Just make sure you know that one of the arguments the person wanting the Droid X will come up with is there’s an app for all the security issues you guys are talking about. Mobile Defense will allow you to track the phone, lock the phone, wipe the phone and send an alarm command to it too. So don’t base your argument on the security aspect.
Richard Lawley Information Technology Department Johanson Transportation Service Direct 559-458-2245 Office 800-742-2053 Cell 559-907-6610 Fax 559-458-2236 <http://www.johansontrans.com/> Please visit us at our website: www.johansontrans.com <http://www.johansontrans.com/> to learn more about our company and solutions we provide From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Armour Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:25 AM To: A list for BES Admin's to discuss issues,etc. Subject: Re: [Bes-admins] Droid X 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'. ------------------------------------------ Josh Armour MobileOps - Sysadmin [email protected] (541) 205-4262 ------------------------------------------ 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 P Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Art Alexion Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:07 AM To: A_List_for_BES_Admin's_to_discuss issues 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
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