BlackBerry Becomes First EMM Vendor to Join HP’s Helion Network

BlackBerry has expressed its happiness as the cloud-based enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution, BES12 Cloud, is now certified through the HP Helion Ready Program.

For those customers that want their software solutions to “just run” on HP Helion OpenStack®, they can now select BES12 Cloud as their EMM solution for use with HP Helion OpenStack.

HP Helion OpenStack is based on open source cloud technology, providing many business advantages, from reducing costs through economies of scale and decreasing TCO to avoiding vendor lock-in and preserving workload portability.

It’s also the common architectural foundation for the HP Helion Network, for which BlackBerry is the first EMM vendor.

The HP Helion Network is an ecosystem of service providers, value-added resellers, independent software vendors, and other partners that will collaborate with HP to build, sell and deliver public cloud/virtual private cloud services based on HP Helion technology.

Comprising smaller communities, such as Cloud28+, the HP Helion Network also offers hardware vendors and solution providers both a way to test and certify their products with HP Helion OpenStack and become a part of HP’s expanding partner ecosystem.

The HP Helion Network works collaboratively to meet the needs of customers rather than being owned and operated by any single vendor.

As part of this ecosystem, BlackBerry can offer enterprise customers looking to leverage HP Helion OpenStack real value from their hybrid IT environments.

“BlackBerry’s enterprise portfolio and global presence reinforce HP and the Helion community’s commitment to creating an open ecosystem of leading IT vendors,” said Steve Dietch, vice president, Cloud Go to Market, HP.

“This program allows customers to confidently deploy HP Helion OpenStack in mixed environments with hardware and software solutions that are certified and supported.”

BES12 Cloud makes mobility easy for businesses. BES12 Cloud makes managing devices, apps and data simpler with a cloud-based EMM solution that is secure, flexible and simple to deploy and easy to use.

No matter if customers are using iPhones, Android, Windows or BlackBerry devices, businesses powered by BES12 Cloud are more protected and more productive.

Beyond the core features of BES12, some key benefits of BES12 Cloud include: Ease of Deployment: BES12 Cloud offers 100 percent online registration and purchase process and it only takes minutes from purchase to EMM service availability in the cloud. Cloud subscriptions also include BlackBerry’s award-winning technical support.

Reduced TCO: BES12 Cloud lowers operating costs by eliminating the need for on-premise software, hardware and licenses, while maintaining the same annual subscription pricing as on-premise BES12.

Scalability and Flexibility: BES12 Cloud lets customers rapidly grow their mobile deployments without having to spend heavily on servers and other infrastructure.

Enhanced SIM Based Licensing Compatible – Provides enterprise customers an improved purchasing experience, by supporting the consolidation of operational costs into one monthly invoice from their wireless service partner.