At Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2013, BlackBerry(R)
BBRY today previewed a new multi-platform
cloud-based enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution that will
enable businesses to easily secure and manage corporate and personal
devices. The new cloud-based EMM solution will give business the
ease, flexibility and cost controls to support BYOD, allowing
employees to enjoy the content and apps they demand, while
maintaining the security requirements and productivity gains of
mobilizing, for the organization.
Gartner predicts that half of employers will require employees to
supply their own device for work purposes by 2017.(i) Gartner also
predicts that through 2014, employee-owned devices will be
compromised by malware at more than double the rate of
corporate-owned devices(ii), putting device and app management high
on the priority list for business and IT leaders alike. With BYOD
growing every day, businesses need an EMM solution that is easy to
deploy and manage, requires no big upfront costs, and satisfies the
needs of their employees without compromising the businesses'
security requirements.
BlackBerry's new multi-platform EMM cloud solution will offer
businesses mobile device management (MDM), mobile application
management (MAM), security standards, and self-service capabilities
for the end-user. The solution will be available as a service,
satisfying end-users, and business leaders and IT departments' needs
for an easy to deploy, easy to manage and highly cost effective
solution for smartphone and tablet management.
"BlackBerry is evolving. As the industry has adopted BYOD and mixed
mobile environments, we've responded with our multi-platform EMM
solution," said Stephen Bates, Head of the Enterprise Business Unit
at BlackBerry. "The new cloud-based EMM solution will bring all the
benefits of our on-premise offering, which is trusted by more
businesses and governments around the world than any other enterprise
mobility solution, to customers as a cloud service that lets them
easily manage BlackBerry, iOS and Android devices more cost
efficiently than ever before."
The new cloud-based EMM solution will offer:
-- Simple and fast deployment. No server hardware or software to install,
just register and go.
-- Administrators can easily manage and secure smartphones and tablets. The
simple Web-based admin console will provide easy activation and
deployment of BlackBerry, iOS(R) and Android(TM) smartphones, app
management, security policy configuration and compliance monitoring.
-- Administrators can secure, deploy and manage apps. Administrators will
be able to build a catalog of public apps from the App Store(SM), Google
Play(TM) and the BlackBerry(R) World(TM) storefront, and then view app
distribution and usage for all users and devices.
-- End-users can manage their own devices through the self-service console.
End-users will be able to easily perform common management tasks such as
setting up or changing device passwords and remote wipe and lock without
relying on an administrator, giving them independence and saving on
helpdesk calls.
As a service, the new cloud-based EMM solution will minimize the
complexity of managing a fleet of disparate mobile devices, and will
be beneficial for IT departments that are strained in today's
business environment, and essential for teams or businesses without
an IT department. It will also eliminate the need for organizations
to purchase any servers or software - administrators will simply
register online then log in to the web-based management console to
define users, enroll devices, set security controls, and deploy apps.
Closed beta testing for the new cloud-based EMM solution is already
underway. The service will be available as a single monthly
subscription that covers both the license and technical support, and
is expected to be generally available by the end of November 2013.
For more information, visit the BlackBerry booth at ITxpo located in
the Atlantic Hall, Dolphin Convention Hall, booth #434 or visit
www.blackberry.com/cloud.
BlackBerry will be presenting "The Best Device is Debatable - The
Best Security is Not" session at ITxpo on Monday, October 7 from 1:15
p.m. to 1:45 p.m. in Dolphin/Southern III.
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