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Push Technology
Push technology is designed to deliver messages and information to BlackBerry® smartphones in seconds. This helps ensure that the information on a user’s BlackBerry smartphone is automatically updated with the information on their computer.
Email, calendar entries, contacts, tasks andmemos are all kept up-to-date.
Server software and hosted services also optimize data before sending to BlackBerry smartphones, making it one of the most efficient smartphone solutions. It’s designed to provide quick delivery times, long battery life and low per-megabyte data charges – especially when roaming.
IT Management and Support
Runs on the Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Small Business Server
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express is certified for up to 75 BlackBerry smartphone users to be installed and run on the same server that runs Microsoft® Exchange 2003 SP2, 2007 SP1, 2010 or Microsoft® Small Business Server 2003 and 2008. This eliminates the need to purchase additional hardware. If you require greater than 75 users, BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express has the flexibility to be installed on a separate server, supporting up to 2,000 BlackBerry smartphone users.
Easy-to-use management console
The BlackBerry® Administration Service provides web-based access to do the following:
- Manage smartphones in your organization, including resetting passwords, or remotely wiping lost or stolen smartphones. Choose from over 35 IT policies.
- Define policy settings using IT policy templates.
- Delegate tasks with 6 preconfigured IT administration roles.
- Deploy and manage applications over-the-air.
- Schedule device, application and IT policy updates.
- Update BlackBerry® Device Software wirelessly without users having to bring the device to IT.
Security
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express provides many of the same advanced security features of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution. BlackBerry solutions have received more security accreditations globally than any other wireless solution. Because of these security certifications, you can rest assured you're taking on minimal risk.
Encryption
Data transmitted between the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® smartphones is encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) or Triple Data Encryption Standard (Triple DES). AES is the standard used by the US government.
Flexible security architecture
For implementations requiring additional security, PGP®, S/MIME and PGP/MIME are also supported. Over 35 IT policies further support the needs of your business by providing adjustable security levels and capabilities that include the following:
- Impose a device lock-down
- Wipe data from a lost or stolen device
- Wirelessly enforce security settings such as Bluetooth® lockout
Built-in protection against malware
While desktop computers easily accommodate anti-virus software, wireless devices are often constrained by memory, processing power and battery life.
One approach to help protect against malware on mobile devices is to proactively prevent them from loading or running unauthorized code. BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express uses this approach to give system administrators the ability to perform the following actions:
- Specify exactly which applications are permitted on the device
- Prevent third-party applications from using persistent storage on the device
- Determine which resources third-party applications can access on the device
- Restrict the types of connections a third-party application running on the device can establish
- Block all third-party applications from loading onto and running on the device
RIM Introduces BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express?
March 2010
Free New BlackBerry Software for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Windows Small Business Server Allows Companies to Empower All Employees with Wireless Access to Their Corporate Email Without Compromising Security or Manageability
Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today introduced BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express - free new server software that wirelessly and securely synchronizes BlackBerry® smartphones with Microsoft® Exchange or Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server.
The new BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express software will be provided free of charge in order to address two key market opportunities. First, the software offers economical advantages to small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) that desire the enterprise-grade security and manageability of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server but don’t require all of its advanced features. Second, more and more consumers are purchasing BlackBerry smartphones and the free BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express software provides a cost-effective solution that enables IT departments to meet the growing demand from employees to be able to connect their personal BlackBerry smartphones to their work email.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express works with Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2007 and 2003 and Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 and 2003 to provide users with secure, push-based, wireless access to email, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks, as well as other business applications and enterprise systems behind the firewall. Importantly, the new server software utilizes the same robust security architecture found in BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
"Today we are announcing an exciting new offering that further expands the market opportunity for the BlackBerry platform," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO, Research In Motion. “In a marketplace where smartphones are becoming ubiquitous, BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express significantly raises the bar by providing a cost-effective solution that allows companies of all sizes to support enterprise-grade mobile connectivity for all employees without compromising security or manageability.”
With BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express connected to Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, BlackBerry smartphone users will be able to:
- Wirelessly synchronize their email, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks
- Manage email folders and search email on the mail server remotely
- Book meetings and appointments, check availability and forward calendar attachments
- Set an out-of-office reply
- Edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files using Documents To Go®
- Access files stored on the company network
- Use mobile applications to access business systems behind the firewall
For IT administrators, BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express also offers the following:
- Runs on the same physical or virtual server as the Microsoft mail server or on its own server. BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express is also certified for use with VMware ESX
- Over 35 IT controls and policies, including the ability to remotely wipe a smartphone and enforce and reset passwords
- A Web-based interface that allows remote administration and makes it easy to install the software, connect BlackBerry smartphones and apply usage policies
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server v5 continues to be the recommended solution for deployments that require additional security policies, monitoring features or high availability. BlackBerry Enterprise Server also continues to be required for certain other enterprise solutions such as BlackBerry® Mobile Voice System (for bringing desk phone functionality to BlackBerry smartphones), BlackBerry® Clients for Microsoft® Office Communications Server and IBM® Lotus® Sametime® (for enterprise instant messaging), IBM Lotus Connections (for enterprise social networking), IBM Lotus Quickr™ (for document sharing and collaboration), and Chalk® Pushcast Software (for corporate podcasting).
Want More - BlackBerry Enterprise Server v5.0 offers:
BlackBerry Enterprise Server is the right choice for larger enterprises and government organizations that need the highest level of IT control and advanced functionality. Take a look at some of the added features available with BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
- High Availability
- Advanced IT Controls
- BlackBerry Monitoring
- Enterprise Transporter Tool