RIM to use Microsoft's Cloud Services on its Playbook
RIM has announced its plan to partner with Microsoft to integrate cloud services to RIM's Blackberry devices including the upcoming Playbook tablet. The cloud-based service from Microsoft called the Office 365 is a service that has communications and collaboration products with Microsoft's latest version of desktop suite for businesses. The Office 365 includes Microsoft Office Professional Plus, Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Lync Online. RIM's Blackberry devices will carry the Office 365 and the RIM's Blackberry Enterprise Servers will connect to Microsoft data centers, so that Blackberry users will have up to date information on their devices all the time.
With the Blackberry Office 365 service, companies who have been maintaining one or more Blackberry Enterprise Servers on their private servers will now have off-site data centers which will enable them to control and manage their data remotely. According to Jim Tobin, senior vice president of RIM's software and business service unit, RIM and Microsoft won't jointly manage off-site date centers, but Microsoft centers will connect "cloud-to-cloud" to RIM centers that house Blackberry Enterprise Servers. The cloud-based Blackberry Exchange Server (BES) will also support RIM's upcoming Blackberry Balance service which will allow IT departments’ access to the enterprise and BES part of the Blackberry while providing users freedom to access web or social networking sites like Facebook etc. The Blackberry Playbook will also include the Blackberry Balance service but the announcement date for this tablet is still not yet disclosed.
RIM has announced its plan to partner with Microsoft to integrate cloud services to RIM's Blackberry devices including the upcoming Playbook tablet. The cloud-based service from Microsoft called the Office 365 is a service that has communications and collaboration products with Microsoft's latest version of desktop suite for businesses. The Office 365 includes Microsoft Office Professional Plus, Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft Lync Online. RIM's Blackberry devices will carry the Office 365 and the RIM's Blackberry Enterprise Servers will connect to Microsoft data centers, so that Blackberry users will have up to date information on their devices all the time.
With the Blackberry Office 365 service, companies who have been maintaining one or more Blackberry Enterprise Servers on their private servers will now have off-site data centers which will enable them to control and manage their data remotely. According to Jim Tobin, senior vice president of RIM's software and business service unit, RIM and Microsoft won't jointly manage off-site date centers, but Microsoft centers will connect "cloud-to-cloud" to RIM centers that house Blackberry Enterprise Servers. The cloud-based Blackberry Exchange Server (BES) will also support RIM's upcoming Blackberry Balance service which will allow IT departments’ access to the enterprise and BES part of the Blackberry while providing users freedom to access web or social networking sites like Facebook etc. The Blackberry Playbook will also include the Blackberry Balance service but the announcement date for this tablet is still not yet disclosed.
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