Comparing Secure Mobile Workforce Solutions: Research in Motion BlackBerry vs. Microsoft ActiveSync
[ Source: Microsoft ]
October 2009-
In today's mobile work culture, corporate staff - from executive to individual contributor - work beyond the boundaries of the traditional office environment. To support this concept, many organizations are adopting mobile solutions for these employees, who expect not only access to information, but full participation in business from any location whenever it is required. What is the best solution for your company? What options are there?
This paper analyzes key user experience features ....
11 Myths about Microsoft Exchange Disaster Recovery
[ Source: appAssure Software ]
October 2008-
Avoiding an Exchange outage requires a well thought out disaster
recovery (DR) plan. One that is positioned to subvert disasters
in the first place, but also reduce their severity (length and data loss).
Here then, are 11 Myths about Microsoft Exchange Disaster Recovery and how we can overcome them with careful planning and the right toolsets.
Platforms for Mobile Applications
[ Source: ACCESS ]
April 2008-
As mobile growth outpaces that of desktops, the key issues for mobile devices include security, adaptability and flexibility, strong third-party ecosystems, and open versus proprietary platforms.
Finding The Right Offshore Vendor
[ Source: Notetech Software India ]
August 2008-
This white paper addresses common pain points in existing Offshore Outsourcing Processes and elaborates on how Notetech Software India could implement a customizable but productive methodology to provide its clients a hassle-free outsource experience.
Implementing Transparent Security for BlackBerry Users: Solutions to automate secure BlackBerry communication with external parties
[ Source: Entrust, Inc. ]
February 2008-
As employees are increasingly un-tethered from the desktop, RIM’s extensive line of BlackBerry devices has become one of the cornerstones of office productivity tools — regardless of industry. From routine correspondence to conducting business-critical tasks, BlackBerrys are relied upon to get the job done. With this new way of managing electronic communication, organizations must consider how their sensitive corporate information will be kept secure and confidential in a BlackBerry environment. Addressing the need to secure ....
Comparison of BlackBerry & LEMONADE for Mobile Email
[ Source: Isode ]
January 2008-
LEMONADE is the Internet Standard for Mobile Email, based on IMAP and SMTP. This paper compares LEMONADE’s approach to handling and delivering email and email attachments to mobile devices with that of the well known and widely deployed BlackBerry system. BlackBerry Enterprise Service and LEMONADE can be used to provide a similar level of service, and neither has any compelling advantage over the other. Both have substantial functional advantages over BlackBerry Internet Service.
BlackBerry and LEMONADE Approaches to Mail Filtering
[ Source: Isode ]
January 2008-
The BlackBerry system provides server side filtering that can be managed from either the desktop or from the BlackBerry client, which is illustrated above. When new messages arrive, they are matched against the filter. LEMONADE provides two approaches to email filtering, which can provide equivalent services to Blackberry filtering, with a number of overall benefits. This paper looks at how mail filtering is provided by a Blackberry, and compares this with the open standards based ....
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution Security: Version 4.0.x - Technical Overview
[ Source: Research In Motion ]
January 2008-
This paper describes the security features of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution and provides an overview of the BlackBerry security architecture. Many companies are realizing significant return on investments and productivity gains by extending their enterprise information to mobile employees. With an increased demand for mobile content and the threat of information theft, companies have concerns about addressing security needs and requirements when evaluating wireless solutions. Without an effective security model, any company might expose sensitive ....
Placing the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution in a Segmented Network: BlackBerry Enterprise Server Version 4.0 and Later
[ Source: Research In Motion ]
January 2008-
Using a firewall, one can separate a network or LAN into multiple components to create segmented network architecture. The firewall blocks data that is not destined for a particular segment, and might block all protocol ports except those that that segment specifically requires. Thus each segment contains filtered and isolated network traffic, which might improve the security and performance of the network. A particular department or a specific group of servers in the organization can ....
SNMP Monitoring for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
[ Source: Research In Motion ]
January 2008-
One can use Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to assess the configuration, health, and status of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry user accounts. SNMP monitoring consists of multiple components. An SNMP service is a Microsoft Windows service that one can run on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. An SNMP service contains an SNMP agent that sends notifications, or traps, to an SNMP trap management tool when certain conditions are met. These conditions are described in ....