In Research In Motion (RIM) has announced BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 a new RIM-hosted online service for midsized businesses and enterprises that extends Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry smartphones, and allows organisations to self-manage their BlackBerry deployments in the cloud. An open beta for the service is launching today in over 30 countries.
BlackBerry Business Cloud Services is an easy and cost-effective way for businesses and government agencies to extend Microsoft Office 365 to BlackBerry smartphones and manage the deployment in the cloud, said Alan Panezic, Vice President at Research In Motion. We have been working together with Microsoft and select customers through an early access program and we are pleased to now launch an open beta for the service.
BlackBerry Business Cloud Services will help accelerate how BlackBerry customers can realise the full benefits of the best productivity experience across the PC, browser and phone with Microsoft Office 365, said Julia White, Senior Director of Microsofts Exchange Product Management Group. This new service delivers valuable enhancements to Office 365 while preserving the cost and business agility benefits the cloud offers to organisations of all sizes.
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