There has been quite a bit of confusion regarding BES and BlackBerry 10. Last week we broke it all down and cleared up the confusion regarding all of it. To help out even more, Jeff Holleran, Senior Director for Enterprise Product Management at RIM, has taken some time to explain the background and features of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10. BES 10 will be able to manage every device --including BB7, BB10, PlayBook, iOS and Android -- in what Jeff calls "the ultimate management solution for all BlackBerry platform devices, as well as iOS and Android devices". You can read more on BES10 in Jeff's blog post here.
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Google Apps Connector v3.0 - Now supporting BES Express
Are you a Google Apps Connector user? If so, you'll be pleased as punch to know that Google has updated Google Apps Connector to version 3.0. With the update in versions comes a lot of needed additions as well. One of the key updates was the addition of BESX. Although, the full list has many others: Support for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.2. Support for BlackBerry Enterprise...
BlackBerry Enterprise Server
BlackBerry Enterprise Server (or BES) is the backbone of any corporate deployment of BlackBerry devices. All messages and mail are routed through this server, and administrators have finely granulated control over employee devices. Policies dictate which applications and services can be used on a BES-administrated device, plus they can be remotely locked or wiped when needed.
BES10 Hosted wins Enterprise Service of the Year
Following up the win of the BlackBerry Z30 in the Consumer Product of the Year category of the Best in Biz Awards 2014 International, BlackBerry has struck gold again. This time the win came by way of BES10 Hosted, which has been named Enterprise Service of the Year in Best in Biz Awards 2014. We're pleased to announce that BES10 Hosted has been named a gold winner in the...
Thoughts on BlackBerry opening BB10 to non-BES MDM
BlackBerry opens up BB10 to outside MDM platforms. Right after I read this headline I thought I saw a pig flying out the corner of my eye. Is BlackBerry really allowing BB10 devices to be managed by another companies MDM system? Surely not? We don't have too much information right now, but we do have many questions. How It Works Today Today, you can activate a BB10 device...