Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
The BlackBerry OS offers native support for corporate mail through MIDP, which allows
wireless syncing with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino and e-mail, contacts, calendar,
notes, and more, while used along with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This OS addi-
tionally supports WAP 1.2. With the advent of Android and iOS, the market share of
BlackBerry OS has steadily decreased over the years. Nevertheless there are more than 70
million BlackBerry users worldwide and these devices are frequently encountered during
forensic investigations, especially for internal corporate investigations. The
BlackBerry
Enterprise Server
(
BES
) consists of software that facilitates corporate messaging to al-
low the syncing of corporate e-mail with the user's device. A BES administrator of an IT
department normally manages BES services. The
BlackBerry Internet Service
(
BIS
) is a
service that allows the user to configure up to 10 e-mail accounts to sync to the Black-
Berry device.
BlackBerry allows the installation of third-party apps from BlackBerry World, which is
the app distribution service. BlackBerry apps are developed using a
Java Development
Environment
(
JDE
) or RIM's
Mobile Data System (MDS)
. If the application can run in-
dependently of a BlackBerry solution, such as BIS or BES, a Java application would serve
the purpose. If the application requires e-mail for functionality or needs support from a
BlackBerry device to help it operate, MDS is usually preferred to develop the application.
