May 31, 2017. Similar functionality with enhancements and additional advanced capabilities is available in BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Manager (BlackBerry UEM).

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

Good AppCentral

Recommended Customer Actions

We recommend our Good AppCentral customers move to BlackBerry UEM, which provides a comprehensive set of Mobile Application Management capabilities beyond those available in Good AppCentral.

In order to ensure smooth transition to BlackBerry UEM, we encourage you to start planning this process. Reach out to us if you need help identifying the most suitable transition path and required resources.

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

For More Information on upgrade options please contact your Account Manager or see resources available on BlackBerry Admin Portal or on help.blackberry.com.

End of Support Notice

August 28th, 2017

On November 28th, 2017, WatchDox by BlackBerry On-Premise Server 5.3.0 (Appliance-X 1.8.0) and earlier will enter End of Support.

What is End of Support?

End of Support refers to the date as of which BlackBerry will no longer provide fixes, updates, or security patches for the specified version of software. Technical Support will attempt to exhaust all options to provide a product resolution, but resolution cannot be guaranteed. At this time, customers should ensure that they have downloaded the latest available supported version or purchased a software upgrade.

Recommended Customer Actions

Upgrade to the latest version of Workspaces by BlackBerry On-Premise Server.

Note: As of version 5.4.0 WatchDox was rebranded to Workspaces by BlackBerry.

For assistance upgrading please contact BlackBerry Professional Services or your account representative.

End-of-Life Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

For more information please review the BlackBerry Software Lifecycle website.

End-of-Life Notice

February 27, 2018

Introduction

To facilitate your long-term technology planning and ensure an orderly transition of your user base, we would like to provide advanced notification of the planned End of Life/End of Support (EOL/EOS) of the Legacy Standalone Good Connect Server with support for IBM Sametime, Lync 2010-2013 and Microsoft OSC 2007. Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

The EOL/EOS date for The Legacy Good Connect Server will be June 30, 2018. After the End of Support date, BlackBerry will no longer maintain the specific software release and software downloads may be unavailable for the Good Connect Server. Extended technical support contracts will be honored for their full terms of service.

Recommended Actions

The standalone Good Connect Server supports the following chat clients. Please review the below products affected and your recommended actions moving forward.

Additional Information on Good Connect Server End-of-Life

• For more information please visit the Good Connect Server help documents.
• Please get in contact with your BlackBerry Account Manager for any migration assistance.

End-of-Support Notice

August 1, 2018

Introduction

New versions of Workspaces are available for each platform with bug fixes and feature enhancements.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

Recommended Customer Actions

Update the version of each BlackBerry Workspaces platform to the newest available version.

End-of-Support Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

For more information on upgrade options please contact your Account Manager. If you are not clear who your Account Manager is, please open a request here.

End-of-Life Notice

July 15, 2019

Introduction

As part of our on-going software lifecycle management process we wish to inform you that BlackBerry Limited and/or its affiliates announce the discontinuance of the BlackBerry AtHoc Mobile Alerting System (MAS).

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the BlackBerry AtHoc MAS only.

Recommended Customer Actions

BlackBerry AtHoc MAS customers can continue using their devices against versions of the AtHoc server product up to v7.6 until the End of Life / End of Support date below.

End-of-Support Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

Contact your BlackBerry sales representative:

Should you have any questions about this end of availability notification, or for assistance in understanding the options available to you, please contact your BlackBerry sales representative.

End-of-Life Notice

November 1, 2019

Introduction

The Good Control Cloud product will reach end of life / support on June 30, 2020. This includes the GEMS Cloud service, which is integrated within Good Control Cloud. After this date there is no guarantee of service availability, access to the admin console, ability to manage devices, etc.

Enterprise Products/Services Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the Good Control Cloud (including GEMS Cloud) product only. The on-premises Good Control & Good Proxy products are not affected by this end of life, and adhere to the end of support dates laid out on the software support life cycle page.

Recommended Customer Actions

Good Control Cloud customers should move to one of the following solutions:

• UEM Cloud
  • UEM Cloud functionality and features greatly exceed that of Good Control Cloud. See administrator documentation for full details.
  • UEM Cloud is a multi-tenant solution that is operated globally.
• UEM (on-prem)
  • UEM functionality and features greatly exceed that of Good Control Cloud. See administrator documentation for full details.
  • UEM is a server solution that is installed on a customer premises.

