BlackBerry, a global leader in mobile communications has announced a strategic partnership with Samsung Electronics to provide a highly secure enterprise mobility solution for the Android operating system. The partnership brings together BlackBerry's BES12™, a cross-platform Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution and Samsung KNOX, an Android solution that safeguards enterprise data with multiple layers of hardware- and software- based protection.
The integrated enterprise solution of BES12 and Samsung KNOX is expected to be availabile in early 2015. Samsung will resell BES12 to customers of both companies, while BlackBerry will offer KNOX support as part of the Gold family of BES12 subscriptions. Pricing will be announced upon availability, said Blackberry in its statement.
Injong Rhee, Senior Vice President of KNOX Business Group, Samsung Electronics
We share the goal to provide enterprises with the most secure mobility solutions through this partnership with BlackBerry. Samsung KNOX is focused on delivering secure mobility solutions to enterprises and, combined with BES12, we will offer more options for customers that need enhanced levels of security on Android devices.
John Sims, President of Global Enterprise Services, BlackBerry
BlackBerry has developed a very close partnership with Samsung and we're committed to deepening the interaction between our engineering and product development teams for the long-term. It is a natural progression in our path to providing our customers with more alternatives to meet their evolving mobile needs. Samsung KNOX offers a number of hardware and software security features and our partnership allows us to tightly integrate these capabilities with BES12.
