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Their most requested phone for support is the BlackBerry PRIV, however, which is undergoing security certification. Apparently, what held it up was that BlackBerry didn�t want to have to certify it twice in a short time; the availability of Android Marshmallow delayed the process, which should be complete shortly. This suggests that there will likely be a rather large number of government employees moving from iPhones to BlackBerry PRIV phones by year end.04-21-16 03:41 PMLike 10 -
Posted from my trusted Passport04-21-16 03:48 PMLike 6 - In Corbu defense, his CPU has been running a little hot lately due to over worked and not enough down-time . We have two choice upgrade the CPU or trash it? Joking mate!
BBRY finished the day at $7.10 (requirement)
Posted via my BlackBerry Passport04-21-16 04:23 PMLike 5 - Superfly_FRRetired Moderator
So, everybody reminds the recent announcement about BES12 and Azure/Sharepoint integration ? http://bizblog.blackberry.com/2016/0...in-an-instant/
If those two had swallowed their pride a bit earlier... well, let's looking forward !
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- Superfly_FRRetired ModeratorElephant_C
Can you please elaborate what you mean ?
Edit: lol, 8 seconds late
Posted via CB1004-21-16 04:48 PMLike 0 - 04-21-16 04:58 PMLike 1
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It is such a good find that I hope you'll allow me to post it in extenso!
As Morgan said, this is one of the best ones lately...
By the way, for the record, one of the reasons I like to quote such posts in their entirety is that way, they are easier to find/locate afterwards, if need be. I recently had to locate something that had been written/posted long ago for a friend of this thread and had I merely posted the link, I would never have been able to track it down. By training, I am also quite aware of copyright issues, etc. and keep that aspect in mind as well.
So, here :
Every once in a while, I run into something amazing. In this case, it is an effort announced at the AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium that should ensure that BlackBerry and Microsoft dominate government and high-security enterprise mobile solutions, an effort that is not actually driven by Microsoft or BlackBerry.
This effort comes from a partnership between two other companies, and I think it showcases the fact that strategies to change both of these major companies are working and that, once again, the success of both firms is tied to partners and not just the firms’ own insular efforts.
Let me walk you through this.
The Critical Mobile Security Problem for Government
Organizations like the Department of Defense (DoD) want, and critically need, their people to be able to use mobile technology to collaborate. Literally, the fate of the free world often depends on this happening. Originally, BlackBerry dominated this effort, but other platforms have been tried as users wanted to move to trendier – platforms that accommodated their personal needs more easily. But with that movement came management and security exposures.
The DoD and similar organizations also want and need applications like Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Lync, OneDrive and Yammer, which enable collaboration and comply with security standards. But SharePoint, while technically proficient, isn’t that friendly to folks who don’t have an IT background. And collaboration, because of its risks, hasn’t been great enough to actually drive people to use the service even though the government already owns the licenses.
So agencies needed something that could provide the kind of BlackBerry-like security protections demanded by government, with full management control, and they needed a SharePoint-like product that people would actually use. They needed a partnership between BlackBerry and Microsoft, but these firms weren’t partnered.
The Secret Partnership
Secret partnerships are usually formed in the bowels of the companies. For instance, Oracle refused to work with Microsoft, but customers needed integration. So a secret group formed in Oracle that worked with their counterparts in Microsoft in stealth to fix the related problems.
But in this Microsoft/BlackBerry case, the partnership was formed between B&D Consulting Inc., a huge government-focused consultant with tons of BlackBerry experience that specializes in security, unified communications, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI), and harmon.ie, one of the top-rated Microsoft partners focused on humanizing Microsoft Office and all of the other tools listed above from within Outlook (check out the video).
These two firms effectively became proxies for BlackBerry and Microsoft and today announced a massive joint DoD effort to solve the problems I have described. However, the resulting solution has far broader implications.
The Microsoft Office Backstory
Office was always conceived to be more of a development platform than a final product; it just never seemed to go that way. When it came to market, it was massively cheaper than the word processing machines, calculators, automated rolodex systems and costly graphics solutions it replaced. Conceptually, it was supposed to be a foundation that partners would then use to target specific needs. Instead, it had the curse of being good enough and, even as dominant as it was, it never reached its full potential.
BlackBerry’s strength has moved from devices to management and, with the acquisition of Good Technology, moved solidly cross-platform. But, in the meantime, BlackBerry’s resources have become constrained, so it needs partners to help it carry the ball.
In this one effort, both needs have been met. I’m astonished that it appears to be happening organically and is not being directly driven by the technology providers. I think this is the first time I’ve seen this.
Support for BlackBerry PRIV and Windows Phones
I picked up some additional tidbits during the briefing. First, the partners are setting up to aggressively support Windows Phones and the BlackBerry PRIV. There is no visible demand for the Windows Phones, but there has been substantial demand for the Surface tablets, which both firms report are replacing iPads in mass numbers. This suggests that they are hedging and anticipating the possible success of the rumored Surface Phone. Their most requested phone for support is the BlackBerry PRIV, however, which is undergoing security certification. Apparently, what held it up was that BlackBerry didn’t want to have to certify it twice in a short time; the availability of Android Marshmallow delayed the process, which should be complete shortly. This suggests that there will likely be a rather large number of government employees moving from iPhones to BlackBerry PRIV phones by year end.
