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In this tip, we explore BlackBerry security capabilities most directly related to data protection. You'll discover how tight IT controls and protection options can be combined to... More...

Jun 19, 2008
Product name: RIM BlackBerry 6210 using AT&T GSM/GPRS Wireless

Company names: Research In Motion, Inc.
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URLs: http://www.blackberry.com; http://www.attws.com

Price: $349.99 for... More...

Sep 9, 2003
Armed with such tools as predictive text input and a new generation of carrier email services, IT departments see possibility in their new mandate.

The BlackBerry model
It is understatement to say that Research In Motion's BlackBerry handheld has been successful in corporate environments. This product has... More...

Dec 4, 2006
encryption of a company's data.

Today's cellular companies are offering data (primarily e-mail) capabilities via their phones. Examples of this are the Blackberry and PalmTREO from Cingular. Both of these clients support both voice and data connectivity over Cingular's GSM network. The TREO supports enterprise... More...

Mar 16, 2006
s this mess?
Readers may be quick to point out that everything is going fine with their mobile deployments. Aside from an occasional media drama about BlackBerry, BES is doing fine, new devices are coming out, and everyone is happy. And that's a good point. Everything is fine.

And yet, there are storm clouds on the... More...

Jul 31, 2007
announced that it was giving away mobile email as part of Microsoft Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2, the industry gasped that it might mean the end of BlackBerry; but the devil was in the upgrade path.

As we already know, giving away mobile email hasn't accelerated many organizations' upgrade schedules, so few... More...

Apr 17, 2007
is the case, you will want to evaluate the capabilities of the carrier's phones and PDAs to support some form of encryption capabilities. BlackBerry is a great example of this because it provides a solution that allows clients to set up a VPN tunnel to a BlackBerry server. The great thing about... More...
Apr 25, 2006
a series of tests to see how well it can integrate, whether it's at all manageable, and whether its email, calendar and contact features can replace a BlackBerry.

Since the iPhone is essentially an iPod, Apple's iTunes software is the home base for activation, configuration and syncing with iTunes content and... More...

Jul 17, 2007
Have you ever heard of BlackBerry Thumb (BBT)? Neither had I, but there's a whole bunch of articles on the topic going back quite some time. As you may guess, it's now a recognized medical... More...
Nov 20, 2006
third-party device management and security solutions were (and still are) available for Windows Mobile. However, Windows Mobile simply did not have BlackBerry's "protected-out-of-the-box" appeal. With System Center Mobile Device Manager, Microsoft has moved to fill this gap.

Work in progress

Today's Windows... More...

Oct 16, 2008

November 15, 2004 What's happening? A new crop of smartphones is hitting the market, including the Audiovox PPC 6601, the palmOne Treo 650 and the RIM BlackBerry 7100. Although several models are aimed at enterprise users, they're a mixed bag in terms of features, network options and total cost of ownership (TCO... More...
Nov 17, 2004
is the ability to get more mileage out of a single 3G subscription. Travelers who already pay for unlimited wireless data on a RAZR, BlackBerry, Blackjack or similar handset may find it less expensive to tether that phone instead of buying a separate wireless adapter and service plan. For... More...
Jul 26, 2007
will be quick to point out that Research In Motion manages a large component of its mobile e-mail service from its data center in Waterloo, Ontario, but BlackBerry e-mail is a carrier service, and enterprises still find themselves with a BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) in their data centers, and at least one IT... More...
May 17, 2006
asset management with software updates. Xcellenet offers such a product: Afaria supports all these functions and runs on laptops, Palms, Blackberry pagers, and Pocket PC devices.

To read the entire article from which this tip comes, click over to InformIT. You don't need to give any information, like a... More...

Nov 5, 2003
MIDlets. Although the standard MIDP specification does not support shared libraries, some vendor-specific implementations do. An example is the BlackBerry Java Development Environment (JDE) for BlackBerry handheld devices. A shared library further reduces the overall footprint, since the library no... More...
May 5, 2004
802.11 can also be used for bridging - for example, tying adjacent building networks together. Wireless WANs Palm's Zire 71, Handspring's Treo 300, and RIM's BlackBerry 6710 are among PDAs shipping with "3G" wireless WAN support. Older circuit-switched data services like GSM, CDMA and iDEN delivered just 9.6-19.2 Kbps over... More...
May 9, 2003
to a wide candy bar design. This design, featuring a larger display than is found on cell phones, is used by essentially all manufacturers, including RIM's BlackBerry line, Motorola's Q, and Samsung's Blackjack. The big question is whether or not the device will have a physical (mechanical) keyboard. If equipped with a... More...
Jun 27, 2007
McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro, Sophos) and "mobile specialists" like SMobile and Airscanner. Mobile antivirus scanners are even available for iPhone and BlackBerry handhelds.

Mobile antivirus scanners are not just Win32 programs, ported to mobile operating systems, however. Mobile scanners must employ... More...

Aug 21, 2008

A Microsoft patch for Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 that changes the way "Full Mailbox Access" and "Send As" permissions work can also disrupt BlackBerry, GoodLink, and other mobile messaging services.

Do you have the patch?

The patch's permission changes are integrated into the Exchange Server message... More...

Jul 5, 2006
sitting in our office museum (which also contains the Apple Newton, the RocketBook Reader, a Casio clamshell Windows CE system, and who knows how many Blackberry systems). We admit we are packrats when it comes to mobile devices and computer flotsam.

Selecting just the right mobile device is perhaps the toughest... More...

Oct 7, 2003
The technology can also be used on a variety of wireless-enabled handheld devices, including next-generation smartphones and voice-enabled Blackberry systems.

We spoke last week with iAnywhere Senior Director of Business Development Antoine Blondeau about the new technology, as well as the company... More...

Nov 11, 2004
of folder location, and permitting decryption only by Outlook.

Using embedded data encryption
Some operating systems -- Windows Vista, Mac OS X and BlackBerry OS, for example -- provide built-in encryption for some portion of data at rest. Embedded encryption features may be enabled directly by end users or... More...

Dec 20, 2007
However, most IT departments are unwilling to commit to this level of expense for every worker in the field.

Mobile email
The growing availability of BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian and other smartphones has made mobile email a reasonable alternative to laptop 3G services. Waterloo, Ontario-based... More...

Oct 23, 2006
and other applications have come to rely on the device, or a certificate on that device, as the basis for a security schema. So whether we're talking about a BlackBerry tunnel, a VPN or user authentication, any of these approaches requires some form of two-factor authentication, and a component of the mobile device (e.g... More...
Jul 31, 2007
For many people, the mobile telephone is simply a means to make and receive phone calls -- nothing more. Smartphones, such as the iPhone, BlackBerry Storm or those based on Windows Mobile, may offer additional features like mobile messaging and calendar synchronization, but they often lack the... More...
Apr 27, 2009
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