BarackBerry Obama may be getting a new BlackBerry soon. BlackBerry has been approved for secure access on the Department of Defense networks.
President Obama does use an iPad but does know use a Kindle Fire. He recently stopped the ban on iPhones from the ITC.
BlackBerry announced the U.S. Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has given BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, the Authority to Operate (ATO) on Department of Defense (DoD) networks. BlackBerry is the first Mobile Device Management (MDM) provider to obtain an ATO.
BlackBerry 10 smartphones will enable DoD personnel to have the ability to securely connect to networks and access assets from work. The BlackBerry mobile infrastructure offers mobile computing experience while ensuring the personal and the corporate information on a user's phone are kept separate and safe.
With the ATO, DISA is now developing the infrastructure to support BlackBerry 10 smartphones. DISA is developing the capacity to support 10,000 BlackBerry 10 smartphones by this fall and 30,000 by the end of 2013 on DoD networks.
Receiving the ATO is a critical step forward in the security certification process. The approval demonstrates that BlackBerry 10 smartphones meet DoD's most stringent security requirements.