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The PlayBook with EAL4+ security is the highest level you can achieve. The PB is also FIPS certified...Android has obtained FIPS certification, however by no means to the extent the PB has.
The Playbook also supports a rapid development tool set(allowing for special development tools, outside of RIM's consumer/enterprise SDK's). Making it much more powerful and quicker to develop apps for....The PB is also a networking OS , that supports Transparent multi-processing, allowing for the millitary to easily use DMP with existenting QNX systems that are already in deployment.
The PB is going to rule the embedded market...The US military already has QNX deployed extensively( very extensive embedded deployment)........The PB won't only be a standalone product, it will in fact tie into existing QNX systems effortlessly.
Those who criticize the PB and dismiss its success really have no clue the autonomy the QNX OS allows RIM in many markets. In essence the PB was a success since conception...Just watch it unfold.....RIM has three markets for the PB. Enterprise, consumer and embedded market deployment.
The plus to having QNX as a consumer, is that QNX and their parntner's are at the forefront of the state of the art in computer sciences. We will reap the fruit of such a vast intellectual property and resources...Have to wait for BB10
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02-25-12 02:37 PM - Actually, PrintToGo will as likely cost such business in the security arena, not gain it. These agencies ban flash drives and disable CD drives; some also ban camera phones. Anything that makes it possible to move data from one device to another is not a selling point with DoD. Ironically, one of the things that probably contributed to OS 1's security clearance was the fact there was no way of getting data from a desktop or laptop without having an explicit connection.The playbook definitely is more portable and it's new OS2 PIM features will probably still be better than iPad3
Apps like PrintToGo could be tweaked...maybe give them a pdf reader with a few more features02-25-12 07:33 PM - All branches of the US military are under orders to consider cost before making purchasing decisions. Those decisions also have to pass a government auditor's desk, which used to be a rubber stamp but is not anymore. Apple probably lost because AF Special Ops attempted to sole source to the highest price, not because of security issues. As one of DoD's major contractors, if Dell has a couple thousand Dell Streaks in a warehouse, and the contracting need is urgent, they will probably get the purchase order. I would assume, however, that the real issue is that federal agencies get the best deals from Microsoft which also has all of the security clearances. Don't be surprised if you hear nothing more about this until late in the fiscal year when they pre-order Windows tablets from Dell or HP. BTW, there are also buy american initiatives in federal purchasing....The PlayBook with EAL4+ security is the highest level you can achieve. The PB is also FIPS certified...Android has obtained FIPS certification, however by no means to the extent the PB has.
The Playbook also supports a rapid development tool set(allowing for special development tools, outside of RIM's consumer/enterprise SDK's). Making it much more powerful and quicker to develop apps for....The PB is also a networking OS , that supports Transparent multi-processing, allowing for the millitary to easily use DMP with existenting QNX systems that are already in deployment.
The PB is going to rule the embedded market...The US military already has QNX deployed extensively( very extensive embedded deployment)........The PB won't only be a standalone product, it will in fact tie into existing QNX systems effortlessly.
Those who criticize the PB and dismiss its success really have no clue the autonomy the QNX OS allows RIM in many markets. In essence the PB was a success since conception...Just watch it unfold.....RIM has three markets for the PB. Enterprise, consumer and embedded market deployment.
The plus to having QNX as a consumer, is that QNX and their parntner's are at the forefront of the state of the art in computer sciences. We will reap the fruit of such a vast intellectual property and resources...Have to wait for BB1002-25-12 07:43 PM
