Colombia's Office of the Attorney General Chooses BES12 for Secure Cross-Platform Enterprise Mobility Management

Source: BlackBerry - Press Releases - October 19, 2015

Bogota, Colombia – October 19, 2015 – BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in secure mobile communications, today announced that Fiscalía General de la Nación de Colombia, the Office of the Attorney General in Colombia, has selected BES®12: a multi-OS EMM solution by BlackBerry for improved performance, control and security of the institution’s mobile communications.

BES12 centralizes device management from one unified console and seamlessly supports iOS®, Android™ (including a wide range of Samsung KNOX and Android for Work smartphones and tablets), Windows Phone®, and BlackBerry® smartphones. Fiscalía General de la Nación de Colombia (FGN) upgraded its 2,000 BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 licenses to BES12 in order to have the ability to manage the growing BYOD trend inside the company in a secure manner.

"Part of the Fiscalia’s mission is to develop and implement innovative tools of technology and communication to guarantee the independence, autonomy and access to justice for our constituents,” said Mr. Johny Montoya, Technology Media and Communications Coordinator of the CTI National Direction at FGN. “By choosing BES12 as our EMM provider, we ensure we’re at the forefront of security and productivity. BES12 allows us to securely access institutional information from anywhere to offer citizens efficient and prompt administration of justice.”

“Fiscalia General de la Nación de Colombia handles sensitive information on a daily basis and requires that their institutional data remains secure, while also giving their team members choice in the device they want to use,” said Joao Stricker, Managing Director, LATAM Enterprise at BlackBerry. “BES12 is the only EMM solution that offers secure and flexible management of devices, applications, and content for BlackBerry devices and devices with other operating systems – all from one unified console. BES12 allows companies to align their corporate policies with end-user needs and preferences, without compromising corporate policies.”

For more information about BES12, please visit www.blackberry.com/bes12.

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