BlackBerry Limited announced significant upgrades to its enterprise software portfolio, enhancing BES12 - the comprehensive multi-OS EMM solution from BlackBerry - with integrated management capabilities for Good Dynamics and WatchDox by BlackBerry.
""These enterprise software portfolio upgrades support our customers by providing market-leading mobile security and enterprise productivity while reducing IT complexity and resources through one unified EMM platform,"" said Billy Ho, executive vice president, Enterprise Product and Value Added Solutions, BlackBerry. ""With the integration of Good and WatchDox products into our BES12 multi-OS EMM platform, we have created one of the most comprehensive and flexible mobility management solutions on the market today.""
BES12, Good and WatchDox are all included in the new Good Secure EMM Suites offered to enterprises. Together with BBM Protected and SecuSUITE for Enterprise, the comprehensive enterprise software portfolio from BlackBerry is designed to help businesses increase secure handling of their sensitive data, productivity of their workforce and collaboration across any device, endpoint or OS platform in the company. Elements of the combined platform and related upgrades include new BES12 version 12.4 which offers greater flexibility: Integration of Good secure container and apps with BES12, the foundation of BlackBerry's enterprise portfolio, for a single source of user enrollment. BlackBerry Security enhancements for iOS, including BlackBerry Secure Gateway for secure, behind-the- firewall access to native iOS mail and BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus for iOS, which can be configured as a device-wide or per-app VPN. Integrations with Cisco ISE and OpenTrust PKI, and MDM Support for OS X.
It also includes integration of Good Powered by BlackBerry for secure container and apps, the ability to protect, share and work with enterprise files and enabling secure enterprise instant messaging for better collaboration.