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"Application deployment and keeping the devices secure no matter where they are, by having this cloud solution — that has been great."
"The most valuable feature for us is the security, including risk analysis and patch management."
"Internet-based access with security is what I have found to be most valuable. It is also a stable and scalable solution."
"We can manage and standardize security across your environment, identify problems, receive alerts, and so on. That's its purpose, and that's also why it's so good."
"The policy and compliance monitoring of devices and the software deployment are most valuable."
"Being able to manage the devices remotely is most valuable. We can push security requirements through Microsoft Intune."
"The solution is scalable. We currently have tens of thousands of users within our organization using the solution."
"There is a single pane of glass for user access and a single sign-on facility for the user. If you have already logged in to Microsoft Azure or on-premises, you can redirect directly to Microsoft Endpoint Manager, monitor all your security threats, and analyze the data associated with the application in a single, unified way."
"The fact that it's just one product that can patch multiple operating systems is really great."
"Previously, we would run a report, scan it, and compare it. We were spending 15 to 30 minutes a month on each machine on this stuff because you would find stuff that wasn't up to date, then you had to fix it. This solution takes that time down to minutes. Automox saves us easily many hours a month."
"The flexibility in creating tools to make changes on remote machines is most valuable to me. The reporting feature is also fantastic because on any given day I can bring up a list of machines that don't have patches, for example. Or I can bring up a list of machines that are in my environment on a certain day. The solution helps me with not only my own role, and what I look for internally myself, but it also helps during audits. I can go in and look at the number of machines in there, and their owners and timelines. It certainly helps tell a story for anything that IT requires."
"Its flexibility is most valuable."
"They've been adding some new features lately, which I'm not nearly as familiar with, but the ability to just deploy patches and exempt certain machines from certain patches is helpful. For instance, for our servers, we may not want to roll out zero-day patches. We are able to exempt those and make sure that they don't get those policies. We've got certain servers that have to run a particular version of Java, and being able to exempt those servers from receiving Java updates is pretty fantastic."
"Among the most valuable features are its ease of use and the Worklets. Both of them are time-savers. Worklets enable us to customize things for a given environment. It's something like when Apple lets other people create applications. Other peoples' Worklets can be used in our environment and in our customers' environments. That saves a lot of time, and it's really cool."
"It's easy to deploy agents to endpoints."
"Coming from prior solutions that were a lot more effort, Automox's patch management abilities are transformational. When I took over patching at my company, they were using on-premise architecture to patch. As the workforce shifted from being in the office into their home offices, I was able to lift and shift with no effort other than deploying the new agent out into the environment."
"It keeps things secure, it can remotely wipe the container and it's fairly easy to use."
"The most important feature is Blackberry Work, for sure, because that is where you have email."
"We are able to separate personal information and in the event of e breach, we are able to turn off access and/or delete this information."
"The functionality with UEM and BlackBerry Works, the shared calendar, is a massive improvement for us."
"Access to the emails on the go was most valuable. Having access to your emails in a secure way is one of the most important features of this solution. Blackberry ensures data security, and as a user, I can use it while on roaming or wherever I am."
"There is very high flexibility for different setups of single users, so it can give a single use many different device types with different enrollment types."
"Whenever we have issues, people rely on the ability to check messages promptly."
"We were able to utilize Android for Work-Premium in BlackBerry Android devices."
"There can be more logs. I do not have any other requirements."
"The reporting is subpar. That's the only issue we have with Intune. We use another solution for that purpose."
"An issue we have run into with Microsoft Endpoint Manager is that we cannot patch third-party products like Adobe and Chrome with it."
"The pricing could be improved."
"Once it's configured it is unobtrusive, but it does take some hands-on to configure and deploy it properly."
"There's quite a lot of development that they can do within their Intune dashboard. I think there are too many lines hyperlinked to move you around. Others, in contrast, give you a simple dashboard and an intuitive administrative walkthrough."
"Deploying an app can be a complex process due to dependencies."
"The reporting could be improved, as it's pretty poor compared to other products of this type."
"We would like to see additional detailed reporting for Service providers like us. We had to build our own reports via their APIs to meet our needs."
"The stability has come a long way from what it was like when it started and now it's really good."
"It should have integrated workstation access. So, there should be a remote desktop feature."
"As concerns the patching concepts, there's a bit of a learning curve in terms of working out how Automox wants you to work within the console, not only splitting up everything into groups, but then having the various policies assigned."
"They need to improve the automation features."
"Asset management would be a great feature to add to Automox. We would run easier scripts or more out of the box scripts that would help us in audits. \"
"The only thing that we've ever truly wanted is an onsite repository. Currently, all updates are provided directly from the internet. So, if you have 1,000 devices, all 1,000 devices go directly out to the internet. We would love the option of being able to put the updates on local storage so that we're not consuming as much bandwidth. That is literally the only thing that we've ever wanted."
"The biggest area they need to fix, without a doubt, is the ability to copy and sync profiles and worklets between all of the organizations you manage, and the ability to have top-level user access control across all of the companies that you manage."
"One fault that BlackBerry has is its salesforce. Their direct salesforce department is changing its salespeople constantly. One client I had, over a period of about three years, went through four salespeople. That continuity is a problem, in terms of dealing with the customers."
"Some users have complained that some features cannot be done through the BlackBerry Access Hub."
"I would like more support for Google Chromebook operating system, so I could manage it."
"The installations on the device could be simpler. It is a good solution, and all the features are there. So, there isn't a lot to improve. I'm sure they already have their thought process on how to improve it."
"It would be ideal if there was something for communication with Microsoft tools like Teams or Skype for Business, or perhaps even with Zoom for conference calls."
"Second level support needs to have strong knowledge of the product."
"It's too difficult to manage ourselves. We have to get a third-party in to do that. The fact that it breaks on some end-users' devices is also a concern and just the frequency and complexity of upgrades is not ideal."
"The initial installation could be simplified."
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Automox is ranked 16th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 10 reviews while BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is ranked 17th in Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) with 24 reviews. Automox is rated 8.8, while BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Automox writes "Monitors our devices irrespective of the location and the environment, allows us to exempt certain machines from certain patches, and has perfect patch management abilities". On the other hand, the top reviewer of BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite writes "Helpful technical support, and performs well, but initial setup could be simplified". Automox is most compared with Microsoft Configuration Manager, BigFix, Tanium, Qualys VMDR and NinjaOne, whereas BlackBerry Enterprise Mobility Suite is most compared with VMware Workspace ONE, SOTI MobiControl and Ivanti Neurons for MDM.
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