In all cases, de-activating devices that are managed by Good Control Cloud prior to its shutdown is strongly recommended.

If you have any questions about this notice, please contact your sales representative.

End-of-Support Phase Dates & Definitions

For More Information

Please contact your sales representative if you require more information.

End of Life (EOL) Notice for QNX OS for Safety 1.0 and QNX Hypervisor 1.0.

December 9, 2022

Introduction

To facilitate your long-term technology planning and allow for an orderly transition of your developed products, we are providing advanced notification of the planned End of Life (EOL) of QNX® OS for Safety 1.0 and QNX® Hypervisor 1.0.

QNX Products Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the following products:

• QNX OS for Safety 1.0
  • End of Sales and Standard Support and Maintenance (EOS): August 31, 2023
  • End of Life (EOL): August 31, 2025
• QNX Hypervisor 1.0
  •  End of Sales and Standard Support and Maintenance (EOS): November 30, 2023
  • End of Life (EOL): November 30, 2025

Recommended Customer Actions

Customers currently using the QNX OS for Safety 1.0 should upgrade to QNX OS for Safety 2.x. All versions of QNX OS for Safety 2.x are certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D (Automotive), IEC 61508 SIL 3 (Industrial), and IEC 62304 Class C (Medical). Customers should reach out to the QNX sales support team to identify the specific version of QNX OS for Safety 2.x that is ideal for their needs.

Customers currently using the QNX Hypervisor 1.0 should discuss their virtualization plans with their QNX sales support team. The QNX Hypervisor 1.0 product was a specialized solution for targeted markets. The versions 2.0 and higher of the QNX Hypervisor are more flexible in design and provide standards-based support for VIRTIO including graphics sharing, audio sharing and other Android/Linux advanced features. Also, safety versions of the QNX Hypervisor now exist; pre-certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D (Automotive), IEC 61508 SIL 3 (Industrial), and IEC 62304 Class C (Medical).

The QNX Professional Services team offers customized Professional Services for our customers to bring safe, secure, and reliable products to market on time, on budget, with quality, and can assist with assessing requirements to transition products built using older QNX products to the latest in the QNX portfolio. For more information, please visit https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/professional-services/services-overview.

For More Information

Please visit lifecycle.qnx.com for more information.

End of Life Notice (EOL) Notice for QNX CAR Platform 2.0 RR

December 9, 2022

Introduction

As originally published on December 8, 2021, we are providing advanced notification of the planned End of Life (EOL) of the QNX® CAR Platform 2.0 RR, which reaches EOS on December 31, 2022 and EOL on January 31, 2023.

While you may continue to use this product past the EOL stage, it will no longer be supported by BlackBerry® via Standard Maintenance and Support. This means that customers should not expect patches, security fixes or other updates except through Custom Services Plans.  Customer-licensed runtime components and runtime configurations can continue to be purchased and deployed, but customers will no longer be able to purchase new developer seats.

QNX® Products Affected by This Announcement

• QNX CAR Platform 2.0 RR
  • End of Sales and Standard Support and Maintenance (EOS): December 31, 2022
  • End of Life (EOL): January 31, 2023

Recommended Customer Actions

Customers currently using the QNX CAR Platform 2.0 RR should reach out to their QNX sales representative to discuss their specific needs.

For more information about our real-time operating system (RTOS), virtualization solutions, along with safety and security solutions for tomorrow’s critical embedded systems, visit https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/software-solutions.

The QNX® Professional Services team offers customized professional services for our customers to bring safe, secure, and reliable products to market on time, on budget, with quality, and can assist with assessing requirements to transition products built using older versions of QNX SDP to QNX SDP 7.1. For more information, please visit https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/professional-services/services-overview.

For More Information

Please visit lifecycle.qnx.com for more information.

End of Life (EOL) Notice for QNX SDP 6.6.x, QNX OS for Automotive Safety 1.0, QNX OS for Medical 1.1, QNX CAR Platform 2.0 RR

December 8, 2021

Introduction

To facilitate your long-term technology planning and allow for an orderly transition of your developed products, we are providing advanced notification of the planned End of Life (EOL) of QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP) 6.6.x as well as three QNX products that are compatible with the QNX® SDP 6.5.x, and QNX® CAR Platform 2.0 RR.

