Research in Motion is running a promotion where they are giving away a free BlackBerry PlayBook to organizations that upgrade to BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) v5.0.
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Soon after we heard the first rumors of the the BlackBerry Colt, the device believed to be the first BBX BlackBerry, we heard that it would not support BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES).
If it weren’t for the fact that I have an 8 month old BlackBerry PlayBook sitting on my desk that still doesn’t have a native email client, the mere thought of a new BlackBerry that couldn’t get corporate email via BES would have been unthinkable. That current state of the BlackBerry PlayBook, however, made this rumor quite plausible.
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Google Apps Connector, which allows BlackBerry Enterprise Server Administrators to integrate BES with Google Apps Messaging Suite, has been updated to version 3.0. Google Apps Connector 3.0 will allow BES provisioned BlackBerry users to get their Google Apps hosted email, calendar, and contacts via native BlackBerry applications on their device.
The big feature ad in Google Apps Connector 3.0 is support for BES Express, making it even easier for small organizations hosting their domains with Google to get all of the BES benefits of standardizing on BlackBerry as a platform without the tradition costs of full blown BES deployments.
Google Apps Connector 3.0 features include:
- Support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.2.
- Support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express.
- Support for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008 SP2.
- Improved Dynamic GAL synchronization.
- Improvements to some calendar synchronization components to provide enhanced robustness and accuracy.
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BBNews.pl has gotten there hands on the spec sheet for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 SP2 and have posted it online.
Check out the details after the jump:
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The question is “Is there some type of BlackBerry outage right now?”, and the answer is, “Yes, there is”.
According to Data Outages News, all North American carriers are experiencing issues affecting BIS and BES only, on what appears to be devices with Wi-Fi. “Data works sometimes when connected via WiFi; no data when WiFi is disconnected.”
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Research in Motion subsidiary, Chalk Media, yesterday announced Chalk Pushcast Software 5.4, the latest and newly branded release of Mobile chalkboard, which facilitates a trackable and secure communication channel for delivering audio- and video-rich content to BlackBerry smartphones.
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When we talk about BlackBerrys here on RIMarkable we almost always do so from the perspective of the BlackBerry user. We know, however, that there are a lot of BlackBerry Administrators managing BlackBerry Enterprise Server deployments of all sizes that stop by from time to time as well. I have a question for BlackBerry administrators today.
What tools do you use to help manage your BlackBerry deployment?
I am sure that a lot of BlackBerry administrators use just the native tools to manage BES, however, I am just as sure that a lot of BES admins, especially ones with larger deployments, use third party tools that make dealing with their day to day BlackBerry administration tasks a lot easier and much less time consuming.
If you use such tools in your BES deployment, drop us a comment and tell us the name of the tool and how it helps you.
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Back when BlackBerry Enterprise Server v4.1 Service Pack 5 was announced HTML and Rich Text Support was listed right on the What’s New page for the upcoming release. It would appear, however, the this highly anticipated feature is no longer listed on the What’s New page.
Needless to say, a bunch of rumors and commentary have been spreading around as to whether BES 4.1 SP5 will or will not have HTML Email support. I don’t think anyone really knows for sure. I bet, however, that I know what a few companies that create third party applications that that give you this ability on your BlackBerry are hoping for.
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