New solution combines secure access with continuous threat
protection powered by AI
WATERLOO, Ontario, Feb. 5, 2020 /CNW/ -- BlackBerry
Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced BlackBerry®
Digital Workplace, a secure robust workspace that provides users
simple and secure online and offline access to corporate on-premise
or cloud content including Microsoft® Office 365® resources.
Remote anywhere, anytime access to company resources and data is
what empowers a modern, mobile workforce. Using traditional VPN or
classic VDI, however, can fail to effectively safeguard computers,
enterprise networks and other endpoints against the growing threat
of malware and other cyber-risks. Based on BlackBerry's Zero
Trust Architecture, BlackBerry Digital Workplace eliminates the
need for a VPN or VDI solution and provides continuous threat
protection using artificial intelligence and machine learning to
enable users to securely work anywhere and from any
device.
BlackBerry Digital Workplace also enables the modern enterprise
to protect more users by providing a turnkey solution to quickly
onboard or offboard all users. Today's workforce is often a mix of
full-time employees, contractors, seasonal workers, remote workers,
and partners. Organizations need a way to enable this wider range
of users to easily access firewall-protected business resources
using either company-managed devices or, increasingly, their
personal devices.
With BlackBerry Digital Workplace, this mixed
workforce can use their own devices to get to their corporate
email, calendar and contacts, and remote desktop and files with
many of the same capabilities they would have with a traditional
corporate-owned and managed computer. IT can then easily wipe all
corporate data from the device, such as at the end of a contract or
in the event of an emergency – without having to worry about a
complex enrollment and deprovisioning process.
"Unlike traditional workspace products that inhibit productivity
in the name of security, BlackBerry Digital Workplace is easy to
use and cost-effective, while simultaneously protecting users both
online and offline," said Billy Ho,
Executive Vice President of Enterprise Products at BlackBerry.
"Built for virtual workers in the digital age, this solution
leverages the power of artificial intelligence alongside
BlackBerry's advanced networking and security features to give
users an unparalleled level of productivity, security and
flexibility."
BlackBerry Digital Workplace integrates Awingu® to simplify
access to Windows® and Linux® apps, desktops, corporate intranets,
and SaaS and file shares.
"The combination of BlackBerry Desktop, CylancePROTECT® and
Awingu makes a unique and highly competitive unified workplace
solution which sets itself apart thanks to its end-to-end security
focus," said Walter Van Uytven, CEO
of Awingu.
ConvergeOne, a leading IT services provider of collaboration and
technology solutions, has deployed BlackBerry Digital Workplace to
ensure the security of the company's data wherever it resides and
control access to its business sensitive data.
"Our partnerships with BlackBerry and Awingu are critical to the
success of ConvergeOne's digital transformation and cybersecurity
initiatives," said Collin W.
Buechler, Information Security & Compliance Officer at
ConvergeOne. "The two solutions provide not only the security
required for all of our clients, but also access to
business-critical applications and functions for our team members
no matter their device or location. This gives us a level of
control and productivity that hasn't yet been possible until
now."
To learn more about BlackBerry Digital Workplace, please
visit www.blackberry.com/digitalworkplace and the company's
booth (N-5655 in the Moscone Center North Hall) at RSA® Conference
2020 in San Francisco, from
February 24-28, 2020.
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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