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However it is not clear exactly what the agency plans at this point — whether it's just kicking the tyres of RIM's new platform to consider its options, or intending to use RIM"s device management software to manage a mixed estate of devices (including iPhones), or indeed considering buying all new BlackBerry 10 devices for its staff.
Asked to clarify if this meant ICE might roll out a mixed estate of iPhones and BlackBerry 10 devices, or use RIM's device management software to manage devices she said: "Again, we're not backing away from either [iOS or RIM]." "ICE will be participating in a BlackBerry 10/BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 pilot as outlined in the press release.
Zenprise, the California, US-based provider of enterprise mobile device management software, has acquired France's Sparus Software, which specialises in "managing, securing and remotely deploying line of business applications" in anything from smartphones, smartpads and things like card readers and scanners.
(Albeit, it does have its own mobile device management software that seeks to tap the BYOD trend, with the ability to manage iPhones, Android-powered devices and BlackBerrys).
The trust is now considering mobile device management software.
One of the hurdles it faces in that transformation is convincing big customers that its device management software works across many different platforms.
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Mformation, a maker of mobile-device management software, sued RIM in 2008, accusing it of infringement of two patents.
It also faces stiff competition from the likes of MobileIron and AirWatch, whose device-management software has adapted far more swiftly to a world in which BlackBerrys are being squashed by iPhones and Android handsets.There is speculation that Fairfax's move for BlackBerry is designed to flush out a higher offer.
Those, however, are under siege from rival companies aiming to sell mobile device management (MDM) software to manage other smartphone makes, particularly from Apple and Samsung.
Basically, enterprises want their mobile device management (MDM) software to do more.
But my other guess is that most of those tablets and probably half or more of those smartphones are not or only lightly secured today by Mobile Device Management (MDM) software.
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