RIM won't just be supporting BlackBerry
devices any more--iOS and Android will
get the BlackBerry treatment soon.
(Credit: Tom Krazit/CNET) Research in
Motion unveiled an expanded service that
allows it to support both iOS and Android
smartphones and tablets--a break from
the company's previous BlackBerry-only
focus.
The iPhone 4S may soon be managed by
BlackBerry's server.
(Credit: Apple)
RIM introduced today BlackBerry Mobile
Fusion, a mobile device management
service that takes advantage of the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server technology
to track and monitor different phones and
tablets.
With BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, RIM is
attempting to preserve its hold over the
business customer even as more of them
leave the BlackBerry fold for other flashier
devices. Mobile Fusion allows RIM to play
a role in companies and government
agencies, even if its BlackBerrys are no
longer used. For RIM, it also represents a
fundamentally different view of the mobile
world from only a few years ago, when it
would have never considered opening up
its core service to other platforms.
The Mobile Fusion service gives RIM an in
on the bring your own device trend that's
starting to pick up momentum with
businesses. Increasingly, corporate IT
departments are letting their employees
use whatever smartphone they want. A
number of companies have jumped into
the business of supporting that trend .
RIM is taking advantage of one of its core
assets: the strength of its BlackBerry
Enterprise Server. For all of the knocks
that its phones receive, its BlackBerry
service remains the most efficient at
delivering e-mails in a secure and speedy
manner. That's particularly important with
as employee-owned phones increasingly
run confidential corporate applications
and data.
RIM said it is in early tests with select
business customers, and will have a wider
trial with more customers in January, with
planned general availability in March.
The services include standard
management tools including the ability to
remotely lock or wipe the phone, manage
a phone's secure wireless connection, and
selectively providing or denying access to
certain corporate data.
RIM said Mobile Fusion will be able to
use the capabilities on BlackBerry
Enterprise Server 5.0.3. It added there are
additional features for BlackBerry
smartphones and PlayBook tablets.

Does mobile fusion include the services of blackberry messenger on IOS and Android as earlier rumoured?

In the nearest future but for now onl y their Blackberry enterprise server services

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Does mobile fusion include the services of blackberry messenger on IOS and Android as earlier rumoured?

its just an enterprise thing, for companies to use in managing their issued devices. it will provide more security for the iOS and androidOS which is much better than the state those two OS are in right now