On a day when BlackBerry could use some good news, comes this. According to the company, 60% of the Fortune 500 have made or in the process of making the switch to BlackBerry 10. Not only that, 18,000 BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 servers have already been installed by customers around the world.
Here’s what the company had to say about that:
“The adoption of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 has been largely driven by BlackBerry’s strategy of multi-platform Enterprise Mobility Management,” said Kevin Burden, Director of Mobility at Strategy Analytics. “The company’s ability to bring secure workspace capabilities to iOS and Android alongside BlackBerry, gives IT managers the tools needed to manage the complexity that ‘bring your own device’ has brought to many environments.
The company also cites two examples:
Whirlpool Corporation, a leader in the $120 billion global home appliance industry, uses the BlackBerry 10 platform to enhance their mobile device management strategy, and capitalize on BlackBerry’s industry leading Enterprise Mobility Management expertise. “BlackBerry functionality and security is the model for Whirlpool’s mobile device management strategy. We are pleased to join BlackBerry in this next step in their evolution, and see BlackBerry 10 in action at Whirlpool,” said Tim Densborn, Lead Mobility Solutions, Whirlpool GIS Infrastructure.
BDO Canada, a leading assurance, accounting, tax and advisory firm with over 3,600 partners and staff and more than 100 offices in Canada, works with a broad range of clients across the country and internationally. The firm has deployed more than 1,000 BlackBerry smartphones as their corporate device standard as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to manage their mobile infrastructure. According to BDO Canada’s CIO, Kim Watt, “I often talk to other CIO’s about the BlackBerry 10 platform and what BDO has been able to achieve having the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 solution in place. The touch screen of the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone for typing is incomparable, and the security features are unmatched.”
So it would appear that BlackBerry is getting some traction. That’s good. But given the events of today, they need a lot more of of this to become a relevant player in the smartphone market again.
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BlackBerry Reports That Enterprise Customers Are Making the Move to BlackBerry 10
On a day when BlackBerry could use some good news, comes this. According to the company, 60% of the Fortune 500 have made or in the process of making the switch to BlackBerry 10. Not only that, 18,000 BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 servers have already been installed by customers around the world.
Here’s what the company had to say about that:
“The adoption of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 has been largely driven by BlackBerry’s strategy of multi-platform Enterprise Mobility Management,” said Kevin Burden, Director of Mobility at Strategy Analytics. “The company’s ability to bring secure workspace capabilities to iOS and Android alongside BlackBerry, gives IT managers the tools needed to manage the complexity that ‘bring your own device’ has brought to many environments.
The company also cites two examples:
Whirlpool Corporation, a leader in the $120 billion global home appliance industry, uses the BlackBerry 10 platform to enhance their mobile device management strategy, and capitalize on BlackBerry’s industry leading Enterprise Mobility Management expertise. “BlackBerry functionality and security is the model for Whirlpool’s mobile device management strategy. We are pleased to join BlackBerry in this next step in their evolution, and see BlackBerry 10 in action at Whirlpool,” said Tim Densborn, Lead Mobility Solutions, Whirlpool GIS Infrastructure.
BDO Canada, a leading assurance, accounting, tax and advisory firm with over 3,600 partners and staff and more than 100 offices in Canada, works with a broad range of clients across the country and internationally. The firm has deployed more than 1,000 BlackBerry smartphones as their corporate device standard as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 to manage their mobile infrastructure. According to BDO Canada’s CIO, Kim Watt, “I often talk to other CIO’s about the BlackBerry 10 platform and what BDO has been able to achieve having the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 solution in place. The touch screen of the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone for typing is incomparable, and the security features are unmatched.”
So it would appear that BlackBerry is getting some traction. That’s good. But given the events of today, they need a lot more of of this to become a relevant player in the smartphone market again.
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