Aug 22 2013 by Computerworld editors
Aug 22 2013 by Computerworld editors
Background – Regardless of the bad news about the financial performance and market share of BlackBerry, are 6 reasons to move away from BlackBerry Last week the news came out that companies can offer BlackBerry and that the tech giant has ears to be there. Meanwhile, research firm IDC reports that sales of BlackBerries with twelve percent has decreased compared to last year and that the new BB10 smartphones not exactly like hot cakes over the counter. For large companies, the platform is a stronger stayer than the average consumer. Organizations still use the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES). Indeed, according to BlackBerry uses ninety percent of the Fortune 500 list still BES. Since the introduction of BES10 is a global platform installed 19,000 times and sixty percent of those big Fortune 500 companies have tested the MDM product. This year, the company that BES has become even more useful: even iOS and Android devices to manage it. same time, dark clouds are gathering. The mobile market has been a while firmly shifted to iPhone and Android. The most innovative apps often for the first time on the iPhone and in mobile security has changed quite a bit. Even U.S. government agencies like ICE Immigration and road safety organization NTSB replaced by BlackBerrys iPhones. For people on the mobile infrastructure companies decide it is therefore time to consider whether there is space for BlackBerry within the organization. Here are six reasons why you do not have to stick to this platform. Even though some companies still do not want it to, we are now clearly in an era of Bring Your Own Device. This shift took place a few years ago. Before, most companies with a BlackBerry mobile infrastructure. Gavin Kim, director of mobile IT services NQ Mobile said that this number has decreased by ten percent. Now used roughly half of business users an iPhone. support for other platforms BlackBerry now offers BES10 has come very late according to Kim. In addition, competition from other MDM platforms, eg Samsung KNOX, customers no longer linger. MDM companies begin to let go. BlackBerry So made AirWatch recently announced that customer Merck, the German pharmaceutical giant, BlackBerry swapped for Android and iOS models. This would increase productivity. Merck uses an internal application store for Android and iOS apps. AirWatch MDM companies and are a good indicator of the development of mobile infrastructures: if they lose interest in platforms, large companies will follow soon . «previous 1 2 next» ?DownloadThis Computerworld management special is the diverse landscape BYO and responsibilities. Download about how you can improve. by using mobile devices the experience of education
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