openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to nokiatech
Re: Back-up plans ?? - switch from Blackberry
When MS gives me the security capabilities that RIM's BES does, then I'll agree with your assessment. Until then, additional products are required in the mix to equate to RIM's service. |
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Premium
join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs: | MS does have a handheld wipe like Blackberry now. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| It's a lot more than remote wipe. My research is a couple of months old and this is off of the top of my head, but:
- Password complexity and enforcement
- Security policy implementation/enforcement for devices
- Wiping the whole device (including SD storage)
I'm sure there are others, but I don't have access to my research results. |
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Foxbat121
join:2001-04-25
Herndon, VA
| Your first two concerns are already implemented in current push email and WM5 devices. That is you can, actually most deployment should always do so, push down a security policy in order to let the device to sync with server.
As for wipe out SD card, I think it is left out in WM5 and WM6.0 implements SD card encryption instead. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| Push email and and sync are there, but from what I recall, the security policy and enforcement to the level that I needed was not. Things might have changed in the last few months and maybe when WM6 rolls, even more will change, but when I looked, Exchange and WM5 didn't have what I needed and BlackBerry and BES did.
SD card encryption is a step in the right direction. This can currently be accomplished with 3rd party apps like Apriva and Trust Digital, but out of the box, Microsoft didn't provide a good solution. |
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