SAMSUNG UPS SECURITY WITH BLACKBERRY PARTNERSHIP

Guest: Paulo Ferreira, Director of Enterprise Mobility at Samsung South Africa: Guest: Nader Heinen, Advanced Security Solutions – Advisory Division at BlackBerrySamsung and BlackBerry have announced the first results of a partnership designed to provide secure Android smartphones for enterprise users.On Tuesday in Cape Town, the two companies announced a partnership that would see BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES12) provide enterprise level security for Samsung's Knox on Galaxy smartphones.The deal gives Samsung devices a boost in the enterprise world as far as security of the Android system is concerned."The word 'consumer' in the consumer electronics world tends to put us into a bracket which perhaps polarises us as a consumer electronics company only," Paulo Ferreira, director of Enterprise Mobility at Samsung Electronics SA.