Rim Release New BE-Server 5.0.On Monday, Research in Motion (RIM) launches the new BlackBerry Enterprise Server BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is the name of the middleware software package that is part of the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research In Motion. BES connects to messaging and collaboration software (Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, Novell GroupWise) on enterprise 5.0 designed to adopt large-scale enterprises workforce. The BE Server 5.0 is the next generation push-based server software for BlackBerry business users which could boost work performance and more IT administration controls. The server better integrates between RIM push technology and IBM Lotus Domino Lotus Domino is an IBM server product that provides enterprise-grade e-mail, collaboration capabilities, and custom application platform. Domino began life as Lotus Notes Server, the server component of Lotus Development Corporation's client-server messaging technology. , Microsoft Exchange Messaging and groupware software for Windows from Microsoft. Exchange Server is an Internet-compliant e-mail system that runs under Windows NT/2000 and Windows Server 2003. It can be accessed by Web browsers, the Exchange client, versions of Outlook and the earlier Windows Inbox. and Novell GroupWise GroupWise is a cross-platform collaborative software product from Novell, Inc. offering e-mail, calendaring, instant messaging and document management. Summary GroupWise can operate on a number of server and workstation platforms. . "BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 significantly raises the bar for advanced IT manageability, high availability, system monitoring and reporting," RIM president and co-chief executive officer Mike Lazaridis said in a statement. The new software has also been designed to focus on advanced security features and administrative tools such as e-mail, organizer data, instant messaging and enterprise applications that simplify the management and use of the BlackBerry within the enterprise. "It has undergone testing in real world environments for over a year and is available now for customers." Lazaridis said The BE Server 5.0 underwent testing like deployments at organizations in North America and Europe for more than a year before its wide release. The BE Server 5.0 has a rating of 4+ (EAL EAL English as an Additional Language EAL Evaluation Assurance Level EAL Eastern Airlines EAL Emergency Action Level EAL Environmental Analysis Laboratory EAL Evidence Analysis Library (American Dietetic Association) 4+) under Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level The Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL1 through EAL7) of an IT product or system is a numerical grade assigned following the completion of a Common Criteria security evaluation, an international standard in effect since 1999. certification, an international standard for evaluating security products. The proclamation has been made at RIM's eighth annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla. |
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