Create Charts On the Fly for BlackBerry Express With Express Charts (Free Beta)
I really hope you have tried out BlackBerry’s Awesome BlackBerry Express presentation app for BlackBerry 10. My buddy Ekke decided that he could do the app one better and released an awesome BlackBerry Express add-on app called Express Charts. It is integrated in BlackBerry Express and allows you to create charts on the fly from…
Clarifying why BlackBerry 10 Makes BES Express Superfluous (Mostly)
Quite a few readers have sent over a ZDnet article titled “BlackBerry’s BES mess: No more Express Server version, says RIM” about RIM possibly killing off their free BES Express. Jeff Holleran, RIM’s Senior Director for Enterprise Product Management, has more or less confirmed this many times in his comments on his original post about…
RIM Releases BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 Service Pack 4 (Express Included)
RIM has pushed out its latest update to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This time we are getting Service Pack 4 which we have heard about for awhile. There is nothing crazy new in this release but it does have some overall improvements. It is available now for Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino and from what…
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express v.5.0.3 MR2 for Microsoft Exchange
RIM has released Maintenance Release v2 for BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express v5.0.3. These releases usually trail the premium version of BES but its nice to see RIM keeping up with them. This Maintenance Release mostly deals with bug fixes but you can see the whole change log in this PDF. You can find the new…
BES Express & BlackBerry Management Center Explained on Video
RIM has posted up two YouTube videos that do a great job explaining their small and medium business solutions. The first covers their BES Express free enterprise server solution. The second covers their newer BlackBerry Management Center that offers free management for multiple BIS accounts. Check out the videos below:
RIM Posts Maintenance Releases for BES v5.0.3 MR4 & BES Express 5.0.3 MR1
For those of you who are tasked with maintaining BlackBerry Enterprise Servers this is a bit of news you should know about. RIM has quietly rolled out maintenance releases for most of the latest BES versions this week. It involves a whole slew of bug fixes bringing each Server to these levels: BlackBerry Enterprise Server…
RIM Rumored to Discontinue BES Express for Lotus Domino
I have long wondered how many clients RIM has on Lotus Domino. RIM seems to have a strong partnership with IBM and they obviously have customers requesting support for the platform. The latest rumor from CIO.com comes from an unnamed source who is familiar with the situation saying that RIM is considering shuttering BES Express…
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express v5.0.3 Released for Exchange and Domino
Almost exactly a year after BES Express was introduced we now have BES 5.0.3. I am loving that RIM is finally updating the small business/free version of BES almost in tandem with BES Premium which just got the 5.0.3 update last month. The update is available for both Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange. You can…