Chris Gilmer , Monday, March 6th, 2006

BlackBerry customers get IM for free through Enterprise Instant Messaging. Research In Motion will update its BlackBerry Enterprise Server platform this week with corporate instant messaging. It will have enhanced administration capabilities, and developer tools that make it easier for firms to build their own links between BlackBerry handhelds and enterprise applications.

The Enterprise Instant Messaging service allows for threaded chat sessions and provides presence information. It can also link to existing corporate IM systems such as Lotus Sametime, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and Microsoft’s Live Communications Server or Windows Messenger.

This feature requires a runtime applet on each BlackBerry handheld, but this can be pushed out the device along with the client-side user interface once the application is published to the BlackBerry Server, according to RIM.

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