Why Opening Up BBM Is The Right Move For BlackBerry [View article]
The enterprise version of Skype (or Lync) is quite secure and is being certified for use by the DoD. It's already used in other departments of the government.
I'll just reiterate from my above posts that it's more than just messaging, it's a true conferencing, collaboration, and PBX solution, so its feature set is very broad and competes in the unified communications space against the likes of heavyweights such as Cisco/Citrix.
They've been successful at it too, as they're doing upwards of a billion dollars in business annually (and it's growing).
BlackBerry Enterprise Picks Up Steam [View article]
@Infinity Group
Most platforms (not sure about BB) can use the SkyDrive app or just get an outlook.com email which includes 7GB SkyDrive and Office Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint web apps.
Also if you have Office installed on your machine you can just store docs to your SkyDrive/outlook.com account.
Anyway I've used both Office web apps and Office + SkyDrive, it's been pretty seamless to just carry over work to the home and back and share stuff with others on the rare occasion I needed to.
BlackBerry Enterprise Picks Up Steam [View article]
Yammer is owned by Microsoft.
Yammer Accelerates Momentum Following Microsoft Acquisition Quadruples sales in Q4; surpasses 7 million users. http://bit.ly/16MWQF9
Nobody takes BB seriously, and based on their track record they shouldn't be taken seriously. They haven't released a product anyone wants to buy for the last 3 yrs and no one is willing to risk buying software services from a company that will be going bankrupt.
BlackBerry Enterprise Picks Up Steam [View article]
As you've all pointed out, BB provides only a pretense of security because it cannot secure the data.
BB technology is old and missing features - it doesn't even have proper Office integration - cloud solutions like Yammer and SystemCenter are the future.
Our company has almost 100000 employees, we don't use BES but manage mobile devices, laptops, tablets, desktops etc. and data securely from the cloud using SystemCenter.
BES adds far too much COST/overhead with virtually no benefit for security or management of the network.
For example, BES & BB didn't stop AMD employees from uploading 100s of GB of data to arch competitor Nvidia. The fundamental flaw of BB is it doesn't secure the actual data in a meaningful way.
Somewhat worse, BB service suffers from outages (recently even) and the ramification is worse than normal because it shuts down even web browsing so you can't fallback to services like Office365/Outlook Web Access
SystemCenter has much more functionality and also includes cloud infrastructure management for enterprise, this is something completely missing from BB.
Why Opening Up BBM Is The Right Move For BlackBerry [View article]
BBM is a toy in comparison, it doesn't do half the stuff Skype and Lync do and the few things it does do is severely limiting to be almost unusable.
Meetings don't revolve around a phone, it's simply too limiting. Most people will join meetings and collaborate using an ultrabook or tablet.
Lync/Skype for Enterprise has secure apps for all the major platforms - iOS, Android, WP8, Windows8, Windows7, XP, and all browsers.
It has the best VoIP audio codecs (clearest call quality, fewest drops), audio (P2P + conferencing), multi-party video, messaging (P2P + conf), conferencing, application sharing (P2P + conf), screen sharing (P2P + conf), whiteboard (P2P + conf), PowerPoint sharing (P2P + conf), call control, Exchange calendar/meetings integration, presence availability, integration with Polycom/Cisco etc. conference room systems, and interops with Yahoo messenger, MSN messenger, gmail.
Lync is also integrated into Office and provides a seamless experience and operates as the unified communication solution for Outlook and other Office apps.
It's a PBX replacement (its main competitor is Cisco/Citrix) with deep integration into Office. And the app works securely on desktops and all mobiles. You can host Lync Server in your own enterprise or Microsoft can provide the service via Office 365.
Why Opening Up BBM Is The Right Move For BlackBerry [View article]
Using Lync/Skype you have Team-call groups, Delegates (like your admin), Distribution Groups, Group Chat Rooms, your own custom groups in your contact list, etc. etc.
BBM is a toy in comparison.
Lync/Skype for Enterprise has secure apps for all the major platforms - iOS, Android, WP8, Windows8, Windows7, XP, and all browsers.
It has the best VoIP audio codecs (clearest call quality, fewest drops), audio (P2P + conferencing), multi-party video, messaging (P2P + conf), conferencing, application sharing (P2P + conf), screen sharing (P2P + conf), whiteboard (P2P + conf), call control, Exchange calendar/meetings integration, presence availability, and interops with Yahoo messenger, MSN messenger, gmail.
