Novell Groupwise

RIM has announced today the availability of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5 update with support for Novell Groupwise. The update includes support for BlackBerry Balance as well as BlackBerry Mobile Fusion compatibility. Service Pack 4 will allow you to easily upgrade from Enterprise Server to BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 with the launch of BlackBerry 10. 

Included features:

  • BlackBerry Balance technology support
  • BlackBerry Mobile Fusion integration
  • Microsoft Office 2010 attachments are now supported, including password-protected attachments
  • Email pre-population changes; the full body of a message can now be delivered to the smartphone and the default number of messages can be increased to 1000 or 14 days
  • Email pre-population now takes place on every activation (it's no longer dependent on PIN change)
  • The Maximum Allowed Attachment size for viewing or downloading is increased to 10MB
  • Common features and fixes for all BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.4 updates from version 5.0.2 and 5.0.3 - including over 200 individual fixes
  • All BlackBerry Enterprise Server for GroupWise maintenance releases and quick-fixes delivered since BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Novell GroupWise 5.0.1
  • BlackBerry Monitoring Service will not be included as part of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.4 installation package 

Find out more on this release at the Inside BlackBerry for Business Blog

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