The security compromises needed to use the Droids and the iPhones with our corporate data were unacceptable. For now, we are piloting "Good Technology." http://www.good.com
Terrible name for an OK product. (I think this is by design - the horrible name makes it impossible to Google for reviews, for instance. "Good Review?") The basics - put an app on the device with a datastore wrapped in encryption. Use IT rules and a central server to deploy the data and manage the devices. We don't care about the user and what they do to the device since the APP is now the gatekeeper. It supports a slew of devices - everything non-blackberry, it seems. The downsides - each client for each device seems to be independently developed. Some clients have features others don't. It also doesn't give you the same integration and user-friendliness that the in-device apps do. It seems to be slower at times during the day. BIG downsides: it seems to really tax the battery. We have one guy charging is droid at lunch to make it through the day. I couldn't live like that. Also, Verizon (the only real network around here) makes you get the enterprise data plan to use GOOD, which is an extra $15/mo. At this time the security in the non-RIM devices isn't there yet. THEY know this, though, and are gunning hard for RIM. I'd be surprised if both Android and Apple don't get close to BES-feature-complete within a year. (More bad news for Good...) On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:21 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I just went through this with a few execs who want some new Incredible phone > from Verizon. I met with the execs, said that IT didn't have the bandwitdh to > support anything other than BB's and iPhones (and we only do those > begrudgingly)... > > Luckily, the execs backed me on this and it hasn't been an issue. > > BTW, I discovered how many people were using non-BB's on our network a few > weeks > ago when I turned on a policy on our OWA server to password lock devices. I > had > people showing up complain with iPads and all sorts of other Windows mobile > devices whose devices suddenly required a password... > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Art Alexion <[email protected]> > To: A_List_for_BES_Admin's_to_discuss issues <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 11:06:51 AM > 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 > 4700 Wissahickon Ave. [email protected] > Philadelphia, PA 19144 267-615-3172 > > _______________________________________________ > Bes-Admins mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins > http://www.dataoutages.com > http://www.dataoutagenews.com > RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins > --------------------------------- > Bes-Admins mailing list is sponsored by Dataoutagenews.com. > http://www.dataoutagenews.com > > _______________________________________________ > Bes-Admins mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins > http://www.dataoutages.com > http://www.dataoutagenews.com > RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins > --------------------------------- > Bes-Admins mailing list is sponsored by Dataoutagenews.com. > http://www.dataoutagenews.com > _______________________________________________ Bes-Admins mailing list [email protected] http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins --------------------------------- Bes-Admins mailing list is sponsored by Dataoutagenews.com. http://www.dataoutagenews.com
