Microsoft also announces System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008; consumers, look away

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Chris @ Oct 23rd 2007 9:41AM

This software is nowhere near "just another BES". Does BES provide with you an always-on VPN? Does BES allow you to do remote installs of software? Certainly not.

Let's look at the bigger picture here. This is a huge step forward for large corporations that want to manage smartphones the same way they manage laptops and desktops. Once your doctor starts looking up your medical records or issuing you prescriptions on his mobile device, or your broker starts initiating trades for you from his smartphone, wouldn't you want this level of security?

When the next major personal data breach comes from mobile devices, you'll be wishing that the company was running this software.

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Big Daddy D @ Oct 23rd 2007 10:10AM

Chris,
You don't know BES very well then. It IS a constant encrypted signal to the server. We deploy many application through the BES. wow is all I can say about that comment.
The very reason we push our users to BB's is because of the security and control..

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