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Comparison of Lotus Traveler & BlackBerry Enterprise Server |
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Thursday, 10 March 2011 |
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As a result of recent customer queries, we started making a comparison of Lotus Traveler and Blackberry Enterprise Software. For a long tme now, BlackBerry Enterprise Server has been the standard solution for enterprise ready smartphone synchronisation, but due to the popularity of iPhones, iPad and Android devices, Lotus Traveler is becoming a standard addition in almost every Domino 8.5 upgrade project. Our comparison is not so much focused on features (since that changes in every update) but more on high level differences.
We also tried to give objective information since we support both products and don't want to suggest that any of these solutions is better then the other. | | Lotus Traveler | Blackberry Enterprise Server |
License
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Part of Domino license | - BES: Server license + CALs required
- BES Express is free
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Policies
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Very basic IT policies
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High control on what user may do on his device |
Devices |
Variety of devices (Windows Mobile devices, Nokia S60, iPhone/iPad, Android) |
Only usable with Blackberries or with Blackberry compliant devices
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Directory lookup
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Lookup in company directory is possible
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Lookup in company directory is possible |
Calendar
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Freetime lookups supported |
Mail |
Possibility to read encrypted mails on iPhone with Traveler Companion (Apple App Store), encrypted mails are readable by importing Notes ID in mailfile or integration with ID Vault
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Encrypted mails readable by importing Notes ID in mailfile or integration with ID Vault |
Remote Wipe
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Remote wiping possible *
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Remote wiping possible |
Data protection | - Device dependant
- Notes username and password to access
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- Enterprise activation required to access
- Possibility to remotely set a new password on the device + to lock it
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Transport encryption |
SSL
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AES and/or Triple DES |
Applications |
No support for Notes applications (although XPages apps will get native support in the future) | - Applications + configuration can be pushed via Software Configurations
- Possibility to create own applications and to distribute them on the devices
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Support
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Support IBM same as Domino support (no charge) |
Support via provider or partner (e.g. d-PIT). Support via RiM is expensive and asks for a special contract
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Redundancy
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Cannot be clustered |
Cluster support for BES (not BESX) via the High Availability feature.
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Remote Mailbox Search
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