Samsung said Friday that its smartphones and tablets running its Knox security and management software have been cleared for use on the U.S. Department of Defense network. via computerworld.com

Industries (healthcare, pharma) that have higher security requirements for mobile devices the Android platform has always been a high concern.  Now that DoD has approved the Knox platform may be Android will get another consideration by these industries.  

In reviewing the Knox solution from an enterprise standpoint it appears that additional hardware/software will be required to manage Knox enabled devices.  This would be similar to the BlackBerry platform and the question will be the associated cost for the software.

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