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Follow UsWATERLOO, CANADA: Research In Motion (RIM) announced today the BlackBerry Client app for Microsoft SharePoint, to deliver mobile SharePoint solution to the market.
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"Our enterprise and government customers asked us to bring a highly refined mobile experience to SharePoint and we are delivering that today with the BlackBerry Client for Microsoft SharePoint," said Alan Panezic, VP, Enterprise Product Management and Marketing at Research In Motion.
According to the release, connectivity between BlackBerry smartphones and SharePoint servers is made possible with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server software.
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The complete solution features:
* Client app integration with core BlackBerry features and functions such as email, calendar, browser, and Universal Search providing an intuitive user experience
* Check-out, check-in, and versioning of files reflected on the SharePoint server
* Microsoft Office document editing using Documents To Go (pre-installed on BlackBerry smartphones) to download, create, revise and upload documents
* Access to Blogs, Wikis and Lists and the ability to update from a BlackBerry smartphone
* Content searches across multiple SharePoint sites from a BlackBerry smartphone
The company claims that, in addition to user benefits, the complete solution also comes with many benefits for organizations and their IT departments.
"In a world of continuous connectivity, businesses and governments require products, services and information faster and more reliably than ever before," said Victor Garcia, Chief Technology Officer at HP Canada.
"The BlackBerry Client for Microsoft SharePoint helps to address the needs of today’s mobile workforce with new tools and mobile applications to enable collaboration and productivity."
The BlackBerry Client for Microsoft SharePoint is available in over six languages and more than 25 countries.