› Why do you need BES for your Blackberry?

Blackberry Enterprise Server has the following advantages over any other forms of Blackberry connection to your Exchange server:

Much better security:

If you lost your Blackberry, you can initial a remote wipe procedure to your Blackberry. When your lost Blackberry connects to your service provider, it will shelf wipe the data in the Blackberry to prevent anyone from accessing information on your Blackberry.

Contacts sync wirelessly:

No other method will allow you to sync your Outlook contacts wirelessly.

Much easier to troubleshoot:

If you run into problems with Blackberry not getting email, having BES allows your IT support to troubleshoot quickly. You get support directly from RIM instead of your Blackberry data service provider like Verizon.

Much better management:

You can manage all your Blackberry from a single management console.

Posted at 10/12/09 by ewong in Industry Trends, News & Views, Security-Mobility-Accessibility, Tech Tips for the Office Tags: Blackberry, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Mobility | 1 Comment »

› Blackberry plan with your Wireless Service Provider

When you buy a new Blackberry device from your Wireless Service Provider (Verizon, T-mobile, at&t or Sprint), make sure you ask for “Blackberry Enterprise” feature with “Unlimited Data Usage” data plan.

When you are ready to travel abroad, you need to call your Wireless Service Provider to enable “International Data Roaming”. Keep in mind that not every Blackberry device will work in the country you travel to and coverage veries. See following resources:

Posted at 7/21/09 by ewong in Security-Mobility-Accessibility, Tech Tips for the Office, Tips Tags: Blackberry, handhelds, mobile device | 1 Comment »