Samsung Business Services to offer BlackBerry enterprise
products and services
BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in
mobile communications, and Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd. announced
today continued progress in their partnership with the planned
integration of Samsung KNOX with two new BlackBerry enterprise
services: WorkLife by BlackBerry® and SecuSUITE. The companies also
announced that BlackBerry enterprise solutions will be offered
through Samsung Business Services.
WorkLife by BlackBerry brings to KNOX the most comprehensive
solution available for enterprises to accurately split mobile
billing, respect employee privacy and protect corporate assets. It
is the only solution that can separate work and personal voice and
SMS as well as data usage. WorkLife will integrate seamlessly with
Samsung KNOX, making it straightforward to split work and personal
use. It’s a very flexible approach; enterprises can choose to pay
for all employee usage within the KNOX container, or they can
select specific work applications to be billed to the company.
BlackBerry subsidiary Secusmart and its SecuSUITE solution
offers highly security-conscious organizations like governments
virtually tap-proof voice and SMS communications that are secure
enough for world leaders. BlackBerry and Samsung are working
closely together to bring this government-grade security to
KNOX-enabled smartphones, including the newly announced Samsung
Galaxy S6. SecuSUITE for KNOX will use the Secusmart Security Card
that, in conjunction with BES12, will provide hardware-based
end-to-end encryption and cryptographically secured subscriber
authentication. Voice and SMS as well as data from the KNOX
Workspace will be fully encrypted and protected.
In addition to integrating solutions, Samsung will offer the
growing selection of BlackBerry enterprise products and services
through its new Samsung Business Services. This service will offer
enterprise customers a single point of contact to help manage and
support their Samsung mobile devices, along with a range of
associated services and solutions. Samsung Business Services’
enterprise technology specialists will be able to provide customers
guidance and technical support through the deployment and
implementation of the tightly integrated, end-to-end secure
solution that will bring together BES12 and Samsung devices with
built-in KNOX security. That will include the new Samsung Galaxy
S6, which offers mobile security through the newly launched Samsung
KNOX 2.4, Samsung’s premier platform for enterprise mobile
security, safety and two-factor authentication.
“Working with BlackBerry allows us both to bring more compelling
solutions to the enterprise,” said Injong Rhee, Executive Vice
President of Enterprise Business, IT & Mobile Communications
Division at Samsung Electronics. “Workers are tired of carrying two
devices and companies are growing sensitive to the risks of having
company assets tied to personal smartphones. With the introduction
of these new services from BlackBerry, the needs of both
enterprises and their employees will be met with Samsung KNOX
devices.”
“Customers tell us that enterprise solutions have to provide
flexibility in terms of device choice and mobile deployment models
such as BYOD or COPE,” said Billy Ho, Executive Vice President,
Enterprise Product and Value Added Solutions, BlackBerry. “Working
with Samsung, we’ll be able to provide a great experience for both
SecuSUITE and WorkLife on Samsung’s KNOX-enabled devices. With
these great choices, companies won’t need to choose between
security and compliance on one hand and employee choice and
productivity on the other. With these easy-to-deploy services, they
will have both.”
Key customer benefits of WorkLife by BlackBerry:
- An option to give employees a
company-owned work phone number on employee-owned devices that can
be retained and reused when the employee leaves the company.
Employees can quickly and easily switch between personal and
company phone numbers for both voice and SMS communications.
- The ability to add a personal line to
corporately owned, personally-enabled (COPE) devices, allowing
employees to carry one device for both work and personal use.
- A split-billing solution that works
when roaming, separating work and personal use even if the user is
travelling in different countries.
- The option to add a work line to an
employee device using a simple management console, regardless of
their mobile device management (MDM) provider.
- Easy deployment by enabling companies
to continue working with their carrier as traffic does not need to
be routed through a different proxy server.
Key customer benefits of SecuSUITE:
- State-of-the art hardware based
encryption technology that provides virtually tap-proof mobile
voice and SMS communications.
- An anti-eavesdropping solution already
successfully used by several governments.
- Security that is easy and intuitive to
use.
“Samsung and BlackBerry are combining their long-standing
reputation and experience to develop compelling solutions that meet
unique industry challenges. The amount of sensitive corporate
information transferred via voice as opposed to email/data is very
large, and subject to relatively easy interception,” explains Jack
Gold, Founder and Principal Analyst of J.Gold Associates, LLC. “So
the need to include enhanced encryption/security of voice
communications is becoming mission critical. Further, as more
regulations come about to separate accounting of personal and
corporate use of devices, the ability to offer multiple SIM and/or
split billing is moving from a ‘nice to have’ to a critical
requirement for most companies.”
Pricing and Availability
WorkLife by BlackBerry will be available on all Samsung
KNOX-enabled devices and will be activated through carrier
partners. BlackBerry and Samsung are working with carriers
worldwide to enable the service and expect the service to launch
later in 2015. Pricing and availability will be announced on a
carrier-by-carrier basis. Enterprises can sign up here to be
notified of availability.
SecuSUITE for Samsung KNOX will be available in the fall 2015.
Pricing details will be announced at availability.
Samsung Business Services will launch later in 2015. Customers
will be able to get BES12, including deployment and technical
support, directly from Samsung. Other BlackBerry value added
services will be added in the future.
About BlackBerry
A global leader in mobile communications, BlackBerry®
revolutionized the mobile industry when it was introduced in 1999.
Today, BlackBerry aims to inspire the success of our millions of
customers around the world by continuously pushing the boundaries
of mobile experiences. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo,
Ontario, BlackBerry operates offices in North America, Europe,
Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. The Company
trades under the ticker symbols "BB" on the Toronto Stock Exchange
and "BBRY" on the NASDAQ. For more information, visit
www.BlackBerry.com.
About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. inspires the world and shapes the
future with transformative ideas and technologies, redefining the
worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, cameras,
digital appliances, printers, medical equipment, network systems
and semiconductors. We are also leading in the Internet of Things
space through, among others, our Digital Health and Smart Home
initiatives. We employ 307,000 people across 84 countries. To
discover more, please visit our official website
at www.samsung.com and our official blog
at global.samsungtomorrow.com.
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