Research In Motion (RIM) today introduced BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion. Its a next-generation multi-platform Mobile Device Management (MDM) and supports BlackBerry, Android and iOS devices.
RIM is the leading provider of enterprise mobility solutions with over 90 percent of the Fortune 500 provisioning BlackBerry devices today. The enterprise market for smartphones and tablets continues to grow in both the company-provisioned and employee-owned (Bring Your Own Device or BYOD) categories. RIM wants to enter in this field with this service which allow users to manage devices, users, groups and policies from a single place, required and optional work applications. It also supports BlackBerry Balance technology that enables BlackBerry smartphones to be used for business and personal purposes.
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion brings together the market-leading BlackBerry® Enterprise Server (version 5.0.3) for BlackBerry smartphones; new management capabilities for BlackBerry PlayBook tablets built on BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology; and mobile device management for smartphones and tablets running Android and iOS operating systems.
According to Alan Panezic, Vice President, Enterprise Product Management and Marketing at Research In Motion, “We are pleased to introduce BlackBerry Mobile Fusion – RIM’s next generation enterprise mobility solution – to make it easier for our business and government customers to manage the diversity of devices in their operations today. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion brings together our industry-leading BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology for BlackBerry devices with mobile device management capabilities for iOS and Android devices, all managed from one web-based console. It provides the necessary management capabilities to allow IT departments to confidently oversee the use of both company-owned and employee-owned mobile devices within their organizations.”
The BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Features:
Asset management
Configuration management
Security and policy definition and management
Secure and protect lost or stolen devices (remote lock, wipe)
User- and group-based administration
Multiple device per user capable
Application and software management
Connectivity management (Wi-Fi, VPN, certificate)
Centralized console
High scalability
The BlackBerry Mobile Fusion requires BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.3 and work on BlackBerry handsets, BlackBerry PlayBook, iOS v4.0 or later and Google Android OS version 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3. This service is currently in early beta testing for Enterprise customers and expected to be available around 1Q of 2012. You can found more details here on official page of Mobile Fusion.
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion brings together the market-leading BlackBerry® Enterprise Server (version 5.0.3) for BlackBerry smartphones; new management capabilities for BlackBerry PlayBook tablets built on BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology; and mobile device management for smartphones and tablets running Android and iOS operating systems.
According to Alan Panezic, Vice President, Enterprise Product Management and Marketing at Research In Motion, “We are pleased to introduce BlackBerry Mobile Fusion – RIM’s next generation enterprise mobility solution – to make it easier for our business and government customers to manage the diversity of devices in their operations today. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion brings together our industry-leading BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology for BlackBerry devices with mobile device management capabilities for iOS and Android devices, all managed from one web-based console. It provides the necessary management capabilities to allow IT departments to confidently oversee the use of both company-owned and employee-owned mobile devices within their organizations.”
The BlackBerry Mobile Fusion Features:
Asset management
Configuration management
Security and policy definition and management
Secure and protect lost or stolen devices (remote lock, wipe)
User- and group-based administration
Multiple device per user capable
Application and software management
Connectivity management (Wi-Fi, VPN, certificate)
Centralized console
High scalability
The BlackBerry Mobile Fusion requires BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.3 and work on BlackBerry handsets, BlackBerry PlayBook, iOS v4.0 or later and Google Android OS version 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3. This service is currently in early beta testing for Enterprise customers and expected to be available around 1Q of 2012. You can found more details here on official page of Mobile Fusion.
