At the BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando this week, BlackBerry announced version 10.1 of its BlackBerry Enterprise Service multi-platform mobile device management platform, and BlackBerry Enterprise Instant Messaging 3.0, a free update of the company’s enterprise instant messaging solution.
BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1 brings new “Regulated-level” IT policy controls and settings for government agencies and customers in regulated industries who require an advanced level of security, control and logging of BlackBerry 10 smartphones. It also allows customers to support BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry OS smartphones from a single server.
Version 10.1 is free to download at www.bes10.com, and existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 customers can exchange their client access licenses for free through 2013. Annual client access licenses are free for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 customers trading up existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 client access licenses through 2013, or can be purchased for $59 USD per year per device.
BlackBerry Enterprise IM 3.0 enables customers with BlackBerry 10 smartphones to securely communicate over Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office Communication Server or IBM Lotus Sametime. BlackBerry Enterprise IM 3.0 works with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1, and BlackBerry 10 smartphones to protect Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office Communication Server or IBM Lotus Sametime communications by encrypting data from end-to-end.
The BlackBerry Enterprise IM 3.0 client app supports presence, real-time one-to-one and multi-party instant messaging, the ability for a user to update their profile and change their status, as well as to instantly switch from a text chat to a voice call. Messages are integrated within the BlackBerry Hub, and the application supports the separation of enterprise IMs from personal apps and content with BlackBerry Balance.
The app supports Microsoft Lync 2010 and 2013, Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2 and IBM Lotus Sametime 8.5 and 8.5.2.
BlackBerry Enterprise IM 3.0 is available now at no charge for BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.1 and BlackBerry 10 smartphones. You can downloaded it here.
