BlackBerry Limited announced the availability of Chrome Enterprise Management with BlackBerry UEM, which provides a full suite of Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) support for devices running the popular Google Chrome OS and Chrome browser in businesses.
The new integration expands BlackBerry UEM's Serviceable Available Market (SAM) with Chrome Enterprise devices, which are quickly gaining traction as a cost-effective, competitive solution for business executives, their tech teams, and employees, and is now protected by BlackBerry UEM's industry-leading security. In addition, Google's Chrome Enterprise Recommended program highlights the new BlackBerry UEM integration, which assists businesses in selecting vetted partner solutions and integrations that support their employees wherever they work and on whatever devices they like.
"We see increasing adoption of Google Chrome and Chrome OS devices amongst our enterprise customers. In addition to existing support for BlackBerry apps on Chrome devices, businesses were calling for remote management capabilities to enforce policy settings and raise security levels. Working hand-in-hand with Google, our UEM solution is better equipped than ever to keep employees connected and protected so they can work from practically any device, anywhere."
Billy Ho, Executive VP, Cybersecurity Product at BlackBerry
BlackBerry UEM manages and secures Chrome-based devices using the new Chrome Enterprise Connectors Framework and accompanying Chrome Management APIs, including Chrome Policy APIs. IT managers can now activate an extensive list of policies for Chrome OS-powered devices and the Chrome browser using BlackBerry's rich unified endpoint management feature set and a single integrated dashboard view, including remote wipe, password enforcement, user group and Allowlist configurations, auto-updates, and connection settings for Chrome OS-powered devices and the Chrome browser. As a result, organizations may empower users to work on their preferred technology without jeopardizing company security because they have more control over device and policy management.
"As enterprises deploy more modern, cloud-centric endpoints such as Chromebooks, smartphones and tablets as primary computing devices, they're also looking to centralize all management and security of these endpoints. Tools that help integrate newer technologies such as Chrome OS into established endpoint management and security frameworks will be critical to the success of these deployments," said Phil Hochmuth, VP, endpoint management and enterprise mobility, IDC.