AstraSync is a BlackBerry sync app that provides 2-way OTA sync of email, calendar and contact data with Exchange ActiveSync compatible servers including Microsoft Exchange, Hotmail & Windows Live, MailSite Fusion, Exchange Online, BPOS, CommuniGate Pro, Zimbra, Scalix, FirstClass, Open-Xchange, Kerio MailServer, SmarterMail, Axigen, Google Sync and Gmail. With AstraSync 4.2 public beta, the service now supports alert profile integration through Monitor for BlackBerry, meeting request creation, email content encryption, kinetic scrolling and more performance settings for power users. Continue reading ‘AstraSync 4.2 Public Beta Live with New BlackBerry Monitor Integration’
Today Zimbra announced that its Zimbra Connector for BES 6.5 (ZCB 6.5), will be available in the first half of Q4 and will have support for BES 5.0. Zimbra Connector for BES is designed for companies that want a better alternative to traditional email solutions such as Exchange. ZCB 6.5 will provide native synchronization of BlackBerry mail, address book, calendar and tasks, and will also support Windows Server 2008 (32- and 64-bit).
Other features of Zimbra Connector for BES include:
Sync to all BlackBerry devices
Full access to Zimbra GAL
Search messages
Open / view attachments
Manage calendar events; accept / decline meetings
Administrators add / provision users directly in the BlackBerry Administration Console
AstraSync has gone version 4.1 Beta 1 (4.1.6) and now supports AutoDiscover, email draft auto-save, sync pausing and contains multiple performance improvements and bug fixes.
AstraSync is a BlackBerry synchronization app that does a two-way OTA sync of email, calendar and contact data with Exchange ActiveSync compatible servers including Microsoft Exchange, MailSite Fusion, Exchange Online, BPOS, CommuniGate Pro, Zimbra, Scalix, FirstClass, Open-Xchange, Kerio MailServer, SmarterMail, Axigen, Google Sync and Gmail.
Major enhancements to AstraSync include:
Support for AutoDiscover.
Email draft auto-save.
Throttling of background operations to improve performance.
Ability to Pause when synchronizing large numbers of changes.
Ability to create a new contact from email recipients.
Shortcut keys (page up / down etc) now supported on all screens.
AstraSync supports almost all BlackBerry devices except 7000, 8100 and 8700 devices. To download this version, visit the AstraSync beta portal with your BlackBerry browser at astrasync.com/beta.
Zimbra Mobile is an OTA sync solution for your mail, contacts, calendar and task data. Zimbra Mobile is an optional component add-on purchased for Zimbra Collaboration Suite Network Edition and works ‘out-of-the-box’ with supported devices (just enter the Zimbra Server address and your user name, similarly to how you’d configure Microsoft Exchange).
Zimbra Connector for BES gives you all your syncing needs straight to your BES. The solution intended for those organizations who wish to migrate from legacy to a new messaging and collaboration platform that supports up to 50 devices.
Key features include:
* Over-the-air synchronization of mail, address book, calendar in the native BlackBerry UI
* Sync to all BlackBerry devices
* Full access to Zimbra GAL
* Search messages
* Open / view attachments
* Manage calendar events; accept / decline meetings
* Administrators add / provision users directly in the BlackBerry Administration Console
* Support for up to 50 devices
ZC for BES has closed their Beta and is now generally available.
The latest version of Zimbra, a piece of open-source e-mail server software recently bought by Yahoo!, now supports BlackBerry Enterprise Servers. Zimbra’s been rocking Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian, and iPhone devices before version 5.0, but it’s bound to take awhile to develop something of that magnitude without any help from RIM. Of course all the talk about Microsoft acquiring Yahoo! seriously leaves Zimbra’s future in question. You can download a trial of the BlackBerry connector here, the mobile client here, and the server software here.
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