RESEARCH IN Motion has begun its BlackBerry 10 assault by offering enterprises device management software for iPhones and Android devices as well as its own devices.
With the long awaited BlackBerry 10 due to launch on January 31 (AEDT), RIM has announced new enterprise server software that manages fleets of workplace mobile devices, including bring your own devices.
The software, known as BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES) 10, lets corporations offer staff their work email and access to workplace systems in a secured section of their phone or tablet.
RIM says the new BES offers device management, security, and mobile applications management for BlackBerry smartphones, PlayBook tablets, and new BlackBerry 10 smartphones in a consolidated solution.
In what seems a cheeky move, RIM says its single console managing system also can secure Google Android and Apple iOS devices used by employees.
"BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 empowers employees to be more productive and better equipped to serve customers while it provides business and IT leaders with the confidence that corporate data is protected and manageable in the same way they have long enjoyed with BlackBerry," said Peter Devenyi, Senior Vice President of RIM’s , Enterprise Software.
RIM in a statement said Enterprise Service 10 offered organisations a highly scalable solution and the flexibility to manage mobile deployment as needed. It supported both corporate-owned and personal-owned “bring your own device” deployments and mixed environments of BlackBerry and other devices.
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