In other Blackberry news, Wired reports that a Blackberry exploit, to be shown at Las Vegas’ DefCon hacker convention, allows unauthorized access to corporate networks running the Blackberry Enterprise Server. It’s unsurprising that Blackberry would become a target. The devices are widespread, and most serious users use the BES. Moreover, the device is powerful enough to run some fairly sophisticated code.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
