And to answer the other questions: BES wont work with non Blackberry SOFTWARE phones. Some newer Nokias support BB push, but they have a Blackberry Software component on the phone.
If you are looking for a unified push infrastructure (like Kurt's comments rightly emphasize). You might try some of the software providers that link Blackberrys into a native activesync environment. (Activesync being free and supporting a majority of mobile devices including iStuff). http://www.astrasync.com/ http://www.notifysync.co.uk/index.cfm?asset_id=1374 I have not used either of these products. At the last job at one time I had BES, Activesync, and Good messaging all running at one time. Kurt is right, it is lousy. Good luck -troy -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: PUSHING EMAIL TO CELL PHONES On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 14:33, Murray Freeman<mfree...@alanet.org> wrote: > We currently have a single user (our CEO) who we are pushing email to from > our Exchanger Server 2K3. We are using Blackberry's client software > installed on his workstation to accomplish this. But it is becomming obvious > that we may need to provide this to more staff members. I'm aware that we > can get the Blackberry Server version of their software, but I'm wondering > if there is other software available that can push email to non-Blackberry > devices. Also, will the Blackberry Server version push to non-Blackberry > devices? > > > Murray I don't know the answer to your direct question, but I do have some words of advice: 1) Make sure you get BES, not BPS. Verizon lied to us about that about 9 months ago, and I'm still pissed at them. 2) Standardize on one platform. If you can at all help it, do not try to support BB, iPhone, Windows Mobile, etc. I don't care if the semi-geeks have personality conflicts with their non-preferred platforms. If you only support one platform, your life will be easier, and your org will be safer. 3) iPhones suck for business use, at least from a security standpoint. That's a current assessment - they may get better, but I haven't seen it yet. For instance - E2k3 doesn't support remote kill for the iPhone, and there's no way to regulate what apps are installed on an iPhone. Also, breaking physical security on an iPhone is trivial - try youtube for demonstrations. Kurt