Just because the competition has announced a new iPhone, with not so impressive specs, rest assured that it will however be compatible with the new BES10 as well as Secure Work Space in the BYOD and MDM solutions for your multi-platform mobility management provider, BlackBerry is committed to ensuring that enterprises can manage devices of all kinds and the rollout will be released on September 17.
BlackBerry has made available several BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 (BES10) updates to ensure that customers can deploy iOS 8 from day one:
- BlackBerry has released Maintenance Release 4 for BES10 v10.2 to ensure that the ActiveSync® gatekeeping feature is compatible with iPhone and iPad devices upgraded to iOS 8. In addition to that, administrators will have additional policies to restrict new iOS 8 features, such as cloud sync and activity continuation.
- The BES10 Client with version 10.3.10.130 is now available on iTunes for download. We recommend that device users install the latest version of the app before they upgrade to iOS8.
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- The Secure Work Space Email and PIM Client, Work Connect for BES10 and the Work Browser for BES10 have been updated to versions 1.0.13144.284 and 1.1.13146.190, respectively. Users of Secure Work Space are recommended to install the updates from iTunes before downloading the latest iOS 8.
- The Secure Work Space soft token client, Work Security ID for BES10 is both RSA Ready Program certified and compatible with iOS 8.
- Support for Secure Work Space application wrapping for iOS 8 will be made available on Friday, September 12. Customers deploying in-house-developed apps to Secure Work Space using the “Secure Applications” app wrapping should re-wrap their application for compatibility with iOS8.
- Additionally, updates to Documents to Go for BES10 and SECTOR ecosystem apps will be made available by the respective app vendors in the coming weeks. Note that the time of release may vary by application partner. An indication of the readiness for iOS 8 will be provided by the app partners and on the Secure Work Space ecosystem
Customers can also look forward to several new features for iOS 8 in the upcoming BES12 release later this year.
viaInsideBB
