To add, I'm a huge BES fan as well. I have 7 BES servers worldwide...including the countries you have offices in. You need to keep your BES server as close to your Exchange server as possible, which would make sharing SQL difficult as Don suggested. You'll run into worker thread errors if you have high latency between BES & Exchange. I've gotten RIM support to confirm up to 300ms max, ideally nothing over 35ms.
- John Barsodi -----Original Message----- From: Don Andrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 6:11 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Blackberry, or something else? 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 ~ ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
