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The hub of all enterprise BlackBerry operations is getting an update soon with version 5.0, codenamed Argon. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the improvements admins and end-users can look forward to…
Key product enhancements:
- Unified application management and deployment for Java and MDS Runtime applications
- More robust application deployment and management tools, simplified application control
- Active Directory integration for user management
- Scheduled deployments and updates
- Remote Option Setting
- Capability for administrators to “Brand” a device (i.e. have the options set as per one or several corporate standards) – Reduction in support calls
- User Self-Provisioning
- Simplifying Enterprise Activation even further – user initiated
- Allows more deployment options
- Centralized in one server
- Dispersed across servers
- New BlackBerry Administration Service
- BlackBerry support for device linked to multiple BES
- Primary BES for Policy and Administration
- Secondary BES(s) for specific application
- High-Availability: Active / Passive automatic failover design
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- Shared SRP key
- Opens up technique for limited downtime upgrades
- Upgrade standby
- Fail over users to it
- Upgrade primary
- Fail users back
- Multi-faceted strategy:
- Fault Tolerance via Controller Service
- Automated and Manual Failover modes between Primary and Standby servers
- Administrator configurable failover thresholds
- Additional features
- SRP Lockout Avoidance
- Service Prioritization
- Prevention of failover looping
- No single point of failure when running High Availability configuration
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A lot of that will be Greek to your average user, but extra failover mechanisms are a nice touch for keeping things up and running, but I’m not sure how well user-initiated enterprise activations will go – it may just result in more help desk calls, but we’ll see.
[via BerryReview]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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