RIM BlackBerry recently released BlackBerry BES Express, offering NO COST software and Client Access Licenses (CALs) while providing the basic connectivity, security, and management capabilities of BlackBerry Enterprise Server such as wireless synchronization and remote access to files and programs. And the cost savings don't end at free software and CAL licenses. Customers also get the option to choose the BlackBerry Internet Service wireless data plan rather than the BlackBerry Enterprise Server data carrier plan, saving you $10-$20 a month for each of your BlackBerry clients!
BlackBerry BES Server Express can be installed directly on an Exchange or SBS server, which can handle up to 75 users, or on a dedicated server to support as many as 2,000 clients. BlackBerry BES Server Express is a great alternative for small- and medium-sized businesses who until now could not afford integrating employees' BlackBerry smartphones to their corporate network.
The Express edition of BlackBerry BES does not provide high availability, monitoring, mirroring, or desk phone/PBX integration and limits the available IT polices from 450 to 35. Also, BIS wireless data plan clients will have to perform an initial wired enterprise activation to connect to the BES. Subsequently they will have the full BlackBerry mobile messaging and personal organizer data experience including calendar, address books, do lists, and notes. Users with the BES data carrier plan can continue to enterprise activate their BlackBerry smartphones over the air.
How Progent's BlackBerry Experts Can Support Your Smartphone Solution
Progent provides a variety of IT services to assist your company to deploy BESX and other BlackBerry technologies. Progent can help you to resolve BlackBerry sync issues, set up over-the-air management services, install desktop tools, set up and test backup/restore procedures, add or remove BlackBerry smartphones on Microsoft Exchange Server and Windows Active Directory, and configure Virtual Private Network connections. For large-scale wireless infrastructure jobs, Progent's BlackBerry engineers can team with Progent's Microsoft IT experts, Cisco certified CCIE engineers, and CISM and GIAC-certified Security professionals. This wide selection of expertise, provided via Progent's efficient remote consulting, cuts network support costs and promotes fast and effective solutions for small businesses who need to integrate BlackBerry technology smoothly into their information system.
Progent's IT experts can also can help your business with SQL Server integration and Exchange Server configuration to make sure that your database and email environment work effectively with BESX. Progent can also help your business to migrate from previous editions of Blackberry and Microsoft platforms, set up easy-to-use administration tools to help you track and control BlackBerry devices across your network, and create a sensible security strategy that accommodates BlackBerry users. Progent's disaster recovery consultants can assist you to define, implement, and test workplace recovery processes to ensure that BlackBerry data can be recovered and mobile 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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