BlackBerry Limited has announced significant upgrades to its enterprise software portfolio, enhancing BES12 – a 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 cross any device, endpoint or OS platform in the company.
Essentially, the new BES12 version offers integration of Good secure container and apps for a single source of user enrolment. It also offers 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.
Ability to protect, share and work with enterprise files
WatchDox by BlackBerryis now fully integrated in the BES12 management console. New features and add-ons also include upgraded mobile file creation and editing capabilities with the integration of Docs To Go and enhanced eDiscovery with DRM protection for email attachments.
WatchDoxfor Good for iOS and Android, a version of the WatchDox mobile app integrated with Good Dynamics container, is now live in the Good Marketplace.
Good Secure EMM Suites include leading security capabilities at each level of the platform in order to address the needs of customers for securing devices, applications, content and work data - at rest and in transit. BlackBerry recently received Common Criteria EAL-4+ certification for the Good Dynamics SDK and servers, Good Work, and other collaboration apps.
“The new Good Secure EMM Suites provide simple and flexible options for customers to deploy industry leading security across devices, apps, content and data. BlackBerry now has five tailored mobility suites to meet the current and future needs of businesses of any size,” said Billy Ho, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Product and Value Added Solutions, BlackBerry.
“This major step in the integration of Good Powered by BlackBerry comes less than three months after the close of the acquisition, enabling us to expand our industry leadership and further drive innovation in the EMM market.”
The Good Secure EMM Suites will follow the established user-based subscription licensing model with pricing starting at $3 USD per user per month for the Good Secure Management Suite.
The other product offerings will then range from Good Secure Enterprise Suite for $5 USD, Good Secure Collaboration Suite for $10 USD, Good Secure Mobility Suite for $15 USD to Good Secure Content Suite for $25 USD per user per month. The Good Secure EMM Suites can be deployed on-premise or via a cloud-based model, and are now being introduced to customers worldwide.