Research In Motion™ have just released an important security patch for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server platforms that could potentially affect MDaemon Messaging Server. This patch addresses a vulnerability in BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES)  that process images and so only affects MDaemon installations that have the optional BES server installed. If you're an MDaemon customer running the BES component we recommend you follow the instructions in this knowledge base guide to be on the safe side.

With the release of BlackBerry v10.0 last week, the method for synchronising the new set of BlackBerry 10 devices with MDaemon has changed. A BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is no longer required for synchronisation, and handsets now use the ActiveSync standard for personal data synchronisation. The process of setting up an ActiveSync account on a BlackBerry 10 device is actually quite similar to the Android and iOS devices, requiring just the server details, email address and password in order to connect.

MDaemon, Exchange or Office365?Towards the end of my last post I touched on the fact that Microsoft's recent announcement to drop Small Business Server next year has given particularly its partner community, reasons to look around at potential alternative solutions to Exchange. In this post I take a moment to highlight some of the reasons MDaemon Messaging Server should be on that list of alternatives you might be considering, including how the costs look alongside the equivalent Microsoft products.