BlackBerry Teams Up With Samsung To Provide End-To-End Security For Android

(RTTNews) - Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (BBRY, BB.TO) said Thursday that it has formed a strategic partnership with South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to provide a highly secure mobility solution for Android.

As a result, early next year, enterprise customers will have a new choice: a tightly integrated, end-to-end secure solution that brings together BES12: a cross-platform EMM solution by BlackBerry with Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets that are embedded with Samsung KNOX.

BlackBerry launched today BES12: a cross-platform EMM solution by BlackBerry that securely manages devices from all of the major enterprise mobile platforms. BES12 is the foundation for BlackBerry's extensive portfolio of enterprise security, productivity, and communication and collaboration services that will help organizations securely connect employees with each other, corporate information and the machines that are required to get their jobs done.

With KNOX, Samsung has created a set of Android devices capable of safeguarding enterprise data with multiple layers of hardware- and software- based protection. BlackBerry brings to the partnership a class-leading cross-platform enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution and a highly secure network infrastructure. Working together, the companies can now offer enterprises with a new and highly secure mobility option.

Availability is expected in early 2015. Samsung will resell BES12 to joint customers and BlackBerry will offer KNOX support as part of the Gold family of BES12 subscriptions. Pricing will be announced upon availability.