Wrapping Up: Encouragement Wins over Force
My grandmother told me a story when I was around seven, and it has stuck with me. It was about a fictional struggle between the wind and the sun. They made a bet about which could get a woman to take her coat off. The wind tried to force the issue. The harder it blew, the tighter the woman held her coat. The sun just gradually warmed, and eventually the woman took her coat off. The moral of the tale is that encouragement can work far better than force.
Both BlackBerry and Microsoft have been aggressively moving to enable this kind of collaboration ever since each changed leadership, and they got the result that their predecessors seemed to be trying to force far more successfully, albeit they got it through partners rather than through their own efforts. I think that’s a good lesson. Something to noodle on this week.Last edited by Corbu; 04-21-16 at 05:36 PM.
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04-21-16 05:19 PMLike 2 - Someone much wiser than me recently said "Don't feed...".
Still applicable today, unfortunately. Class simply can't be taught.04-21-16 05:23 PMLike 7 -
Posted via my BlackBerry Passport04-21-16 05:28 PMLike 3 - I am not sufficiently technically competent to determine whether this type of situation and boundless others that will inevitably happen could/would have been avoided had Tesla opted for a QNX as opposed to a Linux environment. Others here certainly are and will set me straight.
Still, when I see this, I can't refrain from hoping that Tesla had integrated some QNX technology, somehow. Seems to be it would have been a perfect combination and it would have been terrific from a marketing, visibility and "coolness" standpoint. As Morgan said earlier, it would be nice to see something tangible happen on the QNX side one of these days.
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04-21-16 05:42 PMLike 8 - Superfly_FRRetired ModeratorThe (not) funny part is that for most, being able to do so is not a fail but an advantage, as they probably believe the car is 'safe enough to gain this kind of advantage, because... because'.
Posted via CB1004-21-16 05:46 PMLike 4 - Never. It's very on topic and provides valuable insight to the board, in my opinion. If others are bored, well then I don't know if they're ready to understand how stock price valuations are carried out or even why they're here. It takes work. If we use this board to share information and thoughts that saves us all time and effort.
Posted via CB10Last edited by DaSchwantz; 04-21-16 at 06:09 PM.
04-21-16 05:48 PMLike 14 - Superfly_FRRetired ModeratorNite guys CU2morrow (this is my discreet tribute to a well known Artist whose unexpected and early departure made me feel like snow in April)
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And I also would like to assert the principle that eye candy photos that include a BlackBerry product help the bbry share price, and are therefore on topic. :-)
Posted via CB10Last edited by Superfly_FR; 04-21-16 at 06:40 PM.
04-21-16 05:58 PMLike 10 - Superfly_FRRetired Moderator+1
Let's leave the past behind and (re)start on the Good foot.
Posted via CB1004-21-16 05:59 PMLike 3 - Umm, this is the same Enderle who writes glowing reviews of IE, makes up ridiculous rants against IE's competitors, proclaimed multiple times that Zune was on a trajectory to destroy the iPod (it's almost there!), had "inside sources" that swore Apple was switching to Windows (during the transition to OS X), etc.
He's thrown a lot of crazy stuff up there for many years. Sometimes he is right, I will give him that. Even a broken clock, as they say. At best, you have to admit he's extremely controversial.
Careful of the confirmation bias is all I'll say.Last edited by app_Developer; 04-21-16 at 06:29 PM.
04-21-16 06:10 PMLike 0 - 04-21-16 06:13 PMLike 3
- Don't do it bbjdog...noise is just noise. The mods here expect more from the regulars, which I think is fine. It helps keep the groupthink at bay.
And I also would like to assert the principle that eye candy photos that include a BlackBerry product help the bbry share price, and are therefore on topic. :-)
Posted via CB1004-21-16 06:26 PMLike 0 - 04-21-16 06:29 PMLike 4
- Superfly_FRRetired ModeratorUmm, this is the same Enderle who writes glowing reviews of IE, makes up ridiculous rants against IE's competitors, proclaimed multiple times that Zune was on a trajectory to destroy the iPod (it's almost there!), had "inside sources" that swore Apple was switching to Windows (during the transition to OS X), etc.
He's thrown a lot of crazy stuff up there for many years. Sometimes he is right, I will give him that. Even a broken clock, as they say. At best, you have to admit he's extremely controversial.
Careful of the confirmation bias is all I'll say.
Posted via CB1004-21-16 06:44 PMLike 5 - Umm, this is the same Enderle who writes glowing reviews of IE, makes up ridiculous rants against IE's competitors, proclaimed multiple times that Zune was on a trajectory to destroy the iPod (it's almost there!), had "inside sources" that swore Apple was switching to Windows (during the transition to OS X), etc.
He's thrown a lot of crazy stuff up there for many years. Sometimes he is right, I will give him that. Even a broken clock, as they say. At best, you have to admit he's extremely controversial.
Careful of the confirmation bias is all I'll say.
I looked at MSFT for the first time in a long while, but it's had a run and the earnings tonight weren't so great. Still, dudes like this are often wrong for 90%, and right for a very short and very spectacular 10%. For whatever reason, he's now talking about bbry...Just saying.
Posted via CB1004-21-16 06:49 PMLike 2 - Oh man... SF! You opened the door wide with that one... Would have been a perfect opportunity for a relevant OT video featuring our friend JB. Fitting tribute for a day like today marked by the passing of one of your favorite artists... Since I am a good citizen, I won't post.
Get on the Good Foot!04-21-16 06:50 PMLike 0
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