The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has joined the Canadian wave. The MoD has just signed on to use RIM Blackberry devices for their staff. I hope that they will receive the proper training to avoid the perils of crackberry addiction.
From Silicon.com:
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is giving BlackBerrys to its staff to encourage flexible and more productive working.
The MoD is using a BlackBerry Enterprise Server to give staff access to email on the move and also give IT workers the ability to remotely control, shut down and wipe any gadgets which are lost or stolen. The server is approved by the Communications and Electronics Security Group for the communication of data at the “restricted” level.
An MoD spokesman told silicon.com there will be “no restriction” on the numbers of devices to be dished out and anyone within the MoD who has a business need for a BlackBerry can get one.
While I have to admit I’m a fan of mobile computing / teleworking. It can go very, very wrong.
Yes, I’m in a mood today.
Tags: MoD Blackberry, Blackberry, Military Mobile Computing
