BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) Version 4.0

Overview:

BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 4.0 integrates with a Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, and Novel GroupWise, email servers, to give you a manageable wireless email system. It's built on a scalable "push" architecture, providing a tightly integrated, high performance platform for wireless e-mail access. This "push model" means it immediately routes a copy of all incoming messages from the server to your handheld, allowing for 'Always On, Always Connected®' operation

BES 4.0 offers increased manageability, simplified administration, enhanced security, improved ease-of-use and increased user mobility. BES 4.0 lets users quickly connect a handheld to the Enterprise Server with cradle-less wireless provisioning - giving IT departments an easier way to deploy devices across their company. A handheld configuration tool now provides a central location for handheld software deployment, as well as user data provisioning.

The software offers more statistics regarding handhelds that are deployed, which improves administration and asset tracking for companies. The IT department can now remotely control what applications can be installed on end users' handhelds.

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End User Enhancements:

• Wireless PIM Synchronization
  • Two-way wireless synchronization of all PIM information including Contacts, Tasks, Memos
  

• Wireless Email Settings
  • Users can create, edit, and modify email filters from handheld
  • Users can also edit their email redirection settings, auto-signature, and Out of Office reply wirelessly!
  

• Automatic Wireless Backup
  • Data from handheld is automatically backed up to the server
  

• On-Handheld Help
  •Users can view BlackBerry help right on the handheld
  

• Attachment Viewing Enhancements
  •Support for JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and TIFF image formats
  •Support for Pan, Zoom, and Rotate functionality with images
  •Support for Embedded Images within documents (.DOC)
  

• Calendar Enhancements
  •Support for tentative acceptance
  •Support for basic conflict and adjacent notification
  

• Task Enhancements
  •Support for reminders and recurrences
  

Phone Enhancements
•Improved phone call handling when security locked
•Support to allow outgoing calls when security locked (Not available by default - enabled only by an IT Policy setting)


• Personal Information Management (PIM) Categories
  •Support for PIM Categories within Address Book, Tasks, and MemoPad
  •Synchronize categories with PC
  
  
• General Usability Enhancements
  •Remote Address Lookup will now return PIN #
  •Sent Items Synchronization
  •Email sent from users desktop can be viewed on the handheld

BlackBerry Deployment:

• BlackBerry Handheld Manager
  •Handles communication via the Serial, or USB port connection and the connected BlackBerry handheld
  

• Cradle-less Provisioning
  

• Application Loader “Lite”
  •IT can provide users with a basic tool to upgrade core handheld software (operating system/radio) and manage applications
  

• Managing BlackBerry
  •3rd Party Application Download and Management
  •Handheld Configuration Tool
  •Server Architectural Improvements

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Upgrade your existing BES from 3.6 to 4.0:

Click here for your complete guide to upgrade your existing server to version 4.0.
For more information visit www.blackberry.com.