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 Blackberry Enterprise Server Express 
Launched by RIM
16th Feb 2010
B-Connected are delighted to announce that RIM have officially launched BES Express. RIM have really shaken up the market and quiet litterally thrown the cat amongnst the pidgeons with this launch. RIM is giving away BES Express Software for MS Exchange that allows companies to empower all of its employees with wireless access to their business email without compromising security or manageability. BES Express will support up to 2000 users free of charge. With this announcement it is felt that RIM will significantly impact the iPhone, Android & Symbian space.
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Why?
Because RIM have decided to |
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Give BES Express for up to 2000 users away free including all the end user device licences |
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Designed it so it can run on the existing MS Exchange server (for up to the first 75 users) |
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Designed it so it can work on the carriers BIS & BES tariff. BIS is typically half the price of the normal BES tariff |
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What does this mean? |
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It means you get all the unrivalled power of a BES server for free |
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You get a fully robust and secure solution to roll out a mobile workforce |
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For up to 75 users you do not need any additional hardware |
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You can half you existing BES tariff and work on a BIS tariff |
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Key Features
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The BES Express server software plus 2000 users is completely free. Up to the first 75 users is designed to run on the existing MS Exchange server (so no additional server required)
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It will work on both BES & BIS data tariffs on the mobile phone network. This can half the monthly BlackBerry phone costs currently being paid to the carrier
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BES Express will work with the latest versions of MS Exchange, which includes Exchange 2010, 2007, and 2003, it also support MS Small Business Server |
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Remote Wipe is supported across both BIS & BES data plans |
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BES Express will support 64 Bit Windows OS |
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In comparison to full BES which has 450+ IT Policies, BES Express has 35 IT Policies. |
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Allows the normal wireless synchronisation of email, calendar, contacts, notes & tasks
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Manage email folders and search email on the mail server remotely
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Book meetings, check availability and forward calendar attachments
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Set out of office replies
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BES Express comes with a Web-based interface for easier administration
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Enable and deploy mobile business apps across all devices
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Available March 2010 from B-Connected
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Restrictions
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Over the Air Activation (OTA) is not available for users on the BIS plan, users on the BES plan using BES Express can still use OTA to activate devices.
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Device activations for BIS Data Plan devices needs to be done with the USB Cable, so the device must come into the office to be activated the first time.
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Does not currently support Lotus Domino, Groupwise, Zimbra or Google Apps.
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Does not support features such as High Availability, Mobile Voice Services, Monitoring, Instant Messaging, Chalk or Pushcast available in full BES.
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Important Note: For those users currently on BlackBerry Professional Software, this will continue to be available until end of 2010 when it will be deemed end of life.
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This is a must for any organistaion either considering rolling out a secure, robust, mobile solution to its workforce. BlackBerry is unrivalled in this space.
Clients who are on BPS or full BES may also want to look at this option as it gives them the option to potentially half their monthly BlackBerry data plan tariff by going to the BIS tariff, this will require a complete redeployment.
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If you want to make business easier, staff more productive and better serve your clients, get more from our BES today, simply call B-Connected on +353-1-6854011 or email
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