14 DAY TRIAL // Organizations looking for a secure mobility solution without requiring internal IT resources will now have the gold-standard in wireless as an offering from hosting service providers. Research In Motion just announced the availability of Hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server, new software that enables service providers to offer a hosted, managed service of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution. Hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server incorporates complete security, reliability, IT policy controls, compliance, and mobile application platform features for small and medium size businesses.
Hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server supports all the major enterprise email environments, providing tight integration with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise, to give end users the benefits of secure wireless access to their business email with attachment viewing, access to enterprise instant messaging (with auditing for compliance), web browsing, synchronized wireless calendar, contacts and tasks, as well as the ability to access company intranet and other business applications.
"In today's fast-paced, competitive environment mobile connectivity is an essential business requirement, but many smaller organizations are looking for outsourced solutions," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. "Hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server will allow providers to address the SMB market with BlackBerry, the industry standard in mobility."
For the hosting service provider, Hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server provides the flexibility and IT policy controls to offer the same level of BlackBerry functionality enjoyed by larger enterprises as a solution tailored to the needs of a smaller sized business that need or prefer a hosted solution. The solution also allows the provider to host a wide range of mobile applications that can be run on BlackBerry devices via BlackBerry Mobile Data System (MDS).