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The software layer embedded in connected vehicles operates against functional safety standards that require certification before any component can influence braking or stability behavior.
That qualification process takes years of documented reliability history and tends to consolidate the market around vendors who completed it early.
A decade after its handsets disappeared from the consumer market, BlackBerry is building its commercial case on that layer and on enterprise cybersecurity, the two software segments where the company's future now rests.
The hardware era, closed BlackBerry's handset business defined the company through the early smartphone period.
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