Research In Motion is offering free BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Express software for extending IBM Lotus Domino to employees’
BlackBerry handsets. Among other features, the software securely and
wirelessly synchronizes e-mail, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks
between the smartphones and IBM’s Lotus Domino.
The software is now available for download on the RIM site.
In addition to secure wireless syncing, the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server Express software enables BlackBerry owners to manage email
folders and search email on the mail server; to book meetings,
accept meetings, check availability and forward calendar attachments;
to send out-of-office replies; access files stored on the company
network; and to access business systems store behind a corporate
firewall.
To IT administrators, the software offers tools to allow employees
to secure lost or stolen devices; more than 75 controls and security
policies, such as the ability to remotely wipe a lost device; and a
Web-based interface for deploying applications over the air and
managing smartphones.
For more, see the eWeek article RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server Software for IBM Lotus notes Offered Free.
