14 DAY TRIAL // RIMhas announced that it upgraded the Blackberry Enterprise Server service to offer its clients an “all-in-one” experience, allowing for enhanced operational efficiency and cost savings. The new updated 5.0.2 version enables customers to install third-party applications and social networking services on their Blackberry devices without interfering with the corporate side.
Another interesting feature provides users with the possibility to wipe all the corporate data from a BlackBerry without touching the other personal data stored. Furthermore, the company promised that “additional features for keeping corporate content separate from personal content on employee-owned devices are expected later this year.”
Other highlights of the update would be: support for additional web browsers has been added to enable access to the BlackBerry Administration Service for IT Staff and BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager for employees via the latest versions of popular web browsers, including Google Chrome 4.0, Internet Explorer 8, Mozilla Firefox 3.6 and Safari 4; single sign-on allows end users and administrators to directly and securely access BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager and BlackBerry Administration Service once they’ve signed in to the network without the need to re-enter their user ID and password.
Remote removal of corporate data from employee-owned devices basically allows IT administrators to remove only corporate data from an employee-owned BlackBerry smartphone without affecting the employee’s personal information and applications. Support for Windows Server 2008 R2, upcoming support for SQL Server 2008 R2 and all-new support for MS Hyper-V 2008 have been added to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server platform certification list. Through the flexible URL-based smartphone authentication, IT administrators can now assign different authentication requirements for specific URLs.
For a full history of the Blackberry Enterprise Server software, head over RIM's website.