Samsung's bid for one BYOD to rule them all: Knox

BARCELONA - Samsung is teaming up with MobileIron to challenge BlackBerry’s hold on the enterprise market with the launch of Knox, which it claims is the “most advanced Android solution for the enterprise,” for both mobile IT and end users. It announced at the Mobile World Congress that Knox will be commercially available in selected Samsung Galaxy devices from Q2 2013 onwards. Knox employs a so-called "container" system that separates personal and corporate data, and can also be used to secure apps, similar to BlackBerry’s Balance technology. It includes AES 256-bit encryption and integrity management services implemented in both hardware and the...