BlackBerry Mobile Fusion

Why BlackBerry Mobile Fusion for MDM?

With more employees bringing their own device to work (BYOD), organisations need better tools to manage and secure a growing number of devices over a wider variety of mobile operating systems. BlackBerry Mobile Fusion provides best-in-class tools for managing personal and corporate liable devices within the Enterprise.

This enables customers to leverage Research In Motion's expertise in Enterprise mobile device management, by providing a single console to manage BlackBerry®, Apple® and Google® Android™ smartphones and tablets.

Key features at a glance

Manage devices, users, groups and polices from a single console

From a single console, administrators can access the most common management tasks for BlackBerry Device Service, Universal Device Service, and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express instances across multiple BlackBerry domains. Administrators can create and manage groups, manage user profiles and provision mobile devices.

Manage and secure BlackBerry PlayBook tablets

BlackBerry Device Service enables organisations to manage and secure BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. After associating a tablet with an individual user, administrators can configure the tablet for work purposes using a centralised administrative console. Administrators can set password requirements, enable encryption of work information and applications, remotely lock tablets or wipe work-related or all information from tablets.

Manage required and optional work applications

Administrators can support over-the-air installation, upgrading and auditing of required and optional apps for BlackBerry devices. For BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion works with BlackBerry App World™ to enable administrators to push and install required work apps on users' tablets. Administrators can also make a catalogue of optional apps available for download through the work channel of BlackBerry App World™⁵.

Support for Apple iOS and Google Android devices

Use Universal Device Service to manage and secure devices that use Apple iOS and Google Android operating systems. Through the same familiar administrative console, Universal Device Service enables administrators to add and import iOS and Android users, create group memberships, view user and device information, define IT policies and connectivity settings, manage apps on devices and assist users in the recovery of misplaced devices.

Supports BlackBerry® Balance™ technology for BlackBerry devices

BlackBerry Mobile Fusion includes BlackBerry® Balance™ technology which allows BlackBerry smartphones and tablets to be used for personal and work purposes without compromising management or security. For example when a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet is activated with the service, a secure AES-256 bit encrypted file system is created on the tablet for work information and applications. This creates a perimeter between work and personal data and helps keep information secure.

Security designed for everyone

A variety of policies provide maximum control with minimal impact to the user experience. For BlackBerry devices, BlackBerry Mobile Fusion leverages the security of the existing BlackBerry architecture to provide an added layer of protection for the synchronisation of email, contacts and calendar information. iOS and Android based devices leverage the synchronisation of email, contacts and calendar information using Microsoft® ActiveSync®.