[BESAdmin-Announcements] End of Support Announcement - IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices - December 18th, 2015

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices will be End of Support as of
December 18th, 2015. Clients will no longer receive support on any versions
of IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices.


Your Mobility Management and Security Solution tools just got a whole lot
better!

At the end of 2014, IBM acquired Fiberlink Communications, creators of
MaaS360, one of the industry's leading mobile management and security
solutions. On June 6, 2014, Gartner positioned IBM MaaS360 (now renamed to
IBM MobileFirst Protect) as a Leader in the Enterprise Mobility Management
Suites Magic Quadrant (https://ibm.biz/BdR5WT).

With the IBM MobileFirst Protect solution, you now have access to many more
industry-leading capabilities to secure and manage mobile devices accessing
your corporate network, documents and apps. These include:
            Mobile Device Management
            Mobile Application Management
            Mobile Application Security including a full dual persona
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            a PIM (Personal Information Management)
            Container with Secure Mail
            Calendar
            Contacts and Documents
            Secure Document Sharing / Sync and Edit
            Mobile Expense Management, and much more

And the good news is that as an IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices
client, you are entitled to this industry leading solution! IEM for Mobile
Devices clients are now entitled to the IBM MobileFirst Protect Management
Suite, which includes Mobile Device Management, Mobile Application
Management and Mobile Expense Management, through the IBM MobileFirst
Protect On-Premises solution. Clients can download the IBM MobileFirst
Protect solution through Passport Advantage.

IBM MobileFirst Protect, now available as an On-Premises solution, also
offers an industry-leading SaaS deployment option with attractive
incentives. If you are interested in trying or moving to SaaS, contact your
IBM sales representative.

With the End of Support of IEM for MDM rapidly approaching in less than 6
months, if you are still actively using IEM for MDM, please ensure you are
working an appropriate migration plan. We are here to help.
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