Research in Motion recently introduced BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express (BESX), offering FREE software and CAL licenses while providing the basic connectivity, security, and management functions of RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server such as over-the-air synchronization and mobile availability of files and programs. And the price savings don't stop at free server software and Client Access Licenses (CALs). Customers now have the option to select the BIS wireless data plan rather than the BlackBerry Enterprise Server wireless data plan, which can save your business up to $20 a month for each of your RIM BlackBerry users!
RIM BlackBerry BES Server Express can be deployed directly on an Exchange or Small Business Server, which can handle up to 75 users, or on a stand-alone server which can support as many as 2,000 clients. RIM BlackBerry BES Server Express is ideal for smaller businesses who until now could not financially justify integrating employees' BlackBerry smartphones to the corporate network.
The Express version of RIM BlackBerry BES does not provide high availability features, system monitoring, SQL database mirroring, or desk phone integration and reduces the number of available IT polices from 450 to 35. In addition, BIS data plan users will have to perform an initial direct-attached enterprise activation to connect to the BES. Subsequently they will have the complete BlackBerry wireless email and organizer data experience including scheduling, address books, do lists, and notes. Those using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server data carrier plan can still enterprise activate their devices wirelessly.
How Progent's BlackBerry Consultants Can Support Your Smartphone Solution
Progent provides a range of consulting services to help your company to integrate BlackBerry BES Express and other BlackBerry platforms and utilities. Progent can help you to fix synchronization problems, implement over-the-air management services, configure server and desktop tools, design and validate archiving procedures, integrate BlackBerry clients on Exchange Server Windows Active Directory, and implement Virtual Private Network connections. For large-scale wireless infrastructure jobs, Progent's BlackBerry engineers can team with Progent's Microsoft certified IT experts, Cisco CCIE infrastructure experts, and CISM and GIAC-certified Security engineers. This broad range of IT skills, provided through Progent's efficient online service delivery model, cuts IT service expenses and promotes rapid and effective solutions for small businesses who need to integrate BlackBerry technology smoothly into their IT network.
Progent's technology consultants can also can assist your business with SQL Server setup and Exchange configuration to ensure that your database and email infrastructure work effectively with BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express. Progent can in addition assist your business to migrate from older releases of RIM BlackBerry and Microsoft platforms, install easy-to-use management tools so you can track and manage BlackBerry smartphones across your network, and create a sound security plan that includes BlackBerry clients. Progent's disaster recovery specialists can assist your business to design, implement, and validate business continuity procedures to ensure that BlackBerry data records can be recovered and mobile networking operations can be quickly resumed in the event of a catastrophic datacenter failure.
Progent's BlackBerry Certifications
Progent's BlackBerry-certified consultants are experts at helping small organizations plan, manage, and troubleshoot BlackBerry technology affordably and effectively, reducing the cost and hassle of maintaining a mobile workforce and promoting better business results. Progent's experts have earned all major BlackBerry certifications including BlackBerry Certified Support Specialist, BlackBerry Certified Server Support Specialist, BlackBerry Certified System Administrator, and BlackBerry Certified Solution Designer.
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