IBM has unveiled a new subscription-based managed services and support for the BlackBerry Enterprise, designed to simplify management, technical support and cost of a client’s BlackBerry deployment.
The new Mobile Enterprise Services will be provided by IBM professionals certified through the BlackBerry Certification Program. It will help organisations benefit from mobile access to information and resources anytime, any place, the company claims.
As part of their existing global alliance, IBM and Research In Motion (RIM) will offer integrated solutions with support and services that make enterprise mobility more accessible to organisations.
The companies claim that the BlackBerry Enterprise supported by IBM can help organisations work smarter by allowing easy reach to enterprise data, such as business intelligence, email, collaboration software and other enterprise applications in the connected business environment.
Dan Papes, vice president of IBM Mobile Enterprise Services, said: Mobile access is vital, and enterprises are challenged by rapidly expanding requirements from workers across all lines of business.
To unleash mobile access, IBM Mobile Enterprise Services for the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution offers a flexible set of services to complement a client’s existing IT and security strategies and provides a predictable cost structure that allows clients to focus on their core business while leaving the deployment, management and support requirements of a mobility solution to IBM.
