WATERLOO, Ontario, Nov. 21, 2019 /CNW/ -- BlackBerry Limited
(NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced the availability of BlackBerry®
Secure UEM & Productivity Suites to help businesses simplify
the management of their fast-changing security and complex Internet
of Things (IoT) environments.
A strategic update of the company's industry-leading Enterprise
Mobility Suite, BlackBerry Secure UEM & Productivity Suites are
now offered as three tiered suites, allowing organizations to
choose the solution that best fits their security and productivity
needs now, and then seamlessly choose more advanced capabilities as
the demands of their organizations evolve.
"As the number of endpoints and devices continues to grow in the
Internet of Things, enterprises and governments require flexible
solutions to safeguard their data, while allowing users to be
productive and safe," said Billy Ho,
Executive Vice President of Enterprise Products, BlackBerry. "By
continuing to innovate on one of our flagship solutions, we're
delivering on our promise to meet the evolving needs of our global
customers and prove that organizations can have both world-class
security and productivity in a streamlined solution."
BlackBerry Secure UEM & Productivity Suites provide IT
leaders and end users secure access to tools, applications, and
files for enhanced productivity, collaboration, and agility. The
new BlackBerry Secure UEM & Productivity Suites offerings are
as follows:
- Choice Suite – Allows businesses to boost productivity and
reduce costs with secure access to key business tools and
analytics.
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- The Choice Suite offers the ability to manage all devices and
apps, across key platforms and device ownership models.
- Freedom Suite – Enables customers to improve team agility
with collaboration applications, app customization, and
enterprise-grade security.
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- Building on the Choice Suite, the Freedom Suite offers content
collaboration platform, identity and access management, development
tools for custom apps, and the ability for users to securely
interoperate with Microsoft® mobility apps.
- Limitless Suite – Equips organizations with additional
security for file protection and Digital Rights Management
(DRM).
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- The Limitless Suite expands on the Choice and Freedom Suites
with multi-channel notification capabilities and a secure content
collaboration platform with complete DRM for file level security
policies.
Early Industry Praise
"BlackBerry continues to
innovate and deepen its UEM portfolio and these new suites will
help meet the needs of customers looking to secure valuable
endpoints in the IoT," said Jack
Gold, President and Principal Analyst, J. Gold Associates,
LLC. "Organizations realize they need powerful and flexible
solutions to protect their critical data and employees, while still
keeping pace with a rapidly changing environment of devices and
apps. Solutions like BlackBerry Secure UEM & Productivity
Suites create a better cybersecurity experience across the
enterprise, while providing the necessary tools to manage an
increasingly diverse environment."
"BlackBerry has consistently shown a willingness to adapt to
meet their customers' needs and this latest product update is no
different," said Zekeria Oezdemir, CTO, novalink GmbH. "As a
Platinum Partner in Switzerland,
being able to provide a more streamlined portfolio from BlackBerry
will enable us to offer our customers more value and the features
they need to meet their changing security and business needs."
"When it comes to work productivity and security, the easier we
can make things for our team members, the better," said
Collin Buechler, Chief Information
Security, Data Privacy & Compliance Officer, ConvergeOne. "The
BlackBerry team has become a true partner for our organization as
we look to integrate new technologies and users. We're confident
these new BlackBerry Secure UEM & Productivity Suites will help
us to remain both agile and secure, while driving ConvergeOne's
digital transformation."
A leader in the Gartner 2019 Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint
Management Tools, BlackBerry's unique approach to UEM brings a new
level of sophistication to organizations that focus on highly
secure mobility, collaboration, IoT and modern management. To learn
more about BlackBerry Secure UEM & Productivity Suites, click
here:
https://www.blackberry.com/us/en/products/blackberry-secure-uem-suites#top
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) is a
trusted security software and services company that provides
enterprises and governments with the technology they need to secure
the Internet of Things. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company is unwavering
in its commitment to safety, cybersecurity and data privacy, and
leads in key areas such as artificial intelligence, endpoint
security and management, encryption and embedded systems. For more
information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow @BlackBerry.
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