Posts Tagged ‘BlackBerry Enterprise Server’

Has the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Lived Beyond Its Time ?

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

For quite, BlackBerrys and the BlackBerry Enterprise server has been a hard combination to beat because of RIM’s (Research In Motion) push technology.

Setup a Microsoft Exchange account on a BlackBerry and you have a very powerful combination.  Email is sent both inbound and outbound with almost no delay. Additionally, the calendar, contacts, notes and tasks are also synced wirelessly.

Companies such as Fox News have created apps which take advantage of the push technology and send news alerts as they happen.

All of this is great, but there is one exception, Microsoft Sync.  Microsoft Sync offers many of the same features as the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, but with less cost.  RIM has recently tried to remedy this by providing small businesses with a slimmed down version of the server software, and at zero cost.

The problem is, the overhead is still there and owners of BlackBerrys are required to pay a higher fee to their wireless phone provider.

Recently I had a conversation with an insider from a Fortune 100 company who stated they have more issues with syncing BlackBerrys than other devices by a very wide margin.

Time will tell which system offers the best business solution.

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Cutting Costs with BlackBerry and Exchange

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

It seems we’re all looking for ways to trim expenses.  We routinely review communication and technology expenses, looking for possibilities to reduce costs for our clients.

One of the more recent reviews dealt with BlackBerrys and Microsoft’s Exchange Server.  We focused on this because the additional cost for moving from the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is roughly $200 per year, per device.

By using the BlackBerry Internet Service and performing manual sync’s throughout the day, saves the above mentioned $200 per BlackBerry.

The downside to this is that the BlackBerry user needs to remember to synchronize before they leave the office.  Also any changes made to their calendar if they share it, will not be sent to the BlackBerry.

Similarly, additions and/or edits made on the BlackBerry will not be reflected on the Exchange Server until a manual synchronization is performed.

Email is delivered almost instantaneously when using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and typically between 5 and 10 minutes when using the BlackBerry Internet Service.

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