Blackberry Enterprise Server, iPrism, and Barracuda Project Backgrounder

After we completed an IT Assessment for a large manufacturing company we had the opportunity to deploy a Blackberry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange 2003, a content filtering solution, and a spam filtering solution for the Exchange Server.

We reviewed the hardware requirements for the Blackberry Enterprise Server Software. Then selected Dell Server hardware. We loaded the Blackberry Server Software and configured the users.  It was up and running in no time. 

The requirements for content filtering were straight forward.  We wanted a AD integrated device  providing a single sign on.  We wanted to create AD groups the Network Administrator could assign to users to allow or deny access. We need to create a variety of web access filters. We needed to restrict access to offensive sites. We needed to limit access to the internet for shop floor employees.  We selected the iPrism device.  It meet all these requirements and more. 

The requirements for Spam Filtering was even simpler. Stop spam messages but allow valid messages.  We needed to select a device that supported white lists. The white list allows us to make sure email was delivered for their customers. We wanted the device to log messages. The message logs allows us to see blocked messages. Then review the logs and possibly deliver the message. We needed the device online at all times. We selected the Barracuda Spam Filtering Device.

Hardware and Software used on the project:

• Blackberry Enterprise Server
• iPrism Content Filtering Device
• Barracuda Spam Filtering Device