BlackBerry and Amazon team up on vehicle data and software platform

A hybrid electric sports car with Blackberry technology on display at the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada. One goal of BlackBerry and AWS is to establish IVY as a standard platform across the auto industry, as Apple and Google have done in mobile phones through their iOS and Android platforms. — Reuters

Canadian technology specialist BlackBerry and e-commerce titan Amazon have developed a cloud-based software platform designed to help automakers and suppliers standardise vehicle data and speed deployment of new revenue-generating features and services, the companies said on Tuesday.

BlackBerry and Amazon Web Services (AWS) said the new intelligent vehicle data platform, called IVY, will compress the time to build, deploy and monetise in-vehicle applications and connected services across multiple brands and models, making it easier for automakers to collaborate with a wider pool of developers to accelerate development of apps and services.