GENEVA /PRNewswire/
-- Silent Circle today announced that its next generation
Blackphone 2, the company's privacy-first smartphone, will be its
inaugural product in Google's Android for Work program. The company
joins Android for Work as part of its ongoing mission to deliver
enterprise privacy.
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The
Android for Work program, announced earlier this year by Google,
aims to offer businesses simple management and enhanced security
for user devices. The program's flexibility in offering
customizable solutions is a strong fit for Silent Circle's "privacy
without compromise" approach.
"Privacy is about being able to decide and control what information
to share and how you share it," said Bill
Conner, President and CEO of Silent Circle. "We're delighted
to join the Android for Work program. It's a significant step
forward in Silent Circle's development which enables us to deliver
privacy and security to a broader enterprise customer base, while
meeting their need for the wide-ranging apps and services provided
by Google."
The
participation in Android for Work marks the continued expansion of
Silent Circle's enterprise privacy platform, a unique combination
of software, services, and devices working together to integrate
privacy at every level of business. The platform includes the
Blackphone 2 and its Android operating system, Silent OS.
"With
the first Blackphone, we delivered an Android experience coupled
with control over app permissions and the powerful Spaces feature,
which lets users securely separate work life and personal life on
the same device," said David
Puron, SVP Engineering, Devices. "Customers responded to
Blackphone's unique offering of privacy by design, and pushed us to
offer even more choices for its second generation."
"Our
Blackphone 2 release this fall will bring support for Google Play
and Google Mobile Services to Silent OS," said Puron, "and with
support for Android for Work, companies can strike their own
balance of control over data and connectivity with established
productivity services that are used throughout enterprise."
The
Blackphone, named one of Time Magazine's "Top 25 Best Inventions of
2014" and one of MIT Technology Review's top 10 technology
breakthroughs the same year, includes Silent Circle's encrypted
communication software for secure voice and video calling, text
messaging, and file transfer. The new version of the phone being
released this fall will also offer expanded support for existing
Mobile Device Management (MDM) programs and an updated
implementation of the Spaces feature introduced in the first
Blackphone, all on faster hardware designed to deliver a premium
user experience.
About Silent Circle
Silent Circle is a
leader in enterprise privacy, delivered through a revolutionary
mobile ecosystem of devices, software and services, starting with
ZRTP to build a fundamentally different mobile architecture.
Now
led by Bill Conner, the former Entrust President and CEO and
Nortel President, Silent Circle was co-founded by Mike Janke,
former Navy SEAL and security expert; Phil Zimmermann,
co-founder of PGP, developer of the ZRTP protocol and 2015 inductee
into the Internet Hall of Fame; and Jon Callas, creator of
Apple's whole disk encryption software and Co-founder of PGP
Corporation.
Silent
Circle is headquartered in Switzerland, home to the world's
best privacy laws. For more information on Silent Circle, go
to: https://www.silentcircle.com
Silent Circle
Press Contact:
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