Lync is also integrated into Office and provides a seamless experience and operates as the unified communication solution for Outlook and other Office apps.
It's a PBX replacement (its main competitor is Cisco/Citrix) with deep integration into Office. And the app works securely on desktops and all mobiles. You can host Lync Server in your own enterprise or Microsoft can provide the service via Office 365.
I would also add that BB employs complacent Canadians. The talent pool in Canada is not so big, so it makes it harder for BB to hire motivated/talented software developers and this can lead to them falling further and further behind. Because of NAFTA, most of the ambitious/driven talent migrate to the USA leaving the complacent ones behind.
They also have to carry the baggage of legacy functionality and BES and relay and it all means the company has more overhead. Being an old company the processes in place may not be agile. New companies and products like WhatsApp, Skype etc. are built using new cloud technologies and innovate and iterate a lot faster.
32% of Q1 U.S. smartphone sales involved prepaid phones, up from 21% a year ago, says NPD. That trend could spell trouble for AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD), whose recent growth has been heavily tied to selling costly postpaid data plans. With 72% and 61% of the carriers' postpaid bases now respectively on smartphones, they face pressure to gain prepaid buyers without cannibalizing postpaid subs. Cannibalization fears have led AT&T and Verizon to make their prepaid plans 3G-only; Sprint (S) and T-Mobile (TMUS) offer 4G. A mix shift towards unsubsidized prepaid phones could also be a challenge for Apple (AAPL), estimated to have just 8% of the Q1 U.S. prepaid smartphone market (though that's up 4x Y/Y). [View news story]
This is where a phone like the Nokia Lumia 521 shines. For only $130, you get a full featured WP8 smartphone with free Nokia streaming music, free Nokia maps, and corporate email/calendar Exchange sync and Office.
T-Mo has the $30 100-min. unlimited data and texting plan which works well with this phone and saves a lot of money.
@kherman It's $40 just for the line access, it's an additional $60 for 2 GB. T-Mo, AT&T, Verizon contract plans are all roughly $100 monthly. It's only if you can get an unsubsidized phone you have more options.
Why Opening Up BBM Is The Right Move For BlackBerry [View article]
I'll just reiterate from my above posts that it's more than just messaging, it's a true conferencing, collaboration, and PBX solution, so its feature set is very broad and competes in the unified communications space against the likes of heavyweights such as Cisco/Citrix.
They've been successful at it too, as they're doing upwards of a billion dollars in business annually (and it's growing).
BlackBerry Enterprise Picks Up Steam [View article]
Most platforms (not sure about BB) can use the SkyDrive app or just get an outlook.com email which includes 7GB SkyDrive and Office Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint web apps.
Also if you have Office installed on your machine you can just store docs to your SkyDrive/outlook.com account.
Anyway I've used both Office web apps and Office + SkyDrive, it's been pretty seamless to just carry over work to the home and back and share stuff with others on the rare occasion I needed to.
BlackBerry Enterprise Picks Up Steam [View article]
I think that post is a testament to not only individual resilience but resilience of companies like Microsoft and Nokia.
Microsoft Finally Gets How To Grow Windows Phone
http://bit.ly/14vkJ0k
Windows Phone ranks 3rd, overtakes BlackBerry
http://bit.ly/11WIYqZ
And I have a good feeling about where Microsoft and Nokia are headed!
BlackBerry Enterprise Picks Up Steam [View article]
Yammer Accelerates Momentum Following Microsoft Acquisition
Quadruples sales in Q4; surpasses 7 million users.
http://bit.ly/16MWQF9
Nobody takes BB seriously, and based on their track record they shouldn't be taken seriously. They haven't released a product anyone wants to buy for the last 3 yrs and no one is willing to risk buying software services from a company that will be going bankrupt.
BlackBerry Enterprise Picks Up Steam [View article]
BB technology is old and missing features - it doesn't even have proper Office integration - cloud solutions like Yammer and SystemCenter are the future.
BlackBerry Enterprise Picks Up Steam [View article]
Yammer has a huge feature list
http://bit.ly/10hlDJY
Our company has almost 100000 employees, we don't use BES but manage mobile devices, laptops, tablets, desktops etc. and data securely from the cloud using SystemCenter.
BES adds far too much COST/overhead with virtually no benefit for security or management of the network.
For example, BES & BB didn't stop AMD employees from uploading 100s of GB of data to arch competitor Nvidia. The fundamental flaw of BB is it doesn't secure the actual data in a meaningful way.
