WATERLOO, Ontario, March 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry
Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced it will be offering
businesses additional assistance in implementing their own remote
working programs, at no cost. Recognizing the gravity of the
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, BlackBerry is committed to helping
its current customers and other companies support their business
continuity plans and remote working policies by enabling a secure,
productive and connected environment for workers. This includes
quick onboarding and enablement that can be delivered remotely with
our services.
As part of this commitment, BlackBerry will be offering a range
of its secure communication solutions for enterprises – free of
charge for a 60-day period – in order to help manage and secure
employees in the ways they are most likely to be working. These
mission critical solutions include:
- BlackBerry Desktop: To continue to enable secure
and productive remote working practices, companies will be able to
access this solution for a simple way to onboard and offboard
employees as work policies shift. Whether this is through a
personal laptop, desktop or mobile and tablet device, the ability
to provide secure remote access across any device is paramount. The
solution provides customers with:
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- Secure connectivity within a containerized environment, along
with simple access to key productivity apps along with a secure
browser for web based corporate apps, eliminating the need for
individual VPN access
- Increased secure collaboration through the integration of
BlackBerry® DynamicsTM with Zoom and Cisco Webex®,
allowing for the immediate securitization of web meetings when
employees connect from their phones or tablets
- Simple data path controls which securely route traffic through
firewalls, while simultaneously keeping internal and SaaS data
within a secure containerized environment
- Quick onboarding by allowing IT to provide a single access key
to employees, which will allow workers to access corporate
resources with a single sign-on and keep personal applications
separate
- SecuSUITE for Government and Enterprises for
Secure Messaging and Phone Calls: Enabling high security
voice and messaging across iOS® and Android™ environments so
government bodies, first responders, law enforcement, healthcare
providers, and enterprises can enable workers to continue with
activities that require the highest level of security. Customers
will have access to secure communications with uncompromised
usability, allowing employees to make secure phone calls, exchange
secure messages using the devices workers already own.
- BlackBerry AtHoc for Employee
Safety: Allowing organizations globally to unify their
crisis communications, BlackBerry AtHoc enables companies to offer
a level of protection for their staff and give leadership the
information they need to make critical safety decisions, including
capabilities such as:
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- Pre-configured Enterprise Package for Employee Safety
- Rapidly alert recipients via SMS, mobile app, voice calls,
and secure email
- Easily target notification recipients by location or
groups
- Access live on-line "Ask the Trainer" sessions
- BlackBerry Protect: Advanced endpoint protection using
AI to prevent breaches and provide added controls for safeguarding
against sophisticated threats.
"This is an unprecedented time. Organizations have worked
quickly to ensure the safety of their employees through enabling
remote work policies, however many of those people are new to
working from home, which poses its own challenge," said
John Chen, Executive Chairman and
CEO of BlackBerry. "Our hope is that we can play our part,
through our world-class BYOD security solutions, to enable
companies impacted by the global pandemic – whether they are
currently our customer or not – to remain successful by maintaining
continuity of operations, communications, productivity, and
security."
BlackBerry Desktop, SecuSUITE for Government, BlackBerry AtHoc
for Employee Safety and BlackBerry Protect will be available free
for 60 days. Those interested can contact your BlackBerry
representative or email us at covid19help@blackberry.com
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB)
provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises
and governments around the world. The company secures more
than 500M endpoints including
150M cars on the road today.
Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the
company leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative
solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy
solutions, and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security
management, encryption, and embedded systems.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.
For more information, visit BlackBerry.com and follow
@BlackBerry.
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