BlackBerrys Will Make Up 98% of Mobile Devices on New DOD System

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http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2014/01/blackberrys-will-make-98-mobile-devices-new-dod-system/77129/

By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov
January 17, 2014

A Pentagon system intended to secure a mix of brand name smartphones for 
warfighters will primarily support BlackBerrys when the tool starts 
launching later this month, according to Defense Department officials.

About 80,000 BlackBerrys and 1,800 Defense-owned Apple and Android-based 
phones and tablets will begin being hooked up to the new management system 
on Jan. 31, officials announced on Friday.

A transition from tethered workstation computers to mobile information 
access that began in 2012 is contingent on this system functioning. The 
$16 million project aims to ensure users — potentially 300,000 of them – 
don’t compromise military data on their phones or corrupt defense networks 
when on-the-go.

Popular devices expected to go online include the iPad 3 and 4, iPhone 4S 
and 5, Samsung 10.1 tablets and Samsung 3S, and Motorola RAZR devices.

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