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RIM BlackBerry recently introduced BlackBerry BES Express, featuring FREE software and CAL licenses while providing the core connectivity, protection, and administration capabilities of BlackBerry BES Server including over-the-air synchronization and mobile availability of data and applications. And the price savings don't stop at free server software and Client Access Licenses (CALs). You now get the option to select the BIS wireless data carrier plan rather than the BlackBerry Enterprise Server data plan, which can save you up to $20 a month for each of your RIM BlackBerry clients!

BlackBerry BES Server Express can be installed directly on an Exchange or SBS server, which can handle as many as 75 users, or on a dedicated BESX server to support up to 2,000 users. BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express is ideal for small- and medium-sized businesses who until now could not afford integrating their workers' BlackBerry devices to the corporate IT system.

The Express edition of BlackBerry BES Server does not offer high availability, monitoring, mirroring, or desktop phone integration and limits the available IT polices from 450 to 35. Also, BIS data plan users will be required to execute the first direct-attached enterprise activation to integrate with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. After that they will enjoy the complete BlackBerry wireless messaging and personal organizer data environment which includes calendar, contacts, tasks, and notes. Those using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server wireless data carrier plan can still enterprise activate their devices over the air.

How Progent's BlackBerry Certified Experts Can Help You with Your Mobility Solution
Progent offers a range of consulting support services to help your company to deploy BlackBerry BES Express and other BlackBerry technologies. Progent can help your IT staff to fix synchronization problems, implement wireless administration services, install server and desktop tools, set up and validate archiving processes, add or remove BlackBerry smartphones on Microsoft Exchange Server and Windows Active Directory, and configure VPN connections. For large-scale mobile infrastructure projects, Progent's BlackBerry specialists can work with Progent's Microsoft certified information technology experts, Cisco CCIE network engineers, and GIAC and CISA-certified Security engineers. This broad range of IT skills, provided via Progent's efficient online consulting, cuts IT service expenses and offers rapid and successful solutions for businesses who need to incorporate BlackBerry products smoothly into their information system.

Progent's technology consultants can also can assist your business with SQL integration and Exchange management to make sure that your database and messaging infrastructure work effectively with BES Server Express. Progent can also help your business to upgrade from older editions of RIM BlackBerry and Microsoft platforms, install easy-to-use management utilities to help you monitor and manage BlackBerry devices across your company, and develop a sound security plan that accommodates BlackBerry users. Progent's business continuity engineers can help your business to design, implement, and test workplace recovery processes to ensure that BlackBerry data can be recovered and mobile networking functions can be quickly resumed in case of a major datacenter breakdown.

Progent's BlackBerry Certifications
Progent's BlackBerry-certified consultants are experts at helping small organizations plan, manage, and troubleshoot BlackBerry technology affordably and effectively, reducing the cost and hassle of maintaining a mobile workforce and promoting better business results. Progent's experts have earned all major BlackBerry certifications including BlackBerry Certified Support Specialist, BlackBerry Certified Server Support Specialist, BlackBerry Certified System Administrator, and BlackBerry Certified Solution Designer.

Call or Email Progent to Get Support from a BlackBerry-Qualified Professional
To contact Progent about consulting support for BlackBerry mobile wireless technology, call 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.