Leading Organizations Invest in BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility
Solutions
WATERLOO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Apr 16, 2014) - BlackBerry
Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY)(TSX:BB), a world leader in mobile
communications, today announced that several leading Canadian
customers are deploying BlackBerry® Enterprise Service 10 (BES10),
including: Volker Stevin, City of Waterloo and Samuel, Son &
Co., Limited.
According to J. Gold Associates(1), over the next year or two
the average enterprise user will employ three to five personal
devices and use eight to 10 business applications. With the growing
need for enterprise users to connect to at least five different
enterprise systems, such as VPN, email and the cloud, to perform
work-related tasks, the management and security of devices will
become increasingly more complex to control without the right
enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution.
Migrating to BlackBerry's EMM solution allows organizations to
seamlessly manage devices, operating systems, applications and
security. "Our enterprise customers know they can trust BlackBerry
because they've long counted on our mobility solutions to arm their
employees with the best tools to help them be more productive and
collaborative - all without ever having to worry about the security
of their data," said John Sims, President, Global Enterprise
Services at BlackBerry.
Volker Stevin, one of the largest heavy civil and highway
maintenance contractors in Western Canada, is deploying BES10 and
BlackBerry 10 smartphones as the company's sole EMM solution. "We
have hundreds of employees on and off the field, and they all
require one thing - fast, secure and consistent communication
tools," said Mike Philip, Wireless Program Manager, Volker Stevin.
"We evaluated other MDM solutions like MobileIron and AirWatch, but
BES10 was a clear winner in terms of being more user-friendly and
cost-effective. BlackBerry 10 smartphones and BES10 allow us to
improve operational efficiency with security capabilities that are
second to none."
The City of Waterloo continues its long-standing partnership
with BlackBerry in innovating and injecting new ideas and
technologies to provide valued services that help build the best
quality of life for its citizens. In addition to deploying BES10
and BlackBerry 10 smartphones for its workforce, the City of
Waterloo also worked with BlackBerry to develop the Ping Street
mobile application on the BlackBerry OS platform. The
first-of-its-kind mobile application provides Waterloo citizens
real-time access to location-based information including garbage
and recycling calendars, construction detours, road closures and
more.
The City of Waterloo has also embraced BBM™ to stay connected
and share secure real-time updates and news with its employees
during emergency situations. BBM™ Groups used during emergencies
sped up response time and drastically improved collaboration and
critical communication during emergency incidents. "BlackBerry 10
devices are by far some of the best business smartphones available.
While they deliver tangible productivity benefits and iron-clad
security standards, our whole crew from planners to bylaw personnel
to firefighters can also enjoy all the benefits of a cutting-edge
device with all the enterprise apps they need at their fingertips,"
said Max Min, Director of Information Management and Technology
Services, City of Waterloo.
Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, Canada's oldest and largest
metals service center and metal manufacturing company, has chosen
BES10 and BlackBerry 10 smartphones as their core end-to-end
business mobility solution. "We're confident that our investment in
BlackBerry 10 is the best mobility solution for our workforce,"
said Bob Carter, Chief Information Officer, Samuel, Son & Co.,
Limited. "The powerful combination of BlackBerry 10 smartphones and
BES10 offers us an integrated mobile device and server solution
that meets our highest security and productivity needs. BlackBerry
also offers a best-in-class customer service experience and product
training support, which makes deploying BlackBerry 10 a great value
proposition overall."
The BES10 multi-platform solution allows customers to manage
BlackBerry, iOS and Android devices from a single, highly secure,
reliable platform. Around the globe, nearly 33,000 BES10 commercial
and test servers have been installed to date. To further accelerate
migration to BES10, BlackBerry launched the new EZ Pass offer that
provides free migration for existing BlackBerry customers or those
on any other mobility management platform. The EZ Pass offer will
be available from March 31, 2014 through January 31, 2015. Please
visit www.blackberry.com/ezpass to apply for the program.
For more information about BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10,
please visit: www.bes10.com.
(1) SOURCE: "BES10: Enterprise Mobility Management for a
Multi-Platform World." J. Gold and Associates Research
Report
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