Blackberry has announced it has acquired secure file sharing company WatchDox. The acquisition follows the purchase of SecuSmart last year by BlackBerry; which would see the company offer mobile security offering to corporate customers and government .
WatchDox is a leading data security company that provides the most secure content collaboration and enterprise file-sync and-share (EFSS) solutions. WatchDox is currently has its headquarters in Palo Alto, California and has R&D facilities in Petah Tikva, Isreal. The company currently has different clients in different industry sectors which includes – Law, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Financial services, Media and Government.
The WatchDox technology would be integrated into Blackberry’s Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) portfolio and would be available on BES 12, a multi OS EMM solution. It would also extends Blackberry’s commitment to connect employees and help share corporate information across multiple OS platforms.
Commenting on the new acquisition, BlackBerry CEO, John Chen said;
“BlackBerry is constantly expanding the potential of data security so that it enables more collaboration and sharing rather than creating limitations. This acquisition represents another key step forward as we transition BlackBerry into the premier platform for secure mobile communications software and applications, supporting all devices and operating systems.
Together with last year’s Secusmart acquisition, Samsung partnership, our own internal development efforts, and now the acquisition of WatchDox, we now have capabilities to secure communications end-to-end from voice, text, messaging, data and now enterprise file-sync-and share.”
Blackberry is very committed to make its name as the first name on the list of enterprise mobile security companies. The move further enhances the Canadian company’s best-in-class mobile security and give enterprises unmatched control over their files even after data leaves the corporate network.
Source: MarketWired Via Blackberry Blog
