Pierce,
Actually with Windows Mobile and Exchange Enterprise, you can force
handheld encryption :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Pierce Lynch [mailto:p.ly...@netappliant.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 8:35 AM
To: 'nanog@nanog.org'
Subject: RE: [outages] News item: Blackberry services down worldwide
Like Blake mentioned, I for one will also be ditching Blackberry devices due to
the poor, irregular service which Blackberry users continue to be subject to
due to RIM's inability to provide a stable and reliable service. To add further
insult to injury, it just simply is unacceptable to be subject to RIM's high
service and licensing costs for BES to ultimately rely on a second-rate
infrastructure that causes regular 'blackouts'.
Time to more to a standalone device that then relies only on the carriers,
which in most cases are just as unreliable. None the less, I for one can't
justify paying for an 'enterprise service' to subject to incompetence and
instability of the provider. These situations simply arise to often with RIM,
yet as a service provider they chose to ignore that impact these outages have
on their customers in the corporate arena. Real-time communications in the
corporate/enterprise world have no become one of the primary methods of
communication, due to the technology RIM et al offer.
It is indeed a shame that the likes of Apple iOS & Google Android are yet to
provide features that compete with BlackBerrys, such as encryption etc. (I am
not particular clued up with regards to Windows Mobile however...) All of
which, to date, are features which are leveraged in terms of justifying the
cost of implementing a Blackberry solution.
Furthermore, I found RIM's somewhat patronising updates from RIM's CIOs and
CEOs quite insulting, particularly when an official statement had already been
released stating the issues were 'resolved' to later contradict this statement
and simple refer to it as some kind of 'mistake'.
Unacceptable, as I am sure many of you would agree.
Regards,
P.
-----Original Message-----
From: Blake T. Pfankuch [mailto:bl...@pfankuch.me]
Sent: 13 October 2011 14:08
To: Matthew Huff; 'Jamie Bowden'; 'Joe Abley'
Cc: 'nanog@nanog.org'
Subject: RE: [outages] News item: Blackberry services down worldwide
Agreed. Had a customer during the timeframe of this week ditch 90 blackberries
for iPhone/android devices. He actually sent me a video after BES finished
uninstalling and he shut the server down "so help me I'm never getting another
one of these damn coasters." One user said when they got the phone "where is
the silly wheelie clicky thing." IT manager said "oh no you just touch the
screen."
I'm told it was like watching an 8 year old with a box of fireworks and
matches....
For those who complain about security on windows mobile, iPhone or android...
you can do l2tp vpn and then ActiveSync on top of that over https. Mobile
device policies in Exchange for user experience control. Overall much easier
than Blackberry, not dependent on someone else's equipment for things like mail
delivery and internet browsing, and one less server to care about.
