Allows organizations to benefit from BlackBerry’s secure network while leveraging the expertise of a BlackBerry hosting partner to manage their IT environment.
BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) will now be available as a hosted service through third-party partners worldwide. BES10 Hosted provides the benefits of trusted BlackBerry enterprise mobility management (EMM) and advanced security capabilities with the convenience of hosted IT administration.
BES10 Hosted allows organizations to benefit from BlackBerry’s secure network while leveraging the expertise of a BlackBerry hosting partner to manage their IT environment. With BES10 Hosted, channel partners can manage and secure iOS, Android and BlackBerry devices to meet their clients’ diverse mobile business requirements.
“BlackBerry’s BES10 Hosted is focused on providing more choices and flexibility in how enterprise customers can manage their mobile environments,” said John Sims, President of Enterprise Services at BlackBerry. “We’re working closely with our hosting partners to deliver best-in-class managed services to customers in a way that meets their unique business needs without compromising on security, reliability and cost-efficiency.”
As part of BES10 Hosted, customers have the benefits of BES10 including:
- A multi-platform EMM offering with a user self-service portal for easy authentication and device management.
- Support from the hosting partners, backed by BlackBerry’s world-class technical support.
- Container options for all supported devices: Native built-in BlackBerry Balance for BlackBerry 10 devices and Secure Work Space for iOS and Android.
- Powerful application management capabilities such as the ability to distribute public apps, custom apps, ensure device compliance and centrally manage work apps via work app catalogs and software configuration profiles.
- Unified console to manage existing BlackBerry OS devices as well as BlackBerry 10, iOS and Android devices.
- Support for BES10 Gold level EMM and BBM Protected.
BES10 Hosted is a scalable solution that can be leveraged by small businesses to global enterprises alike. Hosting partners will also be able to offer silver and gold tiers of BES10 to meet the security, device and application management needs of their customers.
