Your mantra is spot on! I'll say up front that I'm a BES fan. The only limiting factor I can think of is that in order to manage the whole environment as one is the need to share a SQL database across all your BES'. I'd think a sales support type could assist with some recommendations, trade offs etc.
--------------------------------- Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld ----- Original Message ----- From: Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues <exchangelist@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Wed Sep 03 18:51:46 2008 Subject: Re: Blackberry, or something else? Yes, I'm all over the policy thing. Fortunately, I haven't yet set up OMA/ActiveSynch/IMAP-over-SSL/whatever, and the migration from Exchange 5.5 cut off the IMAP and POP for everyone - by design! - so there has been some howling about that. I'm now almost ready to throw the bone to the crowd, but I want it to be the right bone in the right way. Centrally managed on company-issued devices only - that's my mantra. I want the data secure both in transit and at rest. Kurt On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Troy Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Kurt, > > Any set of devices might work for you, if you guys have money, go with > Blackberry and BES because its got a nice central management for what you are > looking for. > > I would say put more effort into shaping policy than worrying about phones. > We made that mistake about 2 years ago and found ourselves with 3 mobile mail > solutions (activesync, goodlink, BES) and phones from all sorts of vendors > and providers and it's a support nightmare. (try telling the one exec using > a Palm 600 he needs to upgrade or move to a blackberry). I also wish we had > set policy in the beginning regarding security and encryption because its > always harder retroactively. > > Note: I was not employed here during original implementation, but would have > loved to be in your position to consider all of the policy side before > implementation. > > -troy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 4:54 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Blackberry, or something else? > > All, > > I'm getting a lot of pressure to get mobile devices to users in our > US, UK and AU offices. As you might imagine, the sales staff in the AU > and UK offices travel internationally quite a bit, so I have to think > beyond the boundaries of those countries, into Europe and Asia. Sales > and other mobile staff would total perhaps 50-75 people worldwide. > > We have E2k3 servers in each office, but I want central control - the > ability to remote kill and otherwise manage this, if possible. > > What have been your experiences - and what would you recommend? > > I haven't worked with Blackberry or anything else mobile for Exchange > before, so am more than a bit uncertain about this, especially the > risk to company data on these things floating around. > > Any help much appreciated. > > Kurt > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
