Blackberry CEO John Chen hopes that what happens in Vegas won’t stay in Vegas.

The company is planning to push its QNX real-time operating system for the Internet of Things at CES, the giant consumer electronics show held in Las Vegas each January, and hopes it will be a break-out success.

BlackBerry acquired QNX in 2010, using it first in its ill-fated PlayBook tablet before going on to build the BlackBerry 10 OS on top of it. The software also shows up in many car entertainment systems.

Chen carefully did not say that BlackBerry will itself be introducing any new connected things in Vegas, merely that it will highlight its initiatives in IoT, and that there will be new technology demonstrations and product roll-outs.

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