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BlackBerry WorkLife Data

With the rise of BYOD work environments, enterprises face the challenge of

controlling data costs on employee devices. An increasing number of

employees today are using their own devices for work purposes, blurring the

line between personal and business usage. Enterprises can’t monitor all

personal devices, apps, or differentiate between corporate use versus personal

use. Attempting to do so raises privacy concerns. At the same time, accurately

accounting for and reimbursing employees for costs is a difficult task.

Are you over subsidizing BYOD stipend payments? Do you know which users or

apps are the biggest consumers? And how do you avoid legal, tax and

compliance questions? Do you pay a fixed stipend or itemize carrier bills?

The SolutionBlackBerry® WorkLife Data is the split billing solution that offers corporate data expense management and data usage visibility

for enterprises. It provides automated reimbursements, allowing you to eliminate time-consuming, complex, often imprecise

reimbursement programs. BlackBerry WorkLife Data clearly and seamlessly separates data used by corporate applications

from data used by personal applications.

With a simple, one-step process, you can enable the solution on any device managed by BlackBerry® Dynamics. The solution

also works on apps managed by other EMM vendors that use VPNs to secure device communications. This removes any

confusion when it comes to billing and reimbursement. To fully automate the expense submission process, BlackBerry

WorkLife Data integrates with leading expense management systems.

The Challenge

Understand Data UsageWith BlackBerry WorkLife Data’s built-in

advanced analytics feature, you can monitor

employees’ work-related data usage from a

simple console—without visibility into users’

personal lives. Balancing visibility with privacy,

this capability provides detailed reports of

cellular data usage for each user, including

individual app usage over time, data consumed

while roaming, top consumers, and past and current consumption.

The advanced analytics feature allows you to gain insight into your employees' cellular consumpltion via data reports.

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Automate BYOD ReimbursementsBlackBerry WorkLife Data’s reimbursement feature accurately facilitates reimbursements for work activity on employee devices.

It covers all charges that are incurred from data usage on corporate approved applications. This feature eliminates the need for

employees to waste time on complex reimbursement programs and ensures that you’re not overcompensating employees for costs associated with personal usage. Costs are kept as low as possible.

Apply Policies and Rules on

Coporate Data UsageWith BlackBerry WorkLife Data, you get complete

control over employees’ data usage for business

apps – where they use data, when, and how much.

From a simple console, enterprise administrators can

selectively apply rules and policies for work

applications – without affecting personal apps –

allowing for a complete separation of work and

personal usage.

Avoid Overcompensating for Corporate DataWith BlackBerry WorkLife Data’s automated reimbursement feature, you can reduce your mobility costs and/or stipends

through the simplicity of split billing. BlackBerry WorkLife Data ensures that payment to employees is based on actual work

usage, not estimates. It fully automates the expense submission of work data usage for employees, so you know you are only

paying for corporate data.

With advanced analytics built into BlackBerry WorkLife Data, you are provided with a detailed understanding of how much data

is being used by your employees for work. Your organization can leverage this insight to adjust stipend policies or eliminate

complex reimbursement programs – and avoid overpaying employees for corporate data.

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Increase User ProductivityBlackBerry WorkLife Data increases productivity in a BYOD environment by eliminating users’ worry about being billed for work

charges on their personal plan. With BlackBerry WorkLife Data, users know that all charges incurred from work-related activity

(calls, texts, and corporate app usage) will be taken care of by the enterprise, so they can work on mobile with confidence. Since

reimbursements are automated, they no longer have to waste time reclaiming expenses. This enables users to save time and be more productive while building trust and transparency within the organization.

Address HR, Tax, and Regulatory Compliance Issues with Minimal EffortRecent court cases are pointing toward the need for organizations to take more active responsibility for work-related use of

personal devices, which requires more detailed understanding of usage. For example, the California Court of Appeals has ruled

that employers must reimburse employees for work performed on BYOD devices. To address this, enterprises have previously

had to rely on guesswork for stipends, often overcompensating employees to avoid issues. Flat stipend reimbursements raise an

additional problem for enterprises, as these stipends are considered a taxable benefit in some jurisdictions. BlackBerry WorkLife

Data helps you avoid these taxable events by issuing precise reimbursements from per-use calculations.

BlackBerry WorkLife Data’s clear separation of billing between business and personal data usage helps address legal concerns.

Automated reimbursements make it easy to address compliance requirements. This feature – coupled with detailed usage

reports that can be configured for any time period, user, or app – can help you answer HR, tax, and regulatory compliance

questions with minimal effort. BlackBerry WorkLife Data helps reduce liability for enterprises.

Fast and Easy DeploymentBlackBerry WorkLife Data is easy to deploy. It is cloud-based and carrier-independent, so setup is minimal. Deployment is fast

and easy, with low IT TCO. From a simple console, enterprise administrators can selectively apply rules and policies for work

applications – without affecting personal apps – allowing for a complete separation of work and personal usage. Many

enterprises have already invested in EMM applications or BlackBerry Dynamics applications, so IT can easily leverage these

existing investments to incorporate split billing for employee data use. Deploying BlackBerry WorkLife Data does not require any

additional mobile device installations, so you can automate expense management right away.

Extend to Custom and Third Party AppsMobile analytics and reporting capabilities can be applied to any apps

from EMM vendors that utilize per app VPNs as well as all BlackBerry

Dynamics-secured applications. You can gain the same degree of

visibility and reimbursement automation over data usage for your

entire corporate portfolio, including in-house developed and third

party ISV apps. This can provide valuable insight as you implement

more ‘mobile first’ workflows and custom apps whose data

consumption patterns may not be known at the outset.

About BlackBerry

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Feature BenefitGraphical reporting portal

Real-time visibility into approved business application usage by user, device, app and carrier for chargeback, compliance or KPI tracking.

Device, O/S and carrier-independent Adapts flexibly to your situation, including mixedlandscapes of iOS and Android devices, and multiple different carriers.

Usage history, configurable by time period

Accurate record of approved business app usage at any time removes confusion, provides backup for compliance, tax or regulatory questions.

Integrated out of the box with BlackBerry Dynamics Platform or other EMM vendors

Can apply reporting capabilities to entire mobile work-flows including BlackBerry Dynamics apps, custom-developed and third party ISV apps, and any EMM vendor that uses VPN.

Expense submission automation Reimbursement feature fully automates the expense submission of work data usage for employees by submitting expense reports for work data usage on behalf of employees.

Web-based interface Fast, easy deployment with low IT TCO, accessible from anywhere, linked to platform console for ease of administration.

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