"This is a free download, designed for businesses of all sizes. It provides an easy way for businesses to get started using the smartphones with IBM's software and it's also an ideal no-cost software solution for businesses that allow their employees to connect their personal smartphones to their work email," said Jeff McDowell, senior vice president, enterprise and platform marketing at Research In Motion.
"There's tremendous growth in work force mobility, from small businesses through to major corporations and there is clear evidence that shows how smartphones can increase organisational responsiveness, improve productivity and help employees make the most of their time," said Ed Brill, director, messaging and collaboration, IBM Software Group.
The new system uses the same robust security architecture of the premium brand's Enterprise Server and includes more than 75 of the over 500 smartphone controls and IT security policies available with the premium version of software. It supports its smartphones on business data plans as well as most personal data plans.
For IT administrators, the software includes:
It works with Domino Enterprise Server and Domino Messaging Server. It can support multiple Domino domain environments from a single Web-based administration interface and can be run in parallel with the premium Enterprise Server software for the same instance of Domino.
More information is available at www.blackberry.com/besexpress.
