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Meet the mobility needs of your small and medium-sized business clients with BlackBerry® Professional Software. Now you can bring your clients' business into the wireless world—and take your revenue to a whole new level.
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Pricing
BlackBerry® Professional Software is priced for small and medium-sized businesses. The chart below outlines the BlackBerry Professional Software bundles and upgrades available and their retail price.
| RIM Part # | Ingram Micro US SKUs | BlackBerry Professional Software | Retail Price |
| PRD-10459-104 | N94022 | BlackBerry Professional Software v4.1 for Microsoft® Exchange – 5 users | $499.00 |
| PRD-10459-105 | N94023 | BlackBerry Professional Software v4.1 for IBM® Lotus® Domino® – 5 users | $499.00 |
| PRD-10459-107 | N94025 | BlackBerry Professional Software v4.1 for Microsoft Exchange – 10 users | $849.00 |
| PRD-10459-108 | N94026 | BlackBerry Professional Software v4.1 for IBM Lotus Domino – 10 users | $849.00 |
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| PRD-10459-110 | N94028 | BlackBerry Professional Software v4.1 upgrade to BlackBerry® Enterprise Server v4.1 for Microsoft® Exchange | $2,799.00 |
| PRD-10459-111 | N94029 | BlackBerry Professional Software v4.1 upgrade to BlackBerry® Enterprise Server v4.1 for IBM® Lotus® Domino® | $2,799.00 |
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Features
BlackBerry® Professional Software is designed to provide the core wireless communications and collaboration features and security found in the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server, all in a smaller package. Small to mid-sized businesses can now install BlackBerry Professional Software on their email server instead of requiring a separate host server.
Features Overview
| Maximum Number of Users | 30 |
| Install and Run on Email Server | Yes |
| Client Access License (CAL) Model | Both Enterprise and SMB CALs |
| Pre-install Tool | Yes |
| BlackBerry® Mobile Data System | Yes – Java® and Browser |
| Enterprise IM | No |
| Localization | English |
| Upgrade to BlackBerry® Enterprise Server | Yes, with Upgrade Service Pack |
| Remote Components | No |
| BlackBerry Manager | Simplified for SMB |
| Role-based Administration | No |
| Group-based Administration | No |
IT Policies
The BlackBerry Manager has been redesigned to provide streamlined access to management and configuration tools. The same IT policy rules are available, but customers can now choose from predefined templates of IT policies that are designed to make IT policy management easier.
Administration
Group-based administration and role-based administration, designed for larger organizations with multiple IT administrators, have been removed from BlackBerry Professional Software.
Applications Support
Support for applications has also been simplified. Java applications for BlackBerry smartphones and BlackBerry® Browser applications are still available, but existing or new BlackBerry® MDS Runtime applications are not supported.
Instant Messaging
Users can communicate with instant messaging applications such as Google Talk™ or Yahoo!® Messenger, but BlackBerry Professional Software does not support server-based enterprise instant messaging applications such as IBM® Lotus® Sametime® or Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server.
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Client Access Licenses and Technical Support
Client Access Licenses (CALs)
BlackBerry® Professional Software supports all existing CALs regardless of their type, including CALs for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server – Small Business Edition and CALs for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.
Technical Support
Customers purchasing BlackBerry Professional Software are eligible to register for one complimentary BlackBerry® technical support incident from Research In Motion (RIM). This support incident will allow registered customers to benefit from direct technical assistance from RIM, should they require it, as they install and begin using BlackBerry Professional Software.
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