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Research in Motion has introduced BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express (BESX), offering FREE software and CAL licenses while providing the basic accessibility, protection, and management functions of BlackBerry Enterprise Server including over-the-air synchronization and remote access to files and applications. But the cost cuts don't stop at free server software and Client Access Licenses (CALs). Customers now get the option to choose the BIS data plan rather than the BlackBerry Enterprise Server data plan, saving your business $10-$20 a month for each of your BlackBerry users!

RIM BlackBerry BES Server Express can be installed directly on an Exchange or Small Business Server, which can handle as many as 75 clients, or on a dedicated server which can support up to 2,000 clients. BlackBerry BES Server Express is a great alternative for small- and medium-sized organizations who before now couldn't afford connecting their workers' BlackBerry devices to the corporate IT system.

The Express edition of BlackBerry BES does not provide high availability features, system monitoring, database mirroring, or desktop phone/PBX integration and reduces the supported IT polices from 450 to 35. Also, BIS wireless data plan clients will be required to execute an initial direct-attached enterprise activation to connect to the BES. Subsequently they will enjoy the full BlackBerry wireless messaging and personal organizer data environment including scheduling, address books, do lists, and notes. Users with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server wireless data carrier plan can still enterprise activate their devices wirelessly.

How Progent's BlackBerry Experts Can Support Your Smartphone Solution
Progent offers a variety of consulting support services to assist your company to integrate BESX and other BlackBerry technologies. Progent can assist your IT staff to resolve BlackBerry sync issues, set up wireless management capability, install desktop tools, design and validate backup/restore processes, add or remove BlackBerry clients on Exchange Server and Active Directory, and implement VPN connections. For large-scale wireless integration jobs, Progent's BlackBerry engineers can team with Progent's Microsoft certified IT consultants, Cisco CCIE network engineers, and CISM and GIAC-certified Security professionals. This broad selection of IT skills, delivered through Progent's efficient remote service delivery model, cuts network service expenses and offers fast and effective solutions for small businesses who want to incorporate BlackBerry technology smoothly into their information network.

Progent's technology consultants can also can assist you with SQL Server integration and Microsoft Exchange Server configuration to ensure that your and email infrastructure operate efficiently with BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express. Progent can in addition assist your business to upgrade from older editions of Blackberry and Microsoft platforms, set up streamlined administration tools so you can track and manage BlackBerry smartphones across your company, and create a sound security plan that accommodates BlackBerry clients. Progent's disaster recovery specialists can help you to design, implement, and validate disaster recovery processes to ensure that BlackBerry data can be preserved and mobile functions can be quickly resumed in the event of a catastrophic 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.

Contact Progent to Get Support from a RIM BlackBerry-Certified Consultant
In order to contact Progent about professional expertise for BlackBerry wireless integration, phone 1-800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.