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Research in Motion has released BlackBerry BES Express, featuring FREE software and CAL licenses while delivering the core connectivity, protection, and administration capabilities of BlackBerry Enterprise Server including over-the-air synchronization and remote access to data and programs. And the cost cuts don't end at free server software and CAL licenses. Customers also have the option to select the BlackBerry Internet Service data plan rather than the BlackBerry Enterprise Server wireless data plan, saving you $10-$20 per month for each of your BlackBerry clients!

RIM BlackBerry BES Server Express can be installed directly on a Microsoft Exchange or SBS server, which can handle up to 75 clients, or on a stand-alone BESX server to support as many as 2,000 clients. BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express is ideal for smaller businesses who until now could not financially justify integrating their workers' BlackBerry devices to their corporate IT system.

The Express edition of RIM BlackBerry BES Server does not offer high availability features, monitoring, mirroring, or desktop phone/PBX integration and reduces the supported IT polices from 450 to 35. Also, BIS BlackBerry smartphone wireless data plan users will be required to execute the first wired enterprise activation to integrate with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Subsequently they will have the full BlackBerry mobile email and organizer data environment which includes scheduling, address books, do lists, and notes. Those using the BES data plan can continue to enterprise activate their devices over the air.

How Progent's BlackBerry Certified Experts Can Help You with Your Mobility Solution
Progent offers a variety of IT support services to help you to integrate BlackBerry BES Express and other BlackBerry platforms and utilities. Progent can assist you to fix synchronization issues, implement over-the-air management capability, configure desktop software, set up and validate backup/restore procedures, add or remove BlackBerry clients on Microsoft Exchange Server Windows Active Directory, and implement Virtual Private Network security. For comprehensive mobile infrastructure projects, Progent's BlackBerry engineers can work with Progent's Microsoft certified information technology experts, Cisco CCIE infrastructure experts, and GIAC and CISA-certified Security engineers. This wide range of IT skills, delivered through Progent's proven remote consulting, cuts IT support costs and promotes fast and effective solutions for businesses who want to incorporate BlackBerry technology seamlessly into their information network.

Progent's technology experts can also can assist your business with Microsoft SQL setup and Exchange Server management to make sure that your back-end database and email infrastructure work effectively with BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express. Progent can also assist you to migrate from previous versions of Blackberry and Microsoft software, install easy-to-use administration utilities to help you track and manage BlackBerry smartphones throughout your network, and create a sensible security strategy that includes BlackBerry clients. Progent's disaster recovery engineers can help you to design, institute, and validate business continuity processes to ensure that BlackBerry data records can be preserved and mobile networking operations can be rapidly resumed in the event of a major datacenter failure.

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 for Support from a RIM BlackBerry-Certified Professional
To contact Progent about engineering assistance for BlackBerry mobile wireless solutions, call 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.