As far as security goes, I dont see how removing the sim from a blackberry
is any different.  You simply cannot wipe a phone after it has been
unplugged from the network.

But what makes Blackberry such a nice corp phone is the combo of remote wipe
and local wipe after X amount of password attempts.  That way even if the
phone is unplugged it will wipe if 'brute forced'.

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Josh Armour
MobileOps - Sysadmin
[email protected]
(541) 205-4262
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On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Eggan, Mark <[email protected]>wrote:

> Well Art...I have been trying to get these phones supported actually at our
> work (local County government).
>
> I can give you the reasons that Management has given us as to why we will
> not support them..
>
> Manpower - we don't have the manpower to learn a new OS (or multiple OS).
> Security - Cannot remote wipe these phones if SIM Card is removed PRIOR to
> your organization getting the 'kill command' out to the phone.
>
>
> Thank you,
> Mark
> x8142
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> Subject: [Bes-admins] Droid X
>
> I am starting to get pressure from some top level managers to support
> these.  Coincidentally, they were the same managers who 2 years ago
> drove the decision to switch from Palm Treos to BB.  Of course, when
> they drove the BB decision, they had no idea about the task of deploying
> BES, they just think a phone is a phone from an IT perspective.  In the
> two years since I have deployed BES and taught myself how to use it, I
> think it is one of the best decisions they made for me.  No more running
> to desks to fix one phone at a time.
>
> My personal phone is the HTC Evo.  I love the phone.  But I don't want
> to support individual phones again.  I just don't have the resources,
> and don't want to take a step backwards in efficiency.
>
> Whether you have faced the issue with iPhones or Android, I am looking
> for suggestions on how you resisted management pressure to support these
> non-enterprise phones.
>
> --
> Art Alexion                                      Systems Engineer
> Resources for Human Development, Inc.          215-951-0300 x3075
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