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Google Networking Best Practices for Large Deployments User Manual

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Client Configuration

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Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Unlike Android and ActiveSync devices, BlackBerry Enterprise users do consume network
resources when fetching mail from Google Apps, and when pushing data to the RIM network
and the user’s BlackBerry device.

Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Services acts as a bridge between Google
Apps and the RIM network. The servers running Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry
Enterprise Server does not need to be in a location close to the users, since users receive
their message from RIM's network rather than the server itself. The communication between
the BlackBerry handheld device and the BlackBerry server is similar to a BlackBerry server
configured for Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes.

See the chart below for an illustration.

Expect additional network and server load when the BlackBerry device is activated for the first
time. The server will send the user's data from the BlackBerry server running the Google Apps
connector, to the user's handheld via RIM's network.