Choice is something we strived to provide is not possible in the current economy as you look at your mobile strategy you decide on a platform and centralize on it to get scale and cost control. Less development is needed, security & compliance is lessened etc. Sadly for many companies who have a large RIM investment it just dosn't make sense. I'd love to explore your product and will keep tabs on your improvements and hopefully out budget comes back.

I'd really love to see someone get SMS / TXT archiving built in similar to what BES does as it is a growing concern for our legal and compliance areas.

Choice is something we strived to provide is not possible in the current economy as you look at your mobile strategy you decide on a platform and centralize on it to get scale and cost control. Less development is needed, security & compliance is lessened etc. Sadly for many companies who have a large RIM investment it just dosn't make sense. I'd love to explore your product and will keep tabs on your improvements and hopefully out budget comes back.

I'd really love to see someone get SMS / TXT archiving built in similar to what BES does as it is a growing concern for our legal and compliance areas.

The Apple 3Gs does provide always-on encryption, but the issue is that you need the policy-based PIN to be activated for it to really protect the device.

Our compliance capabilities ensure that policies put in place by IT remain persistent. In essence, the user can only access corporate services such as email if the policies are active – they are blocked by a NAC-like facility that checks the health of the device each time the device attempts to sync. That is IT’s stick to keep employees in line with policy.

You are right. Blackberry is a mature product with a wealth of features and controls. However, we are seeing many IT Blackberry shops “under siege” by their users who feel they will be productive using an iPhone (or a Pre) for both email and Internet access. So, if you can meet your corporate IT objectives, such as securing corporate data and providing regulatory compliance, why not provide users with the choice of device that makes them the most productive at the jobs? The BES becomes a good measuring stick by which to evaluate what is needed to support non-Blackberry devices. Trust Digital is focused on giving its customers that kind of control, management and security.

I’d be interested in what your TCO is compared to BES. My seat CAL is below $50 now. Also do your provide VPN access similar to BES MDS? Good does – at an extra cost.

I’m sorry but there is still not device level encryption on iPhone. At least nothing enforced via Exchange ActiveSync Policy. What good is a policy users can disable?

Also Apple still doesn’t allow you to disable functionality you don’t want enabled. How about *gasp* turning off AppStore? Great they added the camera policy. Where is SMS audit?

No which we you dice it. BES works easier, has a lower TCO and at the end of the day do you care about providing access to AppStore and procuring a entertainment focused device to your users?