Abstract

Research In Motion, Ltd. (RIM) commissioned The Tolly Group to research, procure and build prototype messaging systems for Enterprise Wireless Messaging Infrastructure from two major alternative offerings: RIM’s Blackberry and Microsoft Window’s Mobile 5.0 (using Microsoft’s Direct Push mobile messaging technology.)

Tolly Group engineers built a pair of live messaging environments using the “base” mobile messaging offerings of both Microsoft and RIM, with each environment outfitted with a pair of either BlackBerry or Windows Mobile 5.0 handled devices. The goal of the test was to identify and analyze the essential components of a secure mobile messaging system and to determine whether these components are provided as part of the base system or require additional software and/or hardware to be purchased.