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HP and Research in Motion (RIM) have established a global strategic alliance to deliver a portfolio of solutions for business mobility on the BlackBerry® platform.

The solutions, which include support for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0, are focused on increasing service levels, reducing operations costs and improving productivity for customers.
HP and RIM are working together to deliver solutions to customers that weave mobility into their daily operations – from innovative new services in the cloud to managed mobile services for the enterprise. HP has been delivering solutions to deploy and optimize mobile infrastructures for many years, including hardware, software and services to help Carriers and Service Providers manage BlackBerry services and enterprise users deploy and manage BlackBerry platforms.

Enabling the Cloud
The Cloud is the next stage in the evolution of the internet and HP and RIM are collaborating to deliver on its potential for the mobile enterprise. Emerging models of communications and collaboration have created an opportunity for HP and RIM to provide service-based mobile solutions that deliver value to customers.
HP and RIM are focused on delivering an integrated, trusted eco-system, from infrastructure to services that deliver on HP’s vision of ‘Everything as a Service.

WHY HP and RIM


Together, HP and RIM have the scale and industry leadership to deliver meaningful innovation to their customers and enhance the mobile experience:

RIM brings innovation and market leadership in the enterprise mobility segment and global reach with their BlackBerry platform.

  • BlackBerry is available on over 475 global carriers and channels in 160+ countries around the world
  • RIM is a leader in the wireless enterprise market with approximately 25 million total subscriber base globally (Q4 FY09), as well as the most trusted mobile platform for security.
  • RIM’s wireless technology is built to work across multiple network topologies GSM(tm)/GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA CDMA2000 1X and EVDO Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g.

HP brings a legacy of innovation and a broad footprint in virtually all areas of the business technology ecosystem (including cloud, in-house and hosted environments):

  • HP is an industry leader as the world’s largest technology company, serving more than one billion customers in more than 170 countries on six continents.
  • HP holds the #9 position in the Fortune 500 list.
  • HP is the 6th largest software company in the world, and #1 in infrastructure management software.
  • HP invests approximately $3.6 billion in research and development.

Through the collaboration between HP and RIM, businesses will have access to an expanded set of applications and services for their BlackBerry smartphone deployments HP’s collaborative philosophy is fundamental to our business. We work with industry-leaders to provide innovative technology and choice to our customers.

The Mobility Market

Analysts have indicated that 2009 and 2010 will be substantial years for mobility, with major advances that will affect what type of device we carry and how we work and play. Reports indicate that worldwide sales of Smartphones to end users reached 38.1 million units for the last quarter of 2008, an increase of 3.7 per cent over the same period in 2007. Some analysts believe that the mobile industry is likely to fare the current global economic downturn better than many other industries.

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»  Press Release: HP&RIM Strategic Alliance

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»  EDS Mobile Workplace Services
»  RIM Alliance Partner Website Non-HP site

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Solution Name Solution Operating system
Mobile Printing, Cloud Services
CloudPrint for BlackBerry®
BlackBerry Enterprise Server, BlackBerry Internet Service, BlackBerry smartphones
Business Service Management (BSM), Business Technology Optimization (BTO)
Operations Manager for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 5.0
BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Exchange, Windows AD, Server OS, etc.
Mobile Workplace Services by EDS
Managed BlackBerry® Service
BlackBerry Enterprise Server, BlackBerry smartphones, Exchange, Domino/Lotus Notes
Communications and Media Solutions
HP Service Activator
BlackBerry Internet Server, OSS/BSS, multi-networks
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