AMD Sues Former Staffers, Alleging They Stole Secrets For Nvidia
http://tchno.be/14DR8UF
Somewhat worse, BB service suffers from outages (recently even) and the ramification is worse than normal because it shuts down even web browsing so you can't fallback to services like Office365/Outlook Web Access
SystemCenter has much more functionality and also includes cloud infrastructure management for enterprise, this is something completely missing from BB.
http://bit.ly/WSw1Ij
Why Opening Up BBM Is The Right Move For BlackBerry [View article]
Meetings don't revolve around a phone, it's simply too limiting. Most people will join meetings and collaborate using an ultrabook or tablet.
Lync/Skype for Enterprise has secure apps for all the major platforms - iOS, Android, WP8, Windows8, Windows7, XP, and all browsers.
It has the best VoIP audio codecs (clearest call quality, fewest drops), audio (P2P + conferencing), multi-party video, messaging (P2P + conf), conferencing, application sharing (P2P + conf), screen sharing (P2P + conf), whiteboard (P2P + conf), PowerPoint sharing (P2P + conf), call control, Exchange calendar/meetings integration, presence availability, integration with Polycom/Cisco etc. conference room systems, and interops with Yahoo messenger, MSN messenger, gmail.
Lync is also integrated into Office and provides a seamless experience and operates as the unified communication solution for Outlook and other Office apps.
It's a PBX replacement (its main competitor is Cisco/Citrix) with deep integration into Office. And the app works securely on desktops and all mobiles. You can host Lync Server in your own enterprise or Microsoft can provide the service via Office 365.
Why Opening Up BBM Is The Right Move For BlackBerry [View article]
BBM is a toy in comparison.
Lync/Skype for Enterprise has secure apps for all the major platforms - iOS, Android, WP8, Windows8, Windows7, XP, and all browsers.
It has the best VoIP audio codecs (clearest call quality, fewest drops), audio (P2P + conferencing), multi-party video, messaging (P2P + conf), conferencing, application sharing (P2P + conf), screen sharing (P2P + conf), whiteboard (P2P + conf), call control, Exchange calendar/meetings integration, presence availability, and interops with Yahoo messenger, MSN messenger, gmail.
Lync is also integrated into Office and provides a seamless experience and operates as the unified communication solution for Outlook and other Office apps.
It's a PBX replacement (its main competitor is Cisco/Citrix) with deep integration into Office. And the app works securely on desktops and all mobiles. You can host Lync Server in your own enterprise or Microsoft can provide the service via Office 365.
Why Opening Up BBM Is The Right Move For BlackBerry [View article]
WhatsApp messages are encrypted.
We do not store your chat history on our servers. Chat messages are considered private and are only stored until they are delivered.
http://bit.ly/10J2orP
Why Opening Up BBM Is The Right Move For BlackBerry [View article]
WhatsApp messages are encrypted.
We do not store your chat history on our servers. Chat messages are considered private and are only stored until they are delivered.
http://bit.ly/10J2orP
BlackBerry: Too Late To Openness [View article]
They also have to carry the baggage of legacy functionality and BES and relay and it all means the company has more overhead. Being an old company the processes in place may not be agile. New companies and products like WhatsApp, Skype etc. are built using new cloud technologies and innovate and iterate a lot faster.
Intel's Server Market Share To Decline As Competition Heats Up [View article]
We might have 1 or 2 more shrinks but after that we'll need something revolutionary.
32% of Q1 U.S. smartphone sales involved prepaid phones, up from 21% a year ago, says NPD. That trend could spell trouble for AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD), whose recent growth has been heavily tied to selling costly postpaid data plans. With 72% and 61% of the carriers' postpaid bases now respectively on smartphones, they face pressure to gain prepaid buyers without cannibalizing postpaid subs. Cannibalization fears have led AT&T and Verizon to make their prepaid plans 3G-only; Sprint (S) and T-Mobile (TMUS) offer 4G. A mix shift towards unsubsidized prepaid phones could also be a challenge for Apple (AAPL), estimated to have just 8% of the Q1 U.S. prepaid smartphone market (though that's up 4x Y/Y). [View news story]
T-Mo has the $30 100-min. unlimited data and texting plan which works well with this phone and saves a lot of money.
BlackBerry: Too Late To Openness [View article]
But, But BlackBerry Was Dead [View article]
It's $40 just for the line access, it's an additional $60 for 2 GB. T-Mo, AT&T, Verizon contract plans are all roughly $100 monthly. It's only if you can get an unsubsidized phone you have more options.