BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express Gets Official

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We’re still waiting for RIM to reveal some of its upcoming BlackBerry handsets for 2010 but it looks like the company has other plans in mind. Research in Motion has unveiled today its newest server software solution, BlackBerrry Enterprise Server Express, which can synch your BlackBerry smartphone with Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Windows Small Business Server.

The best thing about the new software is that it will be available free of charge, a measure that will surely be appreciated by small and mid-sized businesses but also by regular BlackBerry owners that use their smartphones primarily as an important daily tool to help them deal with various work-related tasks and issues.

Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO of Research in Motion said:

Today we are announcing an exciting new offering that further expands the market opportunity for the BlackBerry platform. In a marketplace where smartphones are becoming ubiquitous, BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express significantly raises the bar by providing a cost-effective solution that allows companies of all sizes to support enterprise-grade mobile connectivity for all employees without compromising security or manageability.

The new software works with Microsoft Exchange 2010, 2007 and 2003 and with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 and 2003. Here’s an idea of what BlackBerry owners will be able to do thanks to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express:

• Wirelessly synchronize their email, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks
• Manage email folders and search email on the mail server remotely
• Book meetings and appointments, check availability and forward calendar attachments
• Set an out-of-office reply
• Edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files using Documents To Go®
• Access files stored on the company network
• Use mobile applications to access business systems behind the firewall

And in case you are an IT administrator, RIM’s newest server software solution will offer you the following:

• Runs on the same physical or virtual server as the Microsoft mail server or on its own server. BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express is also certified for use with VMware ESX
• Over 35 IT controls and policies, including the ability to remotely wipe a smartphone and enforce and reset passwords
• A Web-based interface that allows remote administration and makes it easy to install the software, connect BlackBerry smartphones and apply usage policies

Now we need some new BlackBerry smartphones to go with this free software, don’t we?