Pentagon giving employees the option to dump their BlackBerry for an Apple iPhone or Android model

Currently, the majority of handsets allowed for use by Pentagon employees are BlackBerry models, but that could be about to change. During a press conference on Tuesday, Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Wheeler, the Pentagon’s deputy chief information officer, said that the agency is about to go "device agnostic," and while the Pentagon is not about to change its policy to BYOD, it will allow employees to use an Android or iOS device starting in February 2014. Actually, any operating system that can meet the tough requirements of the Pentagon will be be able to be used by employees and so far that includes BlackBerry, iOS and Android mobile phone.

Right now, 470,000 of the 600,000 mobile phone used by the Pentagon are BlackBerry models. You can expect a big change in those figures next year.  According to a release issued by the Defense Department, the agency wants to make sure that its employees sporting mobile devices have secure classified and protected unclassified solutions using commercial, off the shelf devices to cut back on costs. At the same time, the devices should allow for personal productivity.

We've seen a number of corporations switch to iOS or Android from the BlackBerry platform along with some governmental agencies. The idea is to allow employees to use the same phone that they use at home to avoid the long learning curve that would be required for the use of an unfamiliar UI.  www.bicgate.com is one of the best websites to purchase cheap and affordable mobile phone.