The service is available at no additional charge to current medium-sized or enterprise subscribers of the Office 365 suite or standalone Exchange Online and works with BlackBerry smartphones on business or consumer data plans.
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"RIM is pleased to launch BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365. This new cloud-based option allows customers to cost-effectively support mobility across their organizations and easily manage and secure their BlackBerry deployments," said Alan Panezic, vice president, Enterprise Product Management and Marketing, Research In Motion.
"Microsoft's partnership with RIM exemplifies our commitment to providing customers with the best productivity experience across the PC, browser and phone," said Julia White, Senior Director of Microsoft's Exchange Product Management Group. "The availability of BlackBerry Business Cloud Services is great news for Office 365 and BlackBerry customers who want to get the maximum benefit from these two business collaboration services."
Features:
Wireless synchronization with Microsoft Exchange Online e-mail, calendar and organizer data from a BlackBerry smartphone.
BlackBerry Balance technology, which presents a unified view of work and personal content on a BlackBerry smartphone.
An intuitive web-based console for IT administrators to provision, manage and secure BlackBerry smartphones from anywhere.
Online access to employee self-service smartphone security functions, allowing users to easily reset a device password or remotely lock or wipe a device in the event of loss or theft.
Managed service providers, systems integrators, carriers, resellers and other partners can also use the cloud service to manage BlackBerry deployments on behalf of their customers.
The service is available today in over 50 countries. To start, log on to www.blackberry.com/cloudservices.