Yup - we're looking at doing that here, just because we had this discussion. It's nice to be able to give all your Blackberry devices a "poison pill" so that if they drop off the grid their data can be written off.
On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Peterson David <[email protected]> wrote: > But on a Blackberry, you can in a way. There is a policy setting that tells > the unit to wipe itself if it doesn't contact the BES within a set number of > days. Most companies probably don't use that setting, but it is there. Of > course that has to be set ahead of time. > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Armour > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:25 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 >> 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. 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