Ok...you just got my full attention.... "Access to internal sites"....Pardon my ignorance/innocence....you can hit internal sites with your BB? What did you have to configure for that? I always thought that option should be there since we have an internal BES...but didn't look into it.
Cheers! Cameron On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Kevin Lundy <[email protected]> wrote: > We have one device that we are using to evaluate for those exact reasons. > I've only had it a couple of days. > > I originally liked the marketing blurb about how the bridging protects > documents. When the bridge is broken, nothing remains on the Playbook > (think if someone walked away from the PB at Starbucks). However, I'm > disappointed in how that actually works. It works by downloading documents > to the SD card on the BB. We have our BES to configure encryption on all > BB. We haven't found that the PB can access BB encrypted files. That may > be our lack of time with it, but seems to be a weakness. > > We are heavy Sharepoint users. Access to internal sites is OK via the > bridge browser. But I downloaded an app from the appstore that is supposed > to optimize performance of Sharepoint sites to the PB. Works very well for > public Sharepoint sites. However, it doesn't work over the bridge - the > vendor says it is a current RIM bridge limitation. > > I like the multitasking, and the HDMI out. I actually like the smaller > size compared to iPad. > > I haven't tried VPN yet. > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Cameron <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Good afternoon all! >> >> One of the execs is starting to talk about getting better *tools* for the >> sales droids (who all currently have BB's...Bolds/Curves/Torch (we are using >> BES 5.x)). Has anyone tested this setup using the bridging between the BB >> and Playbook? Has anyone done this and then used the VPN client to connect >> to their home network and then run some sort of VNC client? Pros/Cons? >> >> Thanks as always! >> >> Cameron >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
