Today, BlackBerry creator RIM
revealed new features of its next-generation BlackBerry Enterprise
Server (BES) 5.0 platform, code-named Argon.
At the exclusive press preview in New York this afternoon, RIM
demonstrated the new platform, along with new BlackBerry
Professional business applications.
The firm also revealed new security technologies and the
BlackBerry Mobile Voice System (MVS).
BlackBerry MVS Server allows companies to link their BlackBerry
devices into the corporate phone system to carry out advanced
telephony functions.
The advanced telephony functions include being able to use the
BlackBerry as though it were a desk phone, which means the user
only has to give out one number, and can use their corporate
voicemail system from the device; to do mobile conferencing from
the BlackBerry, and in some situations, make free inbound and
outgoing calls over the public and cell phone networks, to reduce a
company's call costs.
Alan Panezic, VP of software product management at RIM, said:
"BlackBerry is much more than a device. It’s an architecture for
mobile-enabling an enterprise."
See also:
BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 'Argon' out this summer, with over
the air upgrades
Argon announcement from last October -
RIM unveils details of new Blackberry Enterprise Server