RIM has launched BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, multi-platform Mobile Device Management (MDM) for BlackBerry, Android and iOS devices that was announced last November. It would offer cost-efficient, secure, reliable and scalable solution that consolidates the management of smartphones and tablets running BlackBerry OS (including support for BlackBerry PlayBook and future BlackBerry 10 devices), Universal Device Service that provides Mobile Device Management for Android and iOS. It also provides a single, unified, web-based console for easily managing all devices.
Features of BlackBerry Mobile Fusion
- Activate and configure devices and profiles over the air
- Enable access to enterprise Mail, Calendar and PIM
- Administer users and groups, natively and directory based
- Establish corporate IT Policies and Security
- Manage lost devices – Password Reset, Device Lock, Device Wipe
- Set Wi-Fi and VPN settings
- Deploy internally-developed apps
- Define (and enforce) public applications as mandatory or optional
- Provides Notifications to the Device User
- Provides Rooting & Jailbreak Detection
- Help manage Roaming to control your data costs
- Prevent apps from accessing corporate mail accounts
The BlackBerry Mobile Fusion software is available for Download for free and is priced by the number of devices being managed. There is also 60 day free trial, so customers try it before purchasing a single Client access licenses (CALs) that start at $99 per user or $4 per user per month.