RIM buys cloud computing service provider Newbay 100 million dollars

RIM, which manufactures BlackBerry handsets, has just acquired Newbay, a software company that offers white label http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/12508.html "> Cloud content Services." At present, the two sides have signed a purchase agreement, did not disclose details of the transaction. But people close to the situation said the price was about 100 million dollars.

RIM's acquisition of Newbay, apparently in favor of the latter's cloud media management Services, Newbay's cloud service allows users to store, share photos, videos and other content, potentially becoming the basis for future BlackBerry Cloud management services.

Newbay's flagship product Lifecache users include many well-known telecom operators such as T, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, At&t, Verizon.

But some analysts believe that RIM's move to cloud computing is a bit late, relative to Apple's icloud, Amazon's Cloud Drive, and Google's cloud apps, and it's not clear whether it will make a difference in content and user experience.

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(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)