[dbmalloy]

You would think after all the hype and beating BB stock took... that Apple and IBM would have bought out a Ipad version...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/cebit-...153000807.html

SecuTABLET - The Secure Tablet for Public Sector and Enterprises
- Secusmart collaborates with IBM and Samsung to deliver global expertise - SecuTABLET provides high-security mobile communication for national and international authorities.

DUSSELDORF, GERMANY--(Marketwired - Mar 14, 2015) - Secusmart, a BlackBerry company (BBRY)(BB.TO), is presenting with IBM at CeBIT 2015, the SecuTABLET, a high-security tablet based on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5. With the new secure tablet for national and international public sector markets and enterprises, data that is subject to special security requirements can be used on the move. Personal applications or those that are not additionally secured, such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and WhatsApp, can also be used.

The solution is undergoing certification at the German Federal Office for Information Security for the German VS-NfD (classified - for official use only) security rating.

The SecuTABLET is a new, secure tablet that supplements the SecuSUITE for BlackBerry 10 portfolio and can be seamlessly integrated into existing SecuSUITE infrastructures.

"Security is ingrained in every part of BlackBerry's portfolio, which includes voice and data encryption solutions," said Dr. Hans-Christoph Quelle, CEO of Secusmart GmbH, a BlackBerry company. "National and international government customers have entrusted their voice and data communications with the Secusmart Security Card for years. This same technology is what secures the new SecuTABLET. Working alongside IBM and Samsung, we have added the last link in the chain of the Federal Security Network. Subject to certification of the SecuTABLET, German government agencies will have a new way to access BlackBerry's most secure and complete communications network in the world."

Joint expertise for global security of communication

The IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) study on Mobility Impact notes that 63 percent of public sector respondents would appreciate mobile access to their specialized applications like budget and controlling. These data are subject to special security requirements. Access via conventional mobile devices is ruled out.

"The SecuTABLET closes a supply gap and opens up for government and administrations an opportunity to derive greater benefit from digitization and the mobile Internet, with system integration as a fundamental success factor," said Stefan Hefter, Senior Management Consultant with IBM. "We have contributed our longstanding expertise as a system integrator for mobile solutions. The technology used to make mobile apps secure by means of so-called wrapping has already proven its worth in the United States."

IBM has provided the secure app wrapping technology for the SecuTABLET, and assists in implementing the high security solutions by Secusmart within the infrastructures of the various clients inside the governmental sector.

As a BlackBerry company, Secusmart enhances the company's commitment to remaining the leading provider in enterprise mobile security. BlackBerry is the only mobile device management (MDM) vendor that has achieved the "Full Operational Capability" level of certification for operation on U.S. Department of Defense Networks. Furthermore, BlackBerry 10 smartphones were the first to be approved by NATO for classified communications up to "Restricted" level.

Secusmart GmbH (www.secusmart.com), a BlackBerry company (BlackBerry - NASDAQ: BBRY, TSX:BB), is the leading expert in the development and implementation of comprehensive olutions for protecting businesses and governments from electronic eavesdropping. The D�sseldorf-based company's latest innovation is the high-security SecuTABLET, which has been created with IBM and Samsung for use by national and international government agencies and companies. The anti-eavesdropping app Vodafone Secure Call ensures companies can make secure mobile voice calls regardless of the platform and device being used. Since the start of 2015, one of the solutions for securing communications and protecting companies from corporate espionage has been sold to German business customers by Vodafone Germany, the solution's first marketing and distribution partner. With its SecuSUITE for BlackBerry 10 high-security solution, Secusmart also protects the mobile communications of German and foreign governments as well as agencies and organisations responsible for providing emergency services.

[early2bed]

More importantly, if BlackBerry/Secusmart is developing secure Android tablets, can a secure Android smart phone be far behind?

[alan510]

More importantly, if BlackBerry/Secusmart is developing secure Android tablets, can a secure Android smart phone be far behind?

I don't know about the Android phone for BlackBerry idea, but isn't SecuSmart more like a computer chip or component than an Android compatible app? Perhaps someone with more knowledge on this subject can comment as I don't really see the link or the leap (sic) that the OP is making.

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[keypad]

So does this SecuTablet have a Balance type partion on it?

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[Troy Tiscareno]

If you read the articles, you'll see that this deal, between Samsung, IBM (which is the company providing the secure MDM for this product - aka their BES competitor), and SecuSmart, predates the IBM/Apple agreement, and that this is also a deal initiated by Samsung (not IBM) to primarily benefit Samsung. In fact, this deal predates BB buying SecuSmart entirely.

BlackBerry wasn't involved in the making of the deal at all, except that they didn't pull SecuSmart out of the deal after they purchased the company. Which makes sense - why turn down badly-needed revenue?

But the answer to your question is that nothing has happened to the IBM/Apple deal. That will continue to move forward, and is designed to benefit Apple and IBM.

[abwan11]

If you read the articles, you'll see that this deal, between Samsung, IBM (which is the company providing the secure MDM for this product - aka their BES competitor), and SecuSmart, predates the IBM/Apple agreement, and that this is also a deal initiated by Samsung (not IBM) to primarily benefit Samsung. In fact, this deal predates BB buying SecuSmart entirely.

BlackBerry wasn't involved in the making of the deal at all, except that they didn't pull SecuSmart out of the deal after they purchased the company. Which makes sense - why turn down badly-needed revenue?

But the answer to your question is that nothing has happened to the IBM/Apple deal. That will continue to move forward, and is designed to benefit Apple and IBM.

BlackBerry bought secusmart to broaden their reach. This deal is in line with that idea. So to suggest that blackberry bought them for some other reason or that this deal (or future deals like this) wasn't part of the reason is odd.

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[BerrySoul]

I hope this tablet has the BB 10 OS in it.

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[serbanescu]

I hope this tablet has the BB 10 OS in it.

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It doesn't

[kellyTKD]

If you look at iOS apps that IBM has developed as part of the Apple partnership, they are focused much more broadly for enterprise employees such as field technicians, police officers, case workers, sales associates, insurance agents, flight attendants, pilots, etc. It's not as if IBM has only one way to add enterprise value to mobile devices. They are huge in enterprise.

IBM MobileFirst - MobileFirst for IOS - United States

[PeterDR1]

Can't really convince people of a secure apple product while the icloud hack is still fresh in everyone's mind.

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[oneinfiniteloop]

"Subject to certification of the SecuTABLET, German government agencies will have a new way to access BlackBerry's most secure and complete communications network in the world."

Does this mean that SecuTABLET is going to use BES10/12 along with BlackBerry's Network on the backend? If that is the case, then it has the potential to bring additional recurring revenue for BlackBerry; additionally, even if SecuSmart did make this agreement before BlackBerry bought them out it appears that BlackBerry was able to add BES10/12 and BlackBerry's network into that mix!



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[Troy Tiscareno]

BlackBerry bought secusmart to broaden their reach. This deal is in line with that idea. So to suggest that blackberry bought them for some other reason or that this deal (or future deals like this) wasn't part of the reason is odd.

I wasn't suggesting that at all (though perhaps others were). I agree with your first sentence 100%.