BlackBerry PlayBook: Security Stalwart

Many of BoxTone's new deals will have the PlayBook as the centerpiece, says Reed. BoxTone's installed customer base consists mainly of BlackBerry shops eyeing the PlayBook as a natural extension in their environment.

BoxTone ranks the PlayBook as the most secure, enterprise-ready tablet on the market today. The PlayBook attaches itself to the enterprise through the BlackBerry, thus instantly inherit all of BlackBerry's legendary security and control.

BlackBerry has more than 400 settable policies, whereas iPhone has 250. IT organizations are able to manage BlackBerries and PlayBooks (and, unlike the iPad, the apps that run on them) using RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

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