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ccess to Key Corporate Data Stores. BlackBerry Enterprise Server provides IT departments with the means to provide wireless
access to all four main corporate data stores from a single integrated platform. The BlackBerry wireless platform is one of the
only platforms in the market that provides access to corporate email and PIM, corporate voice PBX and hybrid IP/PBX stores,
real-time computing and corporate IM such as IBM SameTime and Microsoft Live Communications Server, Microsoft Office
Communications Server and enterprise applications such as customer relationship management (“CRM”), and enterprise social
networking and collaboration applications such as IBM Lotus Connections and IBM Lotus Quickr. Additionally, the deployment
of over 250,000 BlackBerry Enterprise Servers around the world makes it more difficult for a new solution to gain a market
foothold.
• Security. The BlackBerry platform was designed as an end-to-end solution with comprehensive security specifically for
enterprise access to email, PIM and other corporate information from a single wireless device. Through integration with
Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise, the BlackBerry wireless solution provides corporate users
with secure wireless access to their own corporate email rather than having to establish an additional email account. RIM’s
security solution for enterprise customers includes end-to-end data encryption for confidentiality, robust remote IT management
and full application controls to allow customers to address mobile malware. Inherent in the core platform is support for various
Internet security standards such as SSL and IPSec, multiple user authentication schemes, a secure boot ROM, signed API access
and an embedded firewall. In addition to the security built into the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution, RIM has developed a
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader which further enhances BlackBerry device security for a wide range of government users.
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express has also been launched to provide enterprise grade security to the SME user free of
charge. The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution has passed rigorous security assessments by many of the leading security
institutions around the world, including Common Criteria EAL 4+ certification for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 and
BlackBerry OS 5.0. BlackBerry was the first mobile platform to achieve Common Criteria EAL 4+ certification. The
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution has been certified by Fraunhofer Institute SIT, and has been approved for use under the CAPS
program in the United Kingdom. The solution has also had several FIPS-140 validations for its embedded encryption
module, including the latest encryption module that is part of the BlackBerry 6, BlackBerry 7.1, and PlayBook operating
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• Spectral Efficiency. RIM has built a wireless infrastructure utilizing highly optimized wireless specific protocols and different
methods of compression and rendering to efficiently send various types of data over the wireless carrier networks. In a limited
bandwidth and capacity environment like that of wireless data, carriers benefit from spectral efficiencies including capital
expenditures on wireless infrastructure, increased customer satisfaction and better capacity utilization. For the end customer,
spectral efficiencies result in reduced latency, better battery life and the potential to take advantage of lower cost data plans
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