BlackBerry and Microsoft Partner to Empower the Mobile Workforce
March 19 2018 - 4:00PM
BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB) (TSX:BB) and Microsoft Corp.
(NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced a strategic partnership to offer
enterprises a solution that integrates BlackBerry’s expertise in
mobility and security with Microsoft’s unmatched cloud and
productivity products.
Through this partnership, the companies have
collaborated on a first-of-its-kind solution: BlackBerry Enterprise
BRIDGE. This technology provides a highly-secure way for their
joint customers – the world’s largest banks, healthcare providers,
law firms, and central governments – to seamlessly use native
Microsoft mobile apps from within BlackBerry Dynamics.
By making Microsoft’s mobile apps seamlessly
available from within BlackBerry Dynamics, enterprise users will
now have a consistent experience when opening, editing, and saving
a Microsoft Office 365 file such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Word on
any iOS® or Android™ device. This enables users to work anytime,
anyplace, with rich file fidelity. At the same time, corporate IT
departments benefit from a greater return on their existing
investments, and added assurance that their company’s data and
privacy is secured to the highest standards and in compliance with
corporate and regulatory policies.
“BlackBerry has always led the market with new
and innovative ways to protect corporate data on mobile devices,”
said Carl Wiese, president of Global Sales at BlackBerry. “We saw a
need for a hyper-secure way for our joint customers to use native
Office 365 mobile apps. BlackBerry Enterprise BRIDGE addresses this
need and is a great example of how BlackBerry and Microsoft
continue to securely enable workforces to be highly productive in
today’s connected world.”
“In an era when digital technology is driving rapid
transformation, customers are looking for a trusted partner,” said
Judson Althoff, executive vice president of Worldwide Commercial
Business at Microsoft. “Our customers choose Microsoft 365 for
productivity and collaboration tools that deliver continuous
innovation, and do so securely. Together with BlackBerry, we will
take this to the next level and provide enterprises with a new
standard for secure productivity.”
“Along with a number of our peers in the Financial Services
industry, we see strategic partnerships like this one as key to
enhancing and bringing new products to market,” said George
Sherman, Managing Director, CIO Global Technology Infrastructure,
JPMorgan Chase. “This partnership will help create a more seamless
mobile experience for end-users, which is a top priority for us at
JPMorgan Chase.”
Lastly, the companies shared that the BlackBerry Secure platform
for connecting people, devices, processes and systems, has been
integrated with the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Specifically,
BlackBerry UEM Cloud, BlackBerry Workspaces, BlackBerry Dynamics,
and BlackBerry AtHoc are now available on Azure.
To learn more, please visit BlackBerry.com.
About BlackBerryBlackBerry is an enterprise
software and services company focused on securing and managing IoT
endpoints. The company does this with BlackBerry Secure, an
end-to-end Enterprise of Things platform, comprised of its
enterprise communication and collaboration software and
safety-certified embedded solutions.
Based in Waterloo, Ontario, BlackBerry was founded in 1984 and
operates in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East,
Latin America and Africa. The Company trades under the ticker
symbol "BB" on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock
Exchange. For more information visit BlackBerry.com, and follow the
company on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) is the
leading platform and productivity company for the mobile-first,
cloud-first world, and its mission is to empower every person and
every organization on the planet to achieve more.
BlackBerry and related trademarks, names and
logos are the property of BlackBerry Limited and are registered
and/or used in the U.S. and countries around the world. All other
marks are the property of their respective owners. BlackBerry is
not responsible for any third-party products or services.
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