We have a couple of clients running BES, however the one in question is only a 3 person operation, of which one of them has a BB, so it's a harder sell that way, but we may be able to convince a few of our smaller clients into a hosted solution, and spread the cost out amongst them. On 12/20/05, Evan Mann <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Nextel was giving away BES + 5 licenses if you purchased 5 handhelds. > Other providers may be offering the same. You're look at about $2k for a > BES + 5 licenses I believe if I recall correctly. Each license runs $60-75 > after that, depending on the quantity. > > The BES is well worth the cost if you have serious BB users. It removes a > lot of headaches that you may have to deal with via desktop redirection, and > gives you much more security (IT policies, hundreds of options), and other > nice abilities, like remote kill if a handheld is lost. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *John Nieminen > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:43 AM > *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [THIN] Re: blackberry sync over citrix > > > True, there is no BES server currently, however this may open the door to > a different solution. Just depends on how much the client is willing to > spend. > > Thanx for some great feedback everyone. > > > On 12/15/05, Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > If you read the original message, there is no BES server. Hence wanting > > to sync in other way.s > > > > Jeff Pitsch > > > > > > > > On 12/15/05, Matt Kosht <matt.kosht@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: > > > > > > Can't the BB just sync over the air vs. USB? > > > > > > > > > On 12/13/05, John Nieminen < john.nieminen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > We have a client looking to do *all* of his work remotely, via > > > Citrix, > > > > including syncing his Blackberry to an exchange server, just > > > wondering if > > > > anyone out there has tried this, or is using this scenario. If > > > memory > > > > serves, PS4 will allow USB port redirection to/from the client. > > > > > > > > BB is 7700 series, Citrix server will be at least PS3, if not PS4, > > > win2k3, > > > > exchage2k3, no BES server as it's a small office, just simple mail > > > > redirection. > > > > > > > > Any thoughts or comments? > > > > > > > > Thanx! > > > > John > > > ************************************************ > > > For Archives, RSS, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or > > > set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: > > > //www.freelists.org/list/thin > > > ************************************************ > > > > > > > >