FancyFon, a pioneer in mobile device management solutions that empower organizations to securely and centrally manage multiple smartphones and tablet devices over the air, today unveiled support for Research in Motion’s (RIM’s) PlayBook tablet.
Canadian-based RIM launched the PlayBook to market today, announcing that the tablet offers "full computing power in a tablet format" and is "ideal for games, media and apps".
FancyFon has developed a remote access console for the PlayBook, allowing administrators to manage their fleet of smartphone and tablet devices directly from the PlayBook, via remote access, without the need for a desktop or laptop. The console is incorporated into FancyFon Mobility Center (FAMOC); the market leading and award winning mobile device lifecycle management platform that enables customers to centrally manage their fleet of smartphone and tablet devices - based on multiple mobile platforms - in real time, over the air.
FancyFon is a BlackBerry® Alliance Select member, enjoying a dynamic collaborative relationship with RIM, and already provides full support for RIM’s corporate BES and private BIS users. This ground-breaking development will improve organizations’ ability to rapidly respond to change. Administrators will be able to troubleshoot end user issues "on the go", without the need to be at the office or in front of a laptop; speeding time to resolution. With an intuitive interface, simple administration and full integration into FancyFon’s comprehensive suite of products, the FAMOC remote access console for PlayBook adds further value and scope to FancyFon’s mobile device lifecycle management capability. The console will be available for download, from BlackBerry App World, shortly. The tablet is powered by QNX technology; the BlackBerry tablet operating system (OS). FancyFon will offer device management support for the tablet OS in Q3 2011.
Bartosz Leoszewski, CTO at FancyFon commented; "We foresee the RIM tablet being popular in the business sector, as it will appeal to the well established BlackBerry market. Therefore, going forward, it is critical for FancyFon’s business customers to be able to use their PlayBooks as a way of having remote access to our mobile device lifecycle solutions; enabling them to manage their company’s fleet of smartphones and tablets, centrally, over the air."
