Shortly after Research In Motion (RIM) officially announced the latest version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), v5.0 or “Argon,” in early February, I detailed the new features designed for CIOs and BlackBerry administrators, as well as the enhancements meant specifically for users.
At the time, the BES 5.0 additions didn’t come as much of a surprise, since most of the new features had leaked months earlier. But it was still comforting to see RIM confirm some of that rumored functionality, such as a new, Web-based BlackBerry Administration Service, wireless device upgrades, colored e-mail message flags, remote access to corporate drives and more.
Today I discovered a few feature comparison charts that pit the latest BES for Microsoft Exchange against a variety of earlier versions going all the way back to v1.6, which was released more than a decade ago.
The charts are particularly valuable because you can not only compare your current BES version to the latest and greatest, v5.0, but you can see how your BES measures up to all of RIM’s recent BES releases.
Hop on over to BerryReview.com to view the full charts.
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Author: asacco, Managing Editor
Al Sacco was a journalist, blogger and editor who covers the fast-paced mobile beat for CIO.com and IDG Enterprise, with a focus on wearable tech, smartphones and tablet PCs. Al managed CIO.com writers and contributors, covered news, and shared insightful expert analysis of key industry happenings. He also wrote a wide variety of tutorials and how-tos to help readers get the most out of their gadgets, and regularly offered up recommendations on software for a number of mobile platforms. Al resides in Boston and is a passionate reader, traveler, beer lover, film buff and Red Sox fan.
