BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is the middleware software package
that is part of the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research In
Motion®.
BES software and services connect to SAP Mobile Platform on the corporate LAN and redirect data
sent by SAP Mobile Server.
BES uses Windows services to carry out the basic
operations of the system. While many services exist, these are the ones
you
can use with
SAP Mobile Platform:
- BlackBerry Messaging Agent – Performs
wireless calendar synchronization, generate initial encryption keys, or
provide email and lookup services.
- BlackBerry MDS Connection Service – Pushes
requests from
intranet
applications. The BlackBerry MDS Services (for Apache Tomcat) sends and
receives Web browsing to the device through a BlackBerry Dispatcher service.
You can use these services for
SAP Mobile Platform
data flow with third-party Java applications on-device.
- BlackBerry Policy Service – Pushes wireless IT policies to devices, sets commands for
device locks and remote
wipe,
and generates new encryption
keys.
- BlackBerry Router – Routes all SAP Mobile Platform data to wireless devices by establishing
a link between BES (which can be installed on the same host as the router)
and SRP
host.
- BlackBerry Synchronization Service – Performs OTA backup and synchronization of all PIM data
(contacts, tasks and
notes),
except
calendar,
which is instead performed by BlackBerry Messaging
Agent.
For information about any of these or other services, see the BES documentation
at http://docs.blackberry.com/en/ .