BlackBerry Enterprise Solution
The BlackBerry® Enterprise Server is part of the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server exists behind
the corporate firewall and provides a wireless gateway for BlackBerry device users in an organization to access corporate email
and organizer data. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server also provides the following key features:
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data encryption and compression
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BlackBerry device management and monitoring utilities
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simplified application provisioning
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authenticated gateway for intranet access from a BlackBerry® Java Application
BlackBerry Internet Service
BlackBerry® device users who are not associated with a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server can use the BlackBerry® Internet
Service. The BlackBerry Internet Service is an email and Internet service for BlackBerry devices that is designed to provide users
with automatic delivery of email messages, wireless access to email attachments, and access to Internet content.
The BlackBerry Internet Service includes support for direct HTTP and TCP/IP connectivity to the Internet from a third-party
BlackBerry® Java Application.
BlackBerry MDS
To allow a BlackBerry® Java Application access to resources behind the corporate firewall, the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
includes the BlackBerry® Mobile Data System. The BlackBerry MDS provides HTTP and TCP/IP proxies for a BlackBerry Java
Application, which allow the BlackBerry device to communicate with application and web servers behind the corporate firewall
without additional VPN software. Applications that send data using the BlackBerry Enterprise Server as a gateway can capitalize
on the simplified enterprise connectivity, data encryption and compression, and wireless network-independence that the
BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution offers. BlackBerry MDS also provides an open interface, allowing server-side applications behind
the corporate firewall to push content to applications on BlackBerry devices.
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