ICE Starts Employee iPhone Distribution
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has started distributing 17,000 iPhones to its employees, Nextgov reports. Although no exact numbers were released, ICE Press Secretary Barbara Gonzales told the website the geographical-based deployment plan is on schedule. Gonzalez added the iPhones to be given to ICE investigators, legal personnel and other staff will be subjected [...]
Research In Motion will begin a pilot program with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for RIM’s BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 mobile enterprise management platform and BlackBerry 10 smartphones in early 2013. RIM said the agency will be among the first government entities to pilot the new Blackberry platform. “ICE has been a valued BlackBerry customer [...]
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Research In Motion is getting ready to launch a new mobile application store when Blackberry 10 hits the market, Information Week reports. RIM has scheduled a Jan. 30 press conference to officially release BB 10 and its first set of devices, Eric Zeman writes. According to Zeman, RIM says the new devices will be on [...]
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Research in Motion has unveiled a free voice chat service over Wi-Fi connection to the Blackberry Messenger service, the company announced Wednesday. RIM said the voice feature will be part of BBM Version 7 and run on BlackBerry 6 operating system or higher, with support for BlackBerry 5 coming at a later date. Version 7 [...]
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Blackberry 10 Approved for Enterprise Govt Deployment; Michael Brown Comments
November 9, 2012 No CommentSmartphones running BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 have been approved for enterprise deployment into U.S. and Canadian agencies, Research and Motion announced Thursday. The National Institute of Standards and Technology issues Federal Information Processing Standard 140 to coordinate the requirements and standards for certifying cryptographic modules. Blackberry 10 received its FIPS-140 approval ahead [...]
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The Defense Department‘s deputy chief information officer said Wednesday the department is aiming for a consolidated military app store to open in early 2013, American Forces Press Service reports. Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Wheeler‘s comments come as the Defense Information Systems Agency seeks a contractor to build the app store and provide a mobile [...]
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency wants to acquire 17,676 Apple iPhone devices for its staff, officially replacing Blackberry phones after eight years, Information Week reports. J. Nicholas Hoover writes ICE is among several agencies that are switching to Apple iOS devices from Blackberry, including the Federal Air Marshall Service, Coast Guard, Transportation Security [...]
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Booz Allen to Cease BlackBerry Procurement, Opting to Buy iPhones, Android Smartphones
October 22, 2012 No CommentBooz Allen Hamilton Inc. will begin providing its 25,000 staff with Apple iPhones or Android-based smartphones in the coming months, Bloomberg announced. The plan will effectively end the consulting firm’s partnership with Blackberry maker, Research in Motion Ltd. Booz Allen spokesman James Fisher told Bloomberg’s Hugo Miller that the company already issues iPhones and Android handsets to [...]
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Air Force Wants Software for Electronic Flight Bags in Recently Procured iPads
August 29, 2012 No CommentThe Air Force Special Operations Command wants device management software for the 2,725 Apple iPads that were bought in May to serve as electronic flight bags, NextGov reports. These electronic flight bags will be used to store and display flight charts and manuals that are traditionally on paper. Bob Brewin reports that the software should [...]
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