IBM and Research In Motion announced <A HREF="http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=1549">IBM's new hosting capabilities to support the BlackBerry</A> platform. IBM has also joined the BlackBerry System Integrator (SI) Alliance Program.
IBM will expand its portfolio of Managed Wireless Services for the BlackBerry platform, leveraging its already successful services offering that currently hosts more than 100,000 enterprise end users globally. The offering builds upon the strength of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server product line with a far-reaching suite of services that include hosting, consulting, systems integration, and deployment of enterprise applications on the converged platform.