Professional Blackberry
Chapter One
System Architecture
It is always important to understand the architecture of any product that you must support or on
which you may develop. Understanding the different components that make up the Research In
Motion (RIM) BlackBerry platform will help you visualize how it integrates with your e-mail system,
how the handheld units communicate with your network, and where to place the different
components that make up the BlackBerry infrastructure so that they maximize performance and
security.
We will start by discussing the latest version of the BlackBerry platform, version 4.0, which shipped
in early December 2004. This new version offers significant improvements in performance, management,
user features, and application development. Because not everyone will upgrade immediately
to version 4.0, we will also discuss the previous version of the BlackBerry platform, which is
version 3.6 for Microsoft Exchange and version 2.2 for Lotus Domino.
Current Architecture (Version 4.0)
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