Enterprise Software that Keeps Mobile Workers Connected

For mobile professionals, every mile and every minute matters. Staying productive means staying connected to co-workers, customers and partners. Read on to learn how Exchange ActiveSync, Good Mobile Messaging and BlackBerry Enterprise Server deliver reliable, secure, cost-effective access to enterprise e-mail and messaging on mobile devices.


Exchange ActiveSync

From Microsoft: Get your work done nearly anytime, anywhere, with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync–compatible devices. When you use the Microsoft Windows Mobile–based devices or Exchange ActiveSync–enabled mobile devices that are available through Hardwyre, it's easy to gain mobile access to Exchange Server for e-mail messages, voice mail, fax messages, schedules, contact information, and tasks lists.

Exchange ActiveSync is a communication protocol that enables mobile, "over-the-air" access to your e-mail messages, schedules, contacts, tasks lists, and other Exchange Server mailbox data. Exchange ActiveSync is available on both Windows Mobile–based devices and Exchange ActiveSync–enabled devices offered through Microsoft partners. By taking advantage of Exchange ActiveSync through compatible devices and software, you can avoid the added cost of middleware or service fees. Exchange ActiveSync also offers a highly scalable platform for mobility, allowing you to enjoy the productivity benefits of mobile messaging.

Exchange ActiveSync offers Direct Push Technology, enabling a seamless push e-mail experience for compatible devices. Exchange ActiveSync uses an encrypted HTTPS connection, established and maintained between the device and the server to push new e-mail messages, schedules, contact information, and tasks to the device. Synchronization is extremely fast, with enhanced data compression that enables rapid sending and receiving of messages.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 builds upon the solid, highly scalable foundation of Exchange ActiveSync to deliver even more powerful mobile messaging. It includes support flags, HTML mail, and other productivity-enhancing features. It also offers innovative new capabilities such as allowing you to search the entirety of your mailbox from the mobile device, including messages not currently synced to the device. This helps overcome the limited resources of a mobile device, and not limiting your access to just the portion that fits in device memory.

Exchange Server 2007 also moves to an increasingly self-service model for device maintenance, such as allowing users to wipe data from their device from Outlook Web Access rather than calling a third party or helpdesk. By doing this, Exchange Server 2007 helps to drive down the cost of supporting mobile messaging and thus make even larger mobile messaging deployments possible.


Good™ Mobile Messaging

From Good Technology: Good Mobile Messaging provides a mobile experience that not only makes you productive, but makes working while mobile enjoyable. Good delivers a mobile experience that is:

Easy to Use and Personal

Good Mobile Messaging's award-winning, intuitive user interface ensures that you get up and running quickly while allowing you to personalize the way you view, prioritize, and find information. Good also allows you to select RSS news feeds so that you can stay up-to-date with the information you care about.

Easy to Secure

Good Mobile Messaging provides enterprise-class, end-to-end security that protects your enterprise firewall, over-the-air (OTA) transmissions and the smartphone itself. IT can even remotely control hardware components including cameras, bluetooth and IR ports, SD cards, and more. Key security capabilities include:

  • No firewall re-configuration required
  • AES, FIPS certified encryption
  • Robust password policies
  • Remote erase of all data on the device

Easy to Manage

Good provides over-the-air (OTA) installation, upgrading and management of Good as well as other handheld software. IT personnel spend less time managing desktop software and mobile devices while users spend more time connected-and productive. Additionally, Good provides real-time device fleet visibility which minimizes troubleshooting and support costs by providing information on hardware type and version, software versions and even handheld radio status. Key management capabilities include:

  • No desktop software required, 100% wireless push synchronization
  • Secure over-the-air (OTA) headheld software distribution and management, including third-party applications like virus protection
  • 24/7, web-based visibility to the handheld fleet including radio status, device type, connection status and more


BlackBerry Enterprise Server

From BlackBerry: Use the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution as a complete wireless platform to extend the benefits of your messaging and collaboration environment and other tools to your mobile professionals. The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution provides push-based access to email; calendar, contacts, tasks and notes; instant messaging; web-based applications and services and enterprise applications.

A component of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server is robust software that acts as the centralized link between wireless devices, enterprise applications and wireless networks. Designed to meet the needs of enterprise and government organizations, it provides a proven, secure, open architecture for globally extending wireless communications and corporate data to mobile users.

  • Advanced Security Features — BlackBerry Enterprise Server delivers end-to-end Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) or Triple Data Encryption Standard (Triple DES) encryption that helps ensure the confidentiality and integrity of wirelessly transmitted information from behind the firewall to wireless devices in the field. With support for more than 100 over-the-air wireless IT policies and commands that enable IT administrators to wirelessly enforce security settings, BlackBerry Enterprise Server meets even the most stringent IT requirements.
  • Simplified Deployment and Management — BlackBerry Enterprise Server helps increase IT productivity and reduce administrative overhead by enabling centralized control and management, including role- and group-based administration capabilities.
  • Applications — BlackBerry Enterprise Server is the leading wireless platform for wireless email, Personal Information Management (PIM), instant messaging (IM) and other corporate data. With the majority of customers accessing non-email content while in the field, BlackBerry Enterprise Server is proven in delivering more than email to mobile users.
  • Cost savings — Leverage your existing investments in applications and infrastructure to maximize your investment and lower your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Standards-based protocols and development tools included with BlackBerry Enterprise Server allow you to leverage your existing technology investments.


Microsoft Exchange Enterprise Edition on BlackBerry Enterprise Server

By mobilizing Microsoft® Exchange, your organization can boost business performance by increasing productivity and enabling workers to make timely decisions based on the most accurate information available.

BlackBerry Enterprise Server is the clear choice for the Microsoft Exchange enterprise. It provides push-based wireless access to the following:

  • Microsoft Exchange email
  • Microsoft Exchange calendar, contacts and scheduling
  • Microsoft® Office Communicator and LCS (Live Communications Server) instant messaging and collaboration
  • Web-based, Java® ME and Web Services applications, .NET
  • Other enterprise applications and systems such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and more