While you may continue to use these products past the End of Life (EOL) stage, these products will no longer be supported by BlackBerry Standard Maintenance and Support, which means that customers should not expect patches, security fixes or other updates to the affected products, except through Custom Services Plans.  Customer-licensed Runtime Components and Runtime Configurations can continue to be purchased and deployed, but customers will no longer be able to purchase new developer seats.  

QNX Products Affected by this Announcement

This announcement affects the following products:

• QNX CAR Platform 2.0 RR
  • End of Sales & Standard Support and Maintenance (EOS): December 31, 2022
  • End of Life (EOL): January 31, 2023
• QNX SDP 6.6.x and associated products, including:
  •     QNX SDK for Apps and Media 1.0
  •     QNX CAR Platform for Infotainment 2.1
  •     Associated QNX Acoustics Products
  • End of Sales & Standard Support and Maintenance (EOS): December 31, 2022
  • End of Life (EOL): February 29, 2024
• QNX OS for Medical 1.1
  • End of Sales & Standard Support and Maintenance (EOS): December 31, 2022
  • End of Life (EOL): June 30, 2024
• QNX® OS for Automotive Safety 1.0
  • End of Sales & Standard Support and Maintenance (EOS): December 31, 2022
  • End of Life (EOL): July 31, 2024

Recommended Customer Actions

Customers currently using the QNX OS for Medical 1.1 should upgrade to the latest version, the QNX OS for Medical 2.0, which is a full-featured, multi-core operating system that meets the most demanding needs of today’s medical devices. With hundreds of millions of field usage hours in mission-critical applications, including devices and equipment for blood diagnostics, ultrasound imaging, infusion delivery, heart monitoring and resuscitation and robotic surgery, the microkernel-based RTOS has a proven record of reliability and pre-assessment to IEC 62304 compliance, which helps reduce the effort in regulatory approval activities.

It is strongly suggested that customers currently using the QNX SDP 6.6.x upgrade to the latest QNX Software Development Platform – version 7.1.x. The QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) 7.1 is more than just a real-time OS. It includes the latest QNX® Neutrino® RTOS, QNX® Momentics® Tool Suite and QNX Software Center to provide you with a full-featured, real-time operating system for the next generation of ARMv8 and x86-64 embedded hardware platforms, and a comprehensive POSIX-compliant development environment that will be familiar to anyone who’s worked with Linux®.

The QNX SDP 7.1 release includes new security features, and improvements to the time-proven reliability and performance of QNX® technology. These include improved POSIX compliance, support for the GCC 8.3 toolchain, support for new QNX screen features, and security improvements such as the introduction of fortified system functions and a new QNX cryptography library.

Customers currently using the QNX OS for Automotive Safety 1.0 should upgrade to the QNX® OS for Safety 2.2.x, which is ideal for building complex safe systems and is a full-featured, deterministic OS designed for use in every sector where functionally safe, reliable embedded software is critical: medical devices, industrial controls, aerospace, automotive, power generation, robotics and rail transportation. The QNX OS for Safety 2.2 is based on the QNX Neutrino RTOS 7.1 and contains key components of the RTOS, including the microkernel, process manager and POSIX-compliant libraries, with support for multi-core processing and QNX’s innovative adaptive partitioning. The QNX OS for Safety 2.2 is pre-certified to ISO 26262 ASIL-D (Automotive), IEC 61508 SIL3 (Industrial), IEC 62304 Class C (Medical). It includes the system memory management unit manager safety variant (SMMUMAN for Safety), a C++ library pre-certified to ISO 26262 ASIL B, and pre-certified math libraries (libm) and security components.

The QNX Professional Services team offers customized Professional Services for our customers to bring safe, secure, and reliable products to market on time, on budget, with quality, and can assist with assessing requirements to transition products built using older QNX products to the latest in the QNX portfolio. For more information, please visit https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/professional-services/services-overview. 

End of Life Phase Dates & Definitions

• Notification Date – December 8, 2021
• End of Sales & Standard Support and Maintenance (EOS) – December 31, 2022. End date for Standard Maintenance and Support. As of the EOS date, the QNX products listed above are no longer supported except via Custom Services Plans.
• End of Life (EOL) - See above for product-specific EOL dates. The QNX products listed above are no longer supported except via Custom Services Plans.

