WATERLOO, Ont. - Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) has issued a flurry of announcements, detailing an alliance with Hewlett-Packard and presenting the next generation of RIM's server software.
There also is a new programming interface to encourage software developers to generate consumer-oriented applications for the swelling number of non-business BlackBerry users.
The alliance with Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP will "design and launch offerings to increase the productivity levels of the growing number of global mobile employees," RIM stated Monday.
"Through our collaboration with HP, businesses will have access to an expanded set of applications and services for their BlackBerry smartphone deployments."
These include HP CloudPrint for BlackBerry smartphones, enabling users to print emails, documents, photos and web pages from a BlackBerry to the nearest printer.
The BlackBerry enterprise server 5.0 "significantly raises the bar for advanced IT manageability, high availability, system monitoring and reporting," stated RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis.
And RIM said the new BlackBerry application programming interface will enable developers to push real-time content to BlackBerry smartphones.
"Push technology has previously been available to corporate developers with the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution, and is built into a range of smartphone applications for business," RIM stated.
"With the availability of this push API, BlackBerry developers can build true push technology into their Java-based consumer applications and enhance the user experience by delivering valuable content to users in real time."
/>Research In Motion (TSX:RIM) has issued a flurry of announcements, detailing an alliance with Hewlett-Packard and presenting the next generation of RIM's server software.There also is a new programming interface to encourage software developers to generate consumer-oriented applications for the swelling number of non-business BlackBerry users.
The alliance with Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP will "design and launch offerings to increase the productivity levels of the growing number of global mobile employees," RIM stated Monday.
"Through our collaboration with HP, businesses will have access to an expanded set of applications and services for their BlackBerry smartphone deployments."
These include HP CloudPrint for BlackBerry smartphones, enabling users to print emails, documents, photos and web pages from a BlackBerry to the nearest printer.
The BlackBerry enterprise server 5.0 "significantly raises the bar for advanced IT manageability, high availability, system monitoring and reporting," stated RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis.
And RIM said the new BlackBerry application programming interface will enable developers to push real-time content to BlackBerry smartphones.
"Push technology has previously been available to corporate developers with the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution, and is built into a range of smartphone applications for business," RIM stated.
"With the availability of this push API, BlackBerry developers can build true push technology into their Java-based consumer applications and enhance the user experience by delivering valuable content to users in real time."
