Earlier this month, we announced the BBM Enterprise SDK. Built upon the secure foundation and renowned communications infrastructure of BBM Enterprise, it represents our first foray into the fast-growing Communication-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) market. And starting today, the BBM Enterprise SDK is available to any developer that wants to securely build enterprise-grade messaging, voice, and video functionality into their applications.
Productivity and efficiency aside, BBM Enterprise SDK allows developers to integrate the most secure solutions of its kind on the market. There are several reasons for this:
Each message is encrypted through a PGP-like encryption model in which the sender and recipient each have unique public/private encryption and signing keys chosen by the developer or ISV.
TLS encryption between any iOS or Android smartphone and BBM’s NOC infrastructure helps protect messages from eavesdropping or manipulation. This encryption can help developers’ apps work with regulations such as HIPAA in the US or the Directive on Data Protection in the EU.
Enterprise-Grade Security with BlackBerry’s renowned NOC architecture built with security in mind to meet the most demanding enterprise needs.
Together, these factors mean that any developer that uses the BBM Enterprise SDK to bake messaging into their applications can rest assured that the functionality is built with security foremost in mind for our partners, where they own and manage the encryption keys used. With the BBM Enterprise SDK, you can focus on integrating BlackBerry’s leading messaging functionality into your apps and giving your enterprise customers access to built-in secure messaging no matter what app their end users are using.
And thanks to BlackBerry’s IP-based network architecture, they’ll also have access to that functionality no matter where they’re using it.
Imagine an ER physician connecting to a colleague across the globe for a consultation. Imagine an undercover officer coordinating a sting operation with his fellow officers. Imagine a team of designers in geographically-distant offices collaborating on a project without having to back out of their design app.
These are just a few of the things you can do with our new SDK. And it doesn’t even scratch the surface of what you can do with BlackBerry Dynamics, which gives you access to more than 4,000 certified ISV apps (and counting). We work closely with ISVs, customers, and developers to help you deliver the best experience possible across the board.
And this new release is just one more step that we’ve taken in doing so.
The BBM Enterprise SDK will be made available for Android and iOS here (partners will need to have an account on the community and request to be added to the private area for this release). To learn more, please contact us at BBMSDK@BlackBerry.com and join our webinar on February 22 at 1 p.m. ET. To sign up for the webinar, please visit: blackberry.com/enterprise/bbm-enterprise-sdk.And if you are in Europe or the Middle East, please consider joining us at the BlackBerry Developer Summit Europe in mid-March – click on link to left for details.
About Mark Wilson
Mark Wilson is the Chief Marketing Officer for BlackBerry, where he leads the company’s corporate, product and field marketing functions. Mark brings with him extensive experience building brand preference, driving integrated marketing for a number of well-known companies. Prior to joining BlackBerry, Mark served as CMO at Avaya. He previously held senior marketing positions at SAP and Sybase, and gained extensive marketing and consulting experience at AT&T, KPMG Consulting and the San Francisco Consulting Group.
Earlier this month, we announced the BBM Enterprise SDK. Built upon the secure foundation and renowned communications infrastructure of BBM Enterprise, it represents our first foray into the fast-growing Communication-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) market. And starting today, the BBM Enterprise SDK is available to any developer that wants to securely build enterprise-grade messaging, voice, and video functionality into their applications.
Given the above, it should come as no surprise that the release of the SDK has generated praise from analysts and the media. The Next Web says it shows our “serious enterprise software ambitions.” Jack Madden feels the announcement is a great way for us to start 2017, and Industry Analyst Raul Castanon-Martinez of 451 Research notes that it places us in a strong position in the embedded communications market. Meanwhile, our developer partner, Yappn Corp., says “real-time automatic language translation delivered securely becomes possible with BBM Enterprise SDK and Yappn’s solutions framework integration.”
The BBM Enterprise SDK will be made available for Android and iOS here (partners will need to have an account on the community and request to be added to the private area for this release). To learn more, please contact us at BBMSDK@BlackBerry.com and join our webinar on February 22 at 1 p.m. ET. To sign up for the webinar, please visit: blackberry.com/enterprise/bbm-enterprise-sdk. And if you are in Europe or the Middle East, please consider joining us at the BlackBerry Developer Summit Europe in mid-March – click on link to left for details.