For More Information

Please visit lifecycle.qnx.com for more information.

End of Life Notice (EOL) Notice for QNX SDP 6.5.x and Older Products in the QNX Portfolio

December 8, 2021

Introduction

As part of our software lifecycle management process, we are providing advanced notification of the planned End of Life (EOL) of multiple products from the QNX portfolio. While you may continue to use these products past the EOL stage, these QNX products will no longer be supported by BlackBerry via Standard Maintenance and Support. This means that customers should not expect patches, security fixes or other updates to the affected products, except through Custom Services Plans.  Customer-licensed Runtime Components and Runtime Configurations can continue to be purchased and deployed, but customers will no longer be able to purchase new developer seats.

QNX Products Affected by This Announcement

 The following products as well as all associated products will be declared End of Life (EOL) on March 1, 2022.

• QNX SDP versions 6.1.x and 6.0.x associated products, including:
  • QNX Realtime Platform 6.x
  • QNX Cross Development Kit 6.x
  • QNX Development Kit (Self-hosted) 6.x
• QNX Aviage and associated products, including:
  • Aviage Acoustic Processing Kits and Cores
  • All Aviage Middleware Products
• QNX Neutrino 2.x and associated products
• QNX Neutrino 1.x and associated products
• QNX Phindows
• QNX 4 Product Suite including:
  • Photon microGUI for QNX 4
• QNX 2

The following products as well as all interim releases will be declared End of Life (EOL) on December 31, 2022.

• QNX SDP 6.5.x and associated products, including:
  • QNX SDP 6.5.0 Service Pack 1
  • QNX Platform for ADAS 1.0
  • QNX Platform for Instrument Clusters 1.0
  • QNX Neutrino Secure Kernel 6.5.x
  • QNX Neutrino RTOS Certified Plus 1.0
  • QNX® Momentics® 6.5.x and associated products, including Source and Development kits, Runtime kits, and Photon microGUI® for QNX SDP 6.5.x
  • QNX Neutrino RTOS for Medical Devices 1.0
• QNX SDP 6.4.x and associated products, including:
  • QNX Neutrino Secure Kernel 6.4.x
  • QNX Momentics 6.4.x and associated products, including Source and Development kits, Runtime kits, and Photon microGUI for QNX SDP 6.4.x
• QNX SDP 6.3.x and associated products, including:
  • All associated Technology Development Kits (TDKs)
  • All associated Board Support Packages (BSPs)
  • All Driver Development Kits (DDKs)
  • QNX Momentics 6.3.x and associated products, including Source and Development kits, Runtime kits, and Photon microGUI for QNX SDP 6.3.x
• QNX SDP 6.2.x and associated products, including:
  • All associated Board Support Packages (BSPs)
  • QNX Momentics 6.2.x and associated products, including Source and Development kits, Runtime kits

Recommended Customer Actions

It is strongly suggested that customers upgrade to the latest QNX SDP 7.1.x. The QNX SDP 7.1 is more than just a real-time OS. It includes the latest QNX Neutrino RTOS, QNX Momentics Tool Suite and QNX Software Center to provide you with a full-featured, real-time operating system for the next generation of ARMv8 and x86-64 embedded hardware platforms, and a comprehensive POSIX-compliant development environment that will be familiar to anyone who’s worked with Linux®.

The QNX SDP 7.1 release includes new security features, and improvements to the time-proven reliability and performance of QNX® technology. These include improved POSIX compliance, support for the GCC 8.3 toolchain, support for new QNX Screen features, and security improvements such as the introduction of fortified system functions and a new QNX cryptography library. 

For more information about our real-time OS plus virtualization, safety and security solutions for tomorrow’s critical embedded systems, visit https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/software-solutions. ..

The QNX Professional Services team offers customized Professional Services for our customers to bring safe, secure, and reliable products to market on time, on budget, with quality, and can assist with assessing requirements to transition products built using older versions of QNX SDP to QNX SDP 7.1. For more information, please visit https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/professional-services/services-overview.

End of Life Phase Dates & Definitions

• Notification Date – December 8, 2021
• End of Life (EOL) - March 1, 2022 or December 31, 2022 as listed above. As of the EOL date, the QNX products listed above are no longer supported except via Custom Services Plans.

For More Information

Please visit lifecycle.qnx.com for more information.