BlackBerry Enterprise Server Features
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Increase IT productivity |
| BlackBerry Enterprise Software v4.0 helps organizations get the most from constrained IT resources by streamlining BlackBerry deployments and reducing administrative tasks: |
| Distributed, Cradle-less Provisioning capabilities enable enterprise-wide wireless activation of BlackBerry devices by users, removing the need for significant IT involvement during deployments. |
| The Device Configuration Tool provides IT administrators with a convenient, centralized tool for loading BlackBerry device software and user data onto multiple devices. |
Greater control and manageability of BlackBerry devices |
| Improvements to BlackBerry Enterprise Software v4.0 enable IT administrators to better control, track and manage BlackBerry devices throughout the organization: |
| Device Application Control enables administrators to specify required, allowed and prohibited third party applications for BlackBerry devices. |
| Device Manageability Improvements allow IT departments to better track and manage key BlackBerry device statistics and information. |
| Wireless IT Policies can be instantly pushed to BlackBerry devices, enabling administrators to quickly change passwords, lock devices or wipe device data. |
Expanded security features |
| Industry-leading security features and security model enhancements ensure that the BlackBerry platform meets strict IT requirements for information integrity and confidentiality: |
| Triple DES** or AES Wireless Transport Encryption helps protect wirelessly transmitted information at all points between BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry devices. |
| Wireless Encryption Key Regeneration allows users to wirelessly change encryption keys on BlackBerry devices as required. |
| Content Protection permits local password protection and encryption of all data stored on BlackBerry devices and is enforceable through wirelessly applied IT policies. |
Improved fault tolerance and reliability |
| Improvements to the BlackBerry solution architecture and software maximize the reliability of the wireless solution: |
| Smart Monitoring Tools use independent software processes to monitor the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and its components, automatically detecting faults and restarting the appropriate functions if necessary. |
| Automatic Creation of Mail Agents allows BlackBerry Enterprise Server to automatically spawn new mail agents as required, without manual intervention by administrators. |
| Automatic Wireless Backup ensures that user data and settings for deployed BlackBerry devices can be wirelessly restored. |
Increase user productivity |
| BlackBerry Enterprise Software v4.0 provides an enriched user-experience that offers many productivity enhancing features and upgraded BlackBerry device applications: |
| Enhanced Attachment Handling capabilities enable users to view images, footnotes, tracked changes and more while on the go. |
| On-device Help lets users explore BlackBerry device application features and functions that can help increase their productivity. |
| Global Search capability enables users to quickly find information by simultaneously searching BlackBerry device applications, including Messages, Address Book, Calendar, Memo Pad and Tasks. |
Enhance user mobility |
| New server software and BlackBerry device applications free users from their desktops, connecting them to communications and information while they’re on the go: |
| Complete, Two-way Wireless Synchronization of email, calendar, address book, task and memo pad information keeps users in touch with up-to-date information. |
| Wireless Device Provisioning allows users to activate their BlackBerry devices wirelessly so they can start using BlackBerry immediately.Remote Control of Email Settings allows users to wirelessly configure out of office replies, email filters, auto-signatures and more, directly from their BlackBerry devices. |
Simplify wireless application development and deployment |
| IT administrators and developers can take advantage of enhanced server features and development tools that make it easier than ever to extend BlackBerry to other applications beyond email: |
| New Development Tools, such as Synchronization SDK, Attachment Distiller SDK, and PlazmicTM Content Developer's Kit help accelerate and simplify the creation of rich, dynamic wireless applications. |
| Enriched BlackBerry Browser supports WML, cHTML, xHTML and HTML, CSS (partial) and JavaScriptTM , as well as powerful offline forms handling capabilities that can help organizations create simple, browser-based wireless solutions. |
Easily extend enterprise applications and systems. |
| BlackBerry Enterprise Software v4.0 provides an open, standards-based wireless platform that allows organizations to leverage their existing technology and investments: |
| Native XML Support helps speed application development and optimizes XML-based wireless traffic. |
| Enhanced Wireless Application Transport offers enhanced content delivery guarantees by providing more options and greater control over how information is sent to BlackBerry devices. |
| New, Powerful Administrator Features for BlackBerry Mobile Data Service provide increased access control, application management and enterprise proxy handling. |
** Available for BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange and BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino only.
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