Blackberry BES vs. BPS
I'm running a small BES 4.0 server with 10 clients and Exchange 2007. Would like to be able to listen to WAV files (from internal voicemail) and am told that BES 5.0 will do it and the upgrade cost is $999. Sales person told me I could also switch to BPS (and use the same client l licenses) without any cost. Questions for you Exchange/Blackberry experts: 1. How do you feel BPS compares to BES? Is it comparable to BES 5 features? Sales person did not have any kind of document to compare features. 2. Anyone with experience listening to WAV files on handheld? I'm not concerned about growing over the 30 user limit on BPS. Any comments are much appreciated. Tom
RE: Blackberry BES vs. BPS
1. Never run BPS..so can't speak first hand. Google turned this up though. http://blackberryexpert.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/do-you-need-a-blackberry-enterprise-server-bes/ 2. Yep, doing it for awhile with our UM system. Works fine as long as you have upgraded OS's which any handheld in the 8000 series and up can do. Thanks, - JB From: Tom R. Holmlund [mailto:tom.holml...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Blackberry BES vs. BPS I'm running a small BES 4.0 server with 10 clients and Exchange 2007. Would like to be able to listen to WAV files (from internal voicemail) and am told that BES 5.0 will do it and the upgrade cost is $999. Sales person told me I could also switch to BPS (and use the same client l licenses) without any cost. Questions for you Exchange/Blackberry experts: 1. How do you feel BPS compares to BES? Is it comparable to BES 5 features? Sales person did not have any kind of document to compare features. 2. Anyone with experience listening to WAV files on handheld? I'm not concerned about growing over the 30 user limit on BPS. Any comments are much appreciated. Tom
Re: Blackberry BES vs. BPS
I use Objectworld's UC Server against an Avaya definity PBX for UM purposes. It delivers .wav attachments via e-mail which my blackberry opens up just fine. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Barsodi.John wrote: > 1. Never run BPS..so can’t speak first hand. Google turned this up > though. > http://blackberryexpert.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/do-you-need-a-blackberry-enterprise-server-bes/ > > 2. Yep, doing it for awhile with our UM system. Works fine as long > as you have upgraded OS’s which any handheld in the 8000 series and up can > do. > > > > Thanks, > > - JB > > > > *From:* Tom R. Holmlund [mailto:tom.holml...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, July 23, 2009 1:49 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Blackberry BES vs. BPS > > > > I'm running a small BES 4.0 server with 10 clients and Exchange 2007. > Would like to be able to listen to WAV files (from internal voicemail) and > am told that BES 5.0 will do it and the upgrade cost is $999. Sales person > told me I could also switch to BPS (and use the same client l licenses) > without any cost. > > > > Questions for you Exchange/Blackberry experts: > > > > 1. How do you feel BPS compares to BES? Is it comparable to BES 5 > features? Sales person did not have any kind of document to compare > features. > > > > 2. Anyone with experience listening to WAV files on handheld? > > > > I'm not concerned about growing over the 30 user limit on BPS. > > > > Any comments are much appreciated. > > > > Tom > > > > >
Re: Blackberry BES vs. BPS
Running BES 4.6 or whatever, phone system forwards vm's to my inbox, Curve plays them just fine. Not sure why you would need 5.0. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Tom R. Holmlund wrote: > I'm running a small BES 4.0 server with 10 clients and Exchange 2007. > Would like to be able to listen to WAV files (from internal voicemail) and > am told that BES 5.0 will do it and the upgrade cost is $999. Sales person > told me I could also switch to BPS (and use the same client l licenses) > without any cost. > Questions for you Exchange/Blackberry experts: > > 1. How do you feel BPS compares to BES? Is it comparable to BES 5 > features? Sales person did not have any kind of document to compare > features. > > 2. Anyone with experience listening to WAV files on handheld? > > I'm not concerned about growing over the 30 user limit on BPS. > > Any comments are much appreciated. > > Tom > > >
