A quick look at BlackBerry Management Center
By Bla1ze on 16 Dec 2011 02:23 pm
While the announcement of the BlackBerry Management Center went mostly unheralded, it really is quite a compelling offering from RIM for small businesses of under 100 users. The goal is to offer small businesses a solution to manage not only business owned, but also personal BlackBerry devices in a manner that is easy for all. As detailed in the video above, BlackBerry Management Center has some great features built into it:
- Wirelessly back up BlackBerry smartphones automatically on a daily, weekly or monthly basis to aid in the recovery of lost business-related content stored on the handset
- Protect content on an employee's lost or stolen BlackBerry smartphone by remotely locking it and, if necessary, wiping the contents, including the microSD card
- Locate a lost BlackBerry smartphone by remotely locking it, initiating a loud ring, and displaying a message on the Home screen
- Easily restore the settings and content on a new or replacement device
- Reset a password
Aside from offering the security solutions users would expect, BlackBerry Management Center is available for free. If you're looking for a better solution of protecting devices but not looking to fork over a ton of cash, then BlackBerry Management Center is certainly worth a look for business owners.
siddo_d Dec 16, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Call it 'Myberry' Like 'iCould'
freddysrevng Dec 16, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Blaize, Kevin and Chris U.,
Here's the part that is being missed. When you invest in a company - you buy the management. Jim and Mike have "MISLEAD/LIED" to us for a few years now with their hyperbole "roadmap gonna blow you away" to the last debacle BB10 phones.
THEY KNEW even before they downgraded the outlook on 12/2 that they did not have the proper chipset to launch BB10 phones in Q1 2012 AS PROMISED... this is intentionally misleading and therefore - THEY DO NO DESERVE OUR TRUST ANYMORE...
Oh and what happened to the Playbook 2.0 OS upgrade - NOT MENTIONED IN CON CALL YESTERDAY...
The CO CEOs of RIMM ARE CLOWNS AND LIARS......I am done with them...
miktro Dec 17, 2011 at 12:06 pm
want some cheese with that wine.
allengeorge Dec 16, 2011 at 2:40 pm
Looks pretty cool. I wonder why they don't simply open it up to everyone, not just businesses? I mean, sounds great in order to troubleshoot/'manage' family devices, no?
Maybe I'm too techy. Most people probably don't want this, though I can see parents liking this for parental controls, etc.
Bla1ze Dec 16, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Well, anyone can sign up really.. pretty sure they're not checking to see if you're a REAL business lol.
sofakingcdn Dec 17, 2011 at 7:25 am
BB Protect would be the single user version of BB Management Centre. Maybe a couple things missing.
jfmanzo Dec 16, 2011 at 3:12 pm
The plural of "business" is "businesses."