free Google Apps Connector for BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) is available now.  you can integrate the Google Apps messaging suite with BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), letting employees use built-in BlackBerry applications for access to their Google Apps email, calendar, and contacts. Wireless synchronization between your BlackBerry and Gmail inbox. One-way wireless synchronization from Google Calendar to your BlackBerry.

Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server is available free of charge to customers of Google Apps Premier Edition and Education Edition. Customers of Premier and Education Edition can get started with the Google Apps Connector .

Google Apps Connector for BES features

• Messages sent to your Gmail inbox are pushed to your BlackBerry within 60 seconds.
• Emails read/deleted on your BlackBerry are marked as read/deleted in Gmail, and vice-versa.
• Synchronize BlackBerry folders with labels in Gmail.
• Search for email addresses and phone numbers of other users on your company domain.
• View your Google Calendar schedule on your native BlackBerry application, with one-way synchronization from Google Calendar to your BlackBerry device.
• Contacts in Gmail are automatically synchronized with your BlackBerry address book.

Google Apps Connector System requirements
Windows 2003 Server SP2 (approximately 500MB of server disk space per user) and BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1 Service Pack 6 Maintenance Release 5 or higher.  you can download Google Apps Connector directly.

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