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No such thing as 'a premium for BES'

Great List! I certainly agree with Zoho and Amazon Web Services in such a list. And completely agree that iPhone and Bold are the 2 big enterprise devices this year.

I have one nitpick re: your comment about BES.

> BlackBerry?s backend infrastructure simply offers IT a lot more security and control - albeit at an extra premium for BlackBerry Enterprise Servers (BES).

I'm surprised this opinion is so pervasive. It makes no sense to anyone who has studied it. The infrastructure costs for BES vs Exchange Activesync are about the same. A simple example: any money I save in not buying a BES server license I make up for in buying a Microsoft SCMDM license. (We're assuming the audience is an enterprise customer, who requires enterprise grade device management.) I could keep going, but I think those who espouse such an opinion should check total costs of a BES vs Exch ActiveSync deployment.

Posted by: applejack99   Posted on: 12/23/08  (Edited: 12/23/2008 @ 07:49) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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