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• Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM)(TSX: RIM) today announced the availability of BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0 – the next generation of RIM’s secure, push-based server software for business mobility. Version 5.0 supports advanced IT administration features and smartphone controls that help improve the productivity of mobile workers and more effectively meet the demands of large-scale, mission critical enterprise deployments.
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 enables a secure, centrally managed link between BlackBerry® smartphones and enterprise systems, applications, corporate phone environments (with BlackBerry® Mobile Voice System) and wireless networks.
• BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 Enhancements and Key Features
• Support for New Smartphone Features
• RIM is also announcing today new technical support, professional services, and training and certification programs to help BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 customers achieve the best possible performance and return on investment from their BlackBerry smartphone deployments
• Also announced today, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 has obtained Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL 4+) certification (see separate release). The Common Criteria is an international standard for validating that IT products meet specific security requirements. Certifications are recognized by 26 countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.

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This is definitely a useful application to have on your BlackBerry. Some people aren’t into SMS, they prefer email. SMS2Desk is the option for you . Best of all, it’s free!

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Compatible with Microsoft® Outlook®, IBM® Lotus® Notes®, Novell® GroupWise® and other e-mail programs, SMS2Desk from Cortado, a global leader in mobile applications enables BlackBerry® smartphone users to have text messages converted into e-mail.

The application presents a simple, seamless solution that converts between text messages and e-mail so that BlackBerry smartphone users can read and reply to text messages as e-mails, both on their smartphone and when accessing their e-mail on a computer (PC, Mac or laptop). The convenience of converting e-mail and text message communication allows you to work more efficiently and with greater ease.

The SMS2Desk application is compatible with the following BlackBerry smartphones: BlackBerry® 8700, BlackBerry® Curve™ series, BlackBerry® Pearl™ series, BlackBerry® Bold™ and BlackBerry® Storm™.

More information about SMS2Desk as well as a free of charge download can be found at www.cortado.com/sms2desk.

Information about other free products and services from Cortado can be found at www.cortado.com/free.

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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA and WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Feb. 16, 2009) – Lenovo (HKSE:992)(ADR:LNVGY) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced that the two companies will work together to promote new Lenovo mobile solutions that will help on-the-go business users enhance their mobile computing and communications experience through tighter integration between Lenovo ThinkPad laptop computers and BlackBerry^® smartphones.

Leveraging Lenovo’s extensive global R&D capabilities and engineering prowess in laptop computers together with RIM’s expertise in smartphones and wireless solutions, Lenovo plans to develop and deliver a range of industry-leading solutions and technologies that can help professionals conduct business more effectively on the go.

Lenovo Constant Connect, the first solution developed by Lenovo, will leverage the strengths of the BlackBerry^® solution and Lenovo ThinkPad laptops to deliver an unparalleled user experience for flexible, real-time access to enterprise-based email. Lenovo Constant Connect will allow enterprise email received on a user’s BlackBerry smartphone to be automatically synchronized via Bluetooth^® onto the user’s ThinkPad laptop – even if the ThinkPad laptop is off – without the user having to take any additional steps.

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• IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today introduced new Lotus collaboration features and developer tools on the BlackBerry® platform that will enable greater access to live expertise and collective intelligence through BlackBerry® smartphones.
• This initiative is in response to the explosion of mobility worldwide.
• “The new Lotus collaboration features and developer tools on the BlackBerry platform will deliver productivity beyond the office extending IBM software and services so that individuals can access all of the resources they need to keep their business moving, anytime, anywhere,” said Bob Picciano, general manager, IBM Lotus Software.
• IBM and RIM will also preview something new for developers – BlackBerry® platform support for IBM Lotus Domino Designer and XPages.
• IBM and RIM are rolling out these features and tools for BlackBerry smartphones in the coming months…

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SYDNEY, October 2, 2008 – Cognos, an IBM (NYSE: IBM) company, and a world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today unveiled IBM Cognos 8 v4 which extends IBM’s Information on Demand strategy to help customers improve their ability to engage the business user through a more dynamic and interactive experience, inform their decision making with greater context and relevance and align their strategy and operations through complete visibility to targets, plans, forecasts and metrics across finance and operations.

IBM Cognos 8 v4 lets organisations easily and securely extend access to trusted information to fully engage a diverse group of employees, customers and partners across financial and operational divisions and processes. Richer BI and performance management user capabilities such as enterprise planning, dashboards, analytics and reporting combine with an enhanced enterprise-class platform, flexible business modeling, and consumer-oriented interfaces to help business users gain access and interact with the right information needed for decision making to optimise business performance.

Casual business users, business managers, and executives in all sizes of organisations are grappling with information overload and the rapid pace of change in today’s globally connected economy. These types of business users represent 80% of workers in average organisations, according to Wayne Eckerson, director of TDWI Research at the Data Warehousing Institute.* They need quick access to relevant information, whether they are in the office or on the road, to make informed decisions that improve financial and operational visibility and drive overall performance.

New self-serve flash-based dashboard, mobile and search capabilities in IBM Cognos 8 v4 help business users quickly drive decisions through flexible, consumer-oriented interfaces that let them access and interact with relevant performance information using familiar applications or devices. These include BlackBerry®, Symbian or Windows Mobile devices, enterprise search engines or desktop productivity applications.

Read more at ComputerWorld.com.