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We got a sneak peek at BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 in New York before Mobile World Congress, with some modertately exciting features like web-based admin interface and e-mail flags, but Ronen has scored a full comparison chart outlining all of the new features compared to older versions of BES. Highlighted a convenient and dashing shade of cyan, we have the following new features:
- Device Side Folder Management
- Flag for follow-up
- Forward Calendar entries
- Calendar attachment support
- Synchronization of public and private contacts
- Synchronization of multiple contact folders
- Support for WMA files
- Support for Open Document Format (ODF)
- Remote file explorer
- Web-Based BlackBerry Administration Service Console
- Custom roles with different levels of access according to employee’s roles and permissions
- Built In Monitoring with Threshold Analysis Tool and Maintenance Support Window
- Job Management for Applications
- Throttling
- Scheduled Upgrades
- BlackBerry Enterprise Transporter
- High Availability
- Enhanced Enterprise Activation Diagnostics/Troubleshooting
Sound dry? Yeah, it is, but those expanded back-end features are exactly what sets BlackBerry apart from most mobile platforms.
[via BerryReview]
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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.
