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Small and Medium-sized Businesses
 

Overview

BlackBerry® smartphones enable your mobile professionals to be more responsive, generate more chargeable work, and offer better service to your clients. You can satisfy the needs of your customers while retaining your innovative advantage and personal touch.

Manage Your Time

BlackBerry solutions let you focus on your priorities. With mobile access to vital business functions like email, web browsing, calendar and contacts, as well as a host of other useful business applications, your BlackBerry smartphone becomes a key tool for running your business. Quick to learn and easy to use, it will leave you free to focus on getting more business done faster.

Manage Your Customers

BlackBerry smartphones are the ideal tool to take your customer relationship management (CRM) mobile. With the right BlackBerry solution, you can empower your mobile staff to record data, respond instantly to client requests and provide exceptional customer service whilst face-to-face with customers. With a BlackBerry mobile data solution, business owners and managers can manage issues before they become problems.

Manage Your Money

Increase workflow, manage cashflow and maximise chargeable time—BlackBerry solutions can help you achieve all this and more. Whatever your industry, BlackBerry solutions are proven to deliver return on investment and help you add value to your business.

By providing discreet, efficient access to colleagues, clients and business information, BlackBerry solutions can give you the edge over the competition. Whatever the opportunity, the BlackBerry platform is a perfect platform for innovating and adding value to differentiate your business.

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Products & Services

With BlackBerry® Business Solutions, you customize the software and services you need with your business in mind. After all, shouldn't the best solution for your business be one that's based on your business imperatives?

BlackBerry Smartphones

BlackBerry Smartphones Overview (PDF)

BlackBerry Business Solutions provide a choice of powerful smartphones and BlackBerry® enabled devices to best suit your needs.

BlackBerry Software

BlackBerry Software Overview (PDF)

BlackBerry software manages the link between the BlackBerry smartphone and your business. Choose from the following solutions to find the one that best suits your needs:

BlackBerry Internet Service

BlackBerry Professional Service

 

BlackBerry® Internet Service is designed for small businesses with no email server. This service provides an easily accessible solution for complete mobile communications, including a huge range of downloadable software. It works like a mobile phone contract: just purchase, activate and get going.

BlackBerry® Professional Software is optimised for businesses with up to 30 mobile employees. It is easy to set up and control, and combines the right mix of price and features. It is ideal for businesses that require fewer licenses, but still want to take advantage of the benefits of enterprise server software.

 

BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Server

 

BlackBerry® Enterprise Server is for medium-sized companies that run their own email servers. It is the only integrated, end-to-end package to offer desktop tools, secure administration, technical support, application development and enterprise server software.

Hosted BlackBerry® Enterprise Server offers the security and functionality of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server without the need to buy, install or manage server software. It means a business can go wireless using a monthly per user subscription model, with no upfront software costs, deployment overhead or ongoing IT support costs.

 

Research In Motion (RIM) Professional Services

RIM® Professional Services can be engaged to provide guidance on the initial design and architecture of mobile solutions, assist with upgrade management or manage new infrastructure or application development projects.

BlackBerry Partner Solutions

BlackBerry Partner Solutions enable you to connect to your existing software systems with the help of a trusted third party who specializes in this application area.

Learn how customers have succeeded with BlackBerry Business Solutions

 

Partner Solutions

Mobilise your business with the help of over 300 BlackBerry® Alliance Members that build out-of-the-box and custom enterprise applications*. Here is a list of some of the members serving small and medium-sized businesses.

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* Your use of third-party software, hardware, products, and/or services (collectively, the "Third-party Information") shall be governed by and subject to your agreement with the third party, including without limitation, your agreement to the terms of separate Third-party Information licenses, if any. Any Third-party Information that is provided with or without Research In Motion (RIM) products and/or services is provided "as is". RIM makes no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to the Third-party Information and RIM assumes no liability whatsoever in relation to the Third-party Information even if RIM has been advised of the possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages. The inclusion of Third-party Information herein does not imply endorsement by RIM of the Third-party Information or the third party in any way. RIM does not control and is not responsible for any Third-party Information, including without limitation, the content, accuracy, intellectual property issues, compatibility, performance, trustworthiness, legality, decency, links, or any other aspect of the Third-party Information.

 

Customer Success

Learn about growing businesses around the world that have been successful implementing BlackBerry® Business Solutions.

  • Interchange Group (PDF)
    Learn how a field service IT support company remotely managing SMB end user IT networks uses a BlackBerry solution to manage all communications and respond to urgent enquiries in the field.
  • Philip Crowshaw
    Business education entrepreneur teaches himself new tricks with the BlackBerry solution.
  • SFDC (PDF)
    SalesForce.com uses the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution to provide its own sale force with its Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application.

Read more customer success stories

 

News

Awards

The BlackBerry® Pearl™ 8100 smartphone was chosen by Small Business Computing readers as the Best Product of the Year for Mobile Devices in 2007. The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 smartphone was acknowledged for its "tasty offering" that consists of phone, Internet browser, camera, multimedia player, organiser and email capabilities. Read more awards.

Press Releases

View the latest press releases announcing key RIM news.

Small and Medium-sized Businesses Newsletter

This tailored BlackBerry® newsletter will provide you with the latest BlackBerry news, tips and articles. Sign up for a BlackBerry newsletter tailored for small and medium-sized businesses.

Owners Lounge

Get the most from your BlackBerry smartphone with the latest applications, accessories and knowledge resources. Join the Owners Lounge.

Share Your Experience with BlackBerry Business Solutions

Take two minutes to answer a few questions so that we can learn more about you and your experience with a BlackBerry solution. Tell us about your experience with BlackBerry® Business Solutions.

Tax Lady Deducts Stress from her Hectic Schedule

Find out how Linda de Marlor, Founder of Tax Masters Inc., uses her BlackBerry smartphone to keep her clients happy, while juggling the demands of a hectic travel schedule, promotional activities and family. Find out how a tax lady deducts stress from her hectic schedule.


 

Learn how customers have succeeded with BlackBerry Business Solutions

 

How to Buy

Not sure where to start? Get help choosing a BlackBerry solution in the UK.

Product Purchasing Options Next Steps
BlackBerry® Smartphones Smartphones can be purchased from a variety of network service providers and retail stores
  • Locate the smartphone you are interested in and select a service provider
  • Go directly to your service provider's website to locate a dealer near you
BlackBerry® Professional Software BlackBerry Professional Software can be purchased from a variety of network service providers
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Server software can be purchased from a variety of network service providers
  • Go directly to your service provider's website to place your order
BlackBerry® Authentic Accessories BlackBerry smartphone charging solutions, holsters, battery doors and BlackBerry® Smart Card Readers are available for purchase online
RIM® Professional Services The RIM Professional Services group offers packaged or custom consulting engagements in the areas of Architecture Services, Application Services and Business Services
Partner Solutions (Applications) Partner solutions or third-party applications are available for simple, out-of-the box applications such as games or expense reporting online. Enterprise class applications are available directly from third parties that participate in the BlackBerry® Alliance Program

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BlackBerry Professional Software Introductory Offer