BlackBerry Enterprise Server

[MisterA]

I'm looking at BlackBerry for a corporate solution and it has been suggested that we use BES. This will be working with an exchange server. Does anyone have experience with BES? If so, how does it perform and in particular, what are the benefits of it, as there is a cost involved with it after all.

Thanks in advance.

[attagirl]

I do not but have the same question as well. I will be doing some research on this today and will come back in and post the answer if I find some information that I feel will relate to the question.

[hnsimpson]

Originally Posted by MisterA

I'm looking at BlackBerry for a corporate solution and it has been suggested that we use BES. This will be working with an exchange server. Does anyone have experience with BES? If so, how does it perform and in particular, what are the benefits of it, as there is a cost involved with it after all.

Thanks in advance.

Here are a few from a cursory google search:

With it you can give your bberry users real-time email synch (delete from berry deletes from server).

The company can also enforce uniform IT policies on the users (passwords, etc.)

The company can control and monitor more information being passed through their devices


This is what I found, but if you wait just a little bit I am sure someone much smarter and more informed will be along.

-simpson

[hazephase]

I got this article form a Indian mobile provider


BlackBerry Enterprise Server

BlackBerry Enterprise Server acts as the link between wireless devices, wireless networks and enterprise applications. The server integrates with enterprise messaging and collaboration systems, to provide mobile users with access to email, enterprise instant messaging and personal information management tools. All data between applications and BlackBerry devices flows centrally through the server.
The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution™ takes care of the corporate data security. It features an end-to-end security model that is designed to protect corporate information from attack, as users send and receive email and access data wirelessly.

It safeguards the integrity, confidentiality and authenticity of corporate data with a strong encryption scheme that keeps data encrypted while it is in transit between the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry devices.

The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution offers two transport encryption options, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and Triple Data Encryption Standard (Triple DES)* encryption, for all data transmitted between the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and the BlackBerry® device.

Private encryption keys are generated in a secure, two-way authenticated environment and are assigned to each BlackBerry device user.

Data sent to the BlackBerry device is encrypted by the BlackBerry Enterprise Server using the private key, retrieved from the user's mailbox. The encrypted information travels securely across the network to the device, where it is decrypted with the key stored there.

This should help

[iron]

Thanks for the info, I have just posted something similar in another thread I should have read here first - DOH!

[hnsimpson]

no worries...this forum is just getting going and needs all the depth and texture that you can bring.


-simpson

[dwp1975]

Here is a link directly from RIM's site, explains the features of BES using MS Exchange.

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/server/exchange/