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Unknown's avatar Pete 10:35 am on May 20, 2013
Tags: blackberry, , BlackBerry world,   

Where have all the MDM providers gone?

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Looking at BlackBerry world news, I stumbled upon an interesting fact.  The sponsor list strangely had something missing.  This is an impressive list of sponsors, but once you drill down into the list, what is missing…

Where are all the MDM providers?  It seems that the only companies on this list that are MDM providers are Boxtone and Vox Mobile.   Those two companies are more BlackBerry centric then the others.  Now some companies have an MDM solution, like SAP, but they are hardly there for the MDM part of the business.   This leads me to one conclusion.

Either RIM told Mobile Iron, Airwatch, Zenprise and Tangoe MDM to stay away or those companies decided that they did not need to be seen at BlackBerry live.  Each of these scenario’s provides insight into what is going on in the battle for MDM.  The Gardner report on MDM is due soon, and we are going to see what has happen since last year’s report put Airwatch and MobileIron on top of the pile.

Unknown's avatar Pete 11:03 am on May 15, 2013
Tags: blackberry, , q10   

The Q10

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What we know
The device will launch with a 16GB model that will utilize a 3.1 inch touch display.  It will be a 4G device and use a 720×720 resolution.  This device will be a lower end model, think curve to bold.  It will record HD video in 1080p and have a battery standby time of 14.8 days and 13.5 talking time.  I don’t see the market that they are appealing to though.  IPhone have never really came to market with a cheap phone, just lowered prices on older models.  I’m not sure I agree with this marketing strategy though, I feel that they should push the higher end models, and give a price reduction on the z10, and then push a new high end phone.    This will launch BlackBerry OS 10.1. I will make another blog posts that go over the specifics of that upgrade.  I assume it will have a lessor processor then that of the z10.
Unknown's avatar Pete 2:23 pm on May 14, 2013
Tags: , BES 10.1, blackberry   

BES 10.1

Features leaked for BES 10.1 from RIM

 

Key features of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1

--  Regulated-level EMM. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1
    provides customers with an optional set of extended IT policy settings
    and controls that restricts the use of a BlackBerry 10 smartphone for
    work only (does not allow personal apps and content). 
--  Simplified deployment for a lower total cost of ownership. Following a
    simple installation process, customers will be able to use BlackBerry
    Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1 to manage BlackBerry 10 smartphones,
    BlackBerry(R) PlayBook(TM) tablets, iOS and Android devices, as well as
    earlier model BlackBerry smartphones. Upgrading to BlackBerry Enterprise
    Service 10 version 10.1 is simple and intuitive, and existing BlackBerry
    Enterprise Server 5 customers can quickly upgrade to BlackBerry
    Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1 with no firewall changes. 
--  Dashboard & reporting. New dashboard capabilities provide an "at-a-
    glance" graphical view of information and statistics associated with the
    customer's complete fleet of devices, providing administrators with
    immediate access to the information they need. The dashboard displays a
    high level overview of information such as a device deployment summary
    by platform and carrier, device compliance state, application
    deployments, and more.  
--  High Availability. All components of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10
    can now be deployed in a highly available active/passive configuration,
    similar to the high availability support offered by BlackBerry
    Enterprise Server 5.0. It offers simple, easy to configure threshold
    settings and improved failover performance. 
--  BlackBerry Support is now included as standard. Care(ii) now comes as
    standard with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 deployments(iii),
    providing 12x5 telephone access to BlackBerry experts, responsive online
    support, access to training, productivity and diagnostic tools. Extended
    technical support offerings are available.
Unknown's avatar Pete 8:08 am on May 14, 2013
Tags: BBLive, , BES10, blackberry, ,   

Could BlackBerry be turning the page?

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I was reading up on BlackBerry live news this morning and I stumbled upon this important tidbit. BlackBerry set sales records in the UK and in Canada when it launched. Now assuming this is true, this is really good news for RIM.  As I wrote earlier, RIM is definitely hurting in the marketplace right now, and any good news helps.  This time last year at BlackBerry world, I met with some very high profile customers who were talking about plans to move off of BlackBerry and BES.  In the past few months, I’ve heard plans of implementing BES 10 ( which is the sudo-BES for BlackBerry 10 devices) along with their stand alone MDM solution

Could BlackBerry be part of MDM solutions going forward, we will see…