RIM had a short webcast today to talk about their new BlackBerry Mobile Fusion enterprise product, which will support Android and iOS devices, on top of their own next-gen BBX products. One nice little tidbit to emerge from the webcast that we didn’t hear anything about in this morning’s press release was support for a…
RIM announces management service for Android, iOS, and BBX called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion
Awhile back, RIM announced that they would be supporting Android and iOS devices in their enterprise management suite, and today they’re getting a little more specific with the details. The new management suite is called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, and will support tablets and smartphones, including those running RIM’s new BBX platform based on the PlayBook operating…
Android claims 40% of enterprise mobile web traffic
Internet security service provider, Zscaler, recently published some interesting usage data for the last quarter, including some insight into mobile browser usage. Although iOS may be winning device adoption over BlackBerry in businesses, it looks like the majority of Zscaler’s enterprise subscribers that browse the web on smartphones (40.3%) are doing so through an Android…
Survey says iPhone and iPad now more popular among businesses than BlackBerry
The enterprise market, where BlackBerry has traditionally reigned supreme, is now ruled by the iPhone according to recent reseach. A survey by iPass questioned 2,300 employees across 1,100 businesses around the world, and showed that 32.2% owned a BlackBerry (compared to 34.5% last year), while 45.0% claimed to use an iPhone for work, compared to…
Nvidia reports good quarter thanks to mobile
Today, Nvidia posted some pretty good quarterly earnings that were ahead of what analyst expected. This news comes after the company’s announcement of its beastly Tegra 3 quad-core processor, that will be jammed into the world’s first device to carry it, the Asus’ Eee Pad Transformer Prime next month. The chipmaker reported earnings of $178.3 million,…
RIM plies businesses with free BlackBerry PlayBook for every two bought
Another promotion for the BlackBerry PlayBook has just gone live, this time targeting businesses. For every two BlackBerry PlayBooks that are bought through select corporate vendors, RIM will throw in a third for free. To sweeten the deal, they’ll toss in a free leather sleeve, charging pod, or HDMI cable for free. This follows up…
Office 365 brings cloud productivity suite to BlackBerry
RIM has just announced a beta program for Office 365 on BlackBerry, which will offer business organizations Exchange synchronization and security options, without all of the hosting hassle. A browser-based console allows managers and end-users to keep tabs on their BlackBerry deployment, including remote wiping if needed, and the usual sync between e-mail, calendar, contacts,…
BlackBerry Management Center offers small business free remote wiping capabilities
Small business owners now have a means of managing their cadre of BlackBerry smartphones that’s free and doesn’t involve setting up BES Express. A new free service from RIM called the BlackBerry Management Center lets administrators plug in to BlackBerry Protect from a web-based console, enabling them to remotely back up, restore, find, lock, wipe,…
Hands-on: Motorola Xprt for Sprint
The Motorola Xprt for Sprint just landed in stores and in our hands, so we thought we’d take a quick look before we hit you with the full review next week. Does this full QWERTY device help you get more things done on the go or is it just a warmed over Droid Pro? Despite…
Windows Phone 7 Mango to boost enterprise features
The upcoming Windows Phone 7 Mango update will bring a host of new features like third-party multitasking and deeper Twitter integration but Microsoft indicated it will also have features to make this platform more friendly for businesses. The platform is already pretty solid with businesses because it easily ties into the plethora of Microsoft software…