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Unconfimred BlackBerry EnterPrise Server Update Info makes the News

13 Dec, 2008, 12:55 pm IST | Shayne Rana | Smartphones

Reports are out with what seems to be BlackBerry’s update to their enterprise server. Codenamed Argon this edition is version 5.0 and here’s what’s in store -

Key product enhancements:
  • Unified application management and deployment for Java and MDS Runtime applications
  • More robust application deployment and management tools, simplified application control
  • Active Directory integration for user management
  • Scheduled deployments and updates
  • Remote Option Setting
    - Capability for administrators to “Brand” a device (i.e. have the options set as per one or
    several corporate standards) – Reduction in support calls
  • User Self-Provisioning
    - Simplifying Enterprise Activation even further – user initiated
  • Allows more deployment options
    - Centralized in one server
    - Dispersed across servers
  • New BlackBerry Administration Service
  • BlackBerry support for device linked to multiple BES
    - Primary BES for Policy and Administration
    - Secondary BES(s) for specific application
  • High-Availability: Active / Passive automatic failover design
    - Shared SRP key
    - Opens up technique for limited downtime upgrades
    - Upgrade standby
    - Fail over users to it
    - Upgrade primary
    - Fail users back
    - Multi-faceted strategy:
    - Fault Tolerance via Controller Service
    - Automated and Manual Failover modes between Primary and Standby servers
    - Administrator configurable failover thresholds
    - Additional features
    - SRP Lockout Avoidance
    - Service Prioritization
    - Prevention of failover looping
    - No single point of failure when running High Availability configuration
We’ll have to wait on an official announcement from BlackBerry before we can confirm that all of the above mentioned updates are accurate.

Tags: RIM , BlackBerry

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