Finalmente, llegan felices días para administradores IT con empleados con Android y iPhone, pero manejando desde un BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
Ya Research In Motion es confirmado como desarrollador de iOS y Android, uno de los muchos rumores que RIM se aprestaría a licenciar algunas de sus patentes o aplicaciones que conocimos en los equipos BlackBerry, pero al momento, no, no es el BBM ni tampoco soluciones de sincronización.
Se trata del proyecto Mobile Fusion, el cual busca que en un ambiente empresarial con BlackBerry Enterprise Server, pueda contar con los mismos beneficios que con todos los empleados usando BlackBerry, también puedan tener los mismos beneficios con equipos Android e iPhone.
Comunicado de prensa:
Introducing BlackBerry Mobile Fusion – RIM Launches Next Generation Mobile Device Management Solution for Government and Business Customers
Cost-Efficient Solution Delivers Secure, Reliable, Scalable and Easy Management of BlackBerry, iOS and Android Devices
Waterloo – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today launched the highly-anticipated BlackBerry® Mobile Fusion, RIM’s next-generation mobile device management (MDM) solution for enterprise customers. Built on the foundation that has established BlackBerry® Enterprise Server as the gold standard for government and businesses, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion delivers a cost-efficient, secure, reliable and scalable solution that consolidates the management of smartphones and tablets running BlackBerry® OS (including support for BlackBerry PlayBookTM and future BlackBerry® 10 devices) as well as AndroidTMand iOS®*, and provides a single, unified, web-based console for easily managing all devices.
“For businesses and government, managing a mix of mobile devices on any scale is chaotic. Organizations face pressure to allow employees to bring their own devices into the workplace, and they are looking to RIM as the global leader in the enterprise mobility space to solve that problem,” said Alan Panezic, Vice President, Enterprise Product Management and Marketing at Research In Motion. “BlackBerry Mobile Fusion allows organizations to manage a mixed environment of devices in the most secure, simple, and cost efficient manner possible. It also means that businesses and government do not have to move to the lowest common denominator on security for all the devices they need to manage.”
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion integrates the market-leading features and security architecture of BlackBerry Enterprise Server (version 5.0.3), providing advanced IT management and controls, a single outbound security connection (256-bit AES encrypted “BlackBerry VPN”), enforceable IT policies, support for BlackBerry® Balance technology, and over-the-air app and software installation capabilities for the management of BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablets (as well as future BlackBerry 10 devices).
For the wide range of government workers around the world and approximately 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies using BlackBerry smartphones today, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion allows them to leverage their current end-to-end BlackBerry security infrastructure and have flexible options for individually liable devices while keeping costs low.
In addition to providing unmatched functionality for BlackBerry devices, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion also provides comprehensive mobile device management capabilities for iOS and Android devices including:
- Support for multiple devices per user
- Application and software management
- Connectivity management (Wi-Fi®, VPN, certificates)
- Centralized, easy to use, unified web-based console
- Security and policy definition and management
- Asset management
- Configuration management
- Security and protection for lost or stolen devices (remote lock, wipe)
- User- and group-based administration
- High scalability
BlackBerry Mobile Fusion software is available as a free download and is priced by the number of devices being managed. Client access licenses (CALs) start at $99 per user or $4 per user per month (billed annually); volume discounts are also available. In addition, RIM is offering a 60 day free trial, so customers can deploy a pilot before purchasing a single CAL. The 60 day free trial is available at https://www.blackberry.com/eBES/trialOrder.do?id=121.
For more information, visit www.blackberry.com/mobilefusion.
* iOS and Android devices require the Mobile Fusion Client app to enable the BlackBerry Mobile Fusion management services, which is available as a free download for iOS and Android devices from their respective app stores. Device security, manageability and controls vary according to the inherent capabilities of the individual device operating systems.
Hay que notar que es el primer proyecto de su clase y prácticamente, ninguna manufacturera móvil no han hecho algo tan ambicioso desde el ActiveSync de Microsoft.
Puedes bajar el cliente (si hay BES en tu trabajo y recibiste autorización), para Android en el Play Store y para iPhone desde iTunes.
