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In March 2001, RIM announced another major breakthrough in wireless enterprise applications
with the introduction of wireless calendar support for BlackBerry. With wireless calendar
synchronization, BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds exchange
calendar events wirelessly and securely. The user’s online calendar and handheld calendar
are automatically synchronized over-the-air without need of a cradle. Now, with wireless
email and calendar, customers can stay connected to the information that drives their day.
Finally, we are very proud of having the BlackBerry Wireless Handheld awarded the FIPS
140-1 Validation for its embedded encryption technology by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST). FIPS 140-1 Validation is an important, and often
mandatory, purchasing criteria for many organizations and will help facilitate continued
adoption of BlackBerry in the government sector.
By continuing to invest in the right people, technology and tools, RIM will ensure that
BlackBerry remains the leader in the wireless email marketplace.
Third-Party Applications
In the last year, there have been many custom solutions and applications announced that
are designed to work with RIM Wireless Handhelds and the BlackBerry solution. Some of
these include Web content services, eBusiness tools, financial applications, pharmaceutical
services and attachment handling software.
>AvantGo 4.0 M-Business Server™from AvantGo™
Inc. and BlackBerry handhelds, together allow
enterprises to deploy wireless Web-based
business applications and email solutions to
mobile professionals.
>Motient and Yahoo!®teamed together to provide
a wireless service, branded as eLink Fortified with
Yahoo!, allowing consumers easy access to Yahoo!
content and services via Motient’s network and
RIM handhelds.
>
Information Builders Inc. offers WebFOCUS-based
applications integrated with BlackBerry. WebFOCUS
is an integrated suite of Business Intelligence
tools through which organizations can deliver
information easily and instantly to management,
employees, customers, partners and vendors.
>Brience, Inc. and RIM are working together to offer
corporations wireless access to a broad range of
existing enterprise applications in addition to
corporate email systems to enable corporations
to extend enterprise applications and information
to BlackBerry handhelds.
>OracleMobile™
, Inc.
and RIM are working together
to promote Ask@OracleMobile and Oracle “Portal-
to-Go”via BlackBerry. With Ask@OracleMobile,
users of RIM handhelds can get Web information
and services whenever they want by sending a
short email.
>E*TRADE launched its integrated brokerage and
banking solution on RIM Wireless Handhelds.
>RxRite.com Inc. announced an ePrescription
application built on the BlackBerry wireless email
solution that enables physicians to connect with
its Internet-based prescription service.
>
ItrezzoAgent from Itrezzo, converts file attachments
sent to the user’s BlackBerry handheld via email.
>InStep Group announced InStep Print™support
for the BlackBerry handhelds, providing them
with the ability to print.
Research In Motion Limited >2001 Annual Report
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“I’ve been using (RIM’s)
BlackBerry for the
past two months and
have found it to be a
transforming experience.”
Internet Week