BlackBerry and Google top executives are teaming up to host a series of free and half-day hands-on workshops aimed at demonstrating how BlackBerry software and Android can promote productivity and security on Android devices.
The said workshops are slated to take place at Google offices across North America.
Dubbed "Bring Android to Work With BlackBerry," the workshop will explain to attendees how Android for Work, powered by BlackBerry's BES12 EMM software, can help enhance the security and easily manage their employees' Android devices.
Employees will be able to enjoy the business-like features of their Android devices brought by Android for Work. These include a more simplified IT management encompassing all devices, corporate data security, user privacy protection and all types of needed apps.
"With BES12, you can say yes to the kind of productivity you know is possible - with the confidence that comes from industry-leading mobile security," said BlackBerry.
"BES12 allows you to securely manage mobile devices and other endpoints across different operating systems and ownership models. Manage your mobile workers' access to apps, data and content. And do it all from a single, easy-to-use console that offers a complete set of IT policies and profiles to address the mobility management challenges and opportunities that your business faces today and tomorrow."
Some of the notable features of the BES12 EMM software include a multi-OS EMM solution for any type of ownership model, mobile security that is best in the industry, a future-proof platform and reliable mobility management that's easy on the pocket.
With IT managers getting more interested in finding better ways on how they can manage and make Android devices more secure for work, the consolidation between BlackBerry's BES12 and Android for Work could just be the ultimate solution to enhance mobile data security.
BlackBerry believed early on that pairing its high-end enterprise security with Android, which is regarded as the most popular mobile OS, will receive a strong response. True enough, the workshop's first event reached its full target number of attendees even before the blog announcement was published.
The first among the series is scheduled in Toronto on Feb. 2, and BlackBerry said the event has reached full capacity already. The company encouraged interested attendees to check on the remaining events.
According to the blog post, the upcoming workshops will be at Chicago (Feb. 3), San Francisco (Feb. 9), Washington DC (Feb. 10) and New York City (Feb. 17). Interested attendees can check on the links to get an idea on the event's agenda and how they can register.
