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RIM renamed Chalk Pushcast Enterprise Software to Blackberry Pushcast

kurnia | July 29, 2011 | 0 Comments

RIM announced in their forums that Chalk Pushcast Enterprise Software renamed to Blackberry Pushcast

Back at 2009 RIM acquired Chalk Pushcast Software, but eventually this software never comes out to consumers. But since now that RIM released Playbook version of it, They renamed it to Blackberry Pushcast.

Blackberry Pushcast Overview
BlackBerry® Pushcast™ Software is the next iteration and rebranded version of Chalk Pushcast Software. BlackBerry Pushcast Software facilitates media-rich training and communications and includes several components and applications that authors can use to create, manage, and send mobile content to computers or BlackBerry smartphones.

BlackBerry Pushcast Player users can view and save content on their BlackBerry smartphones by downloading the content when they are in a wireless coverage area and open the content when they are offline.

Features

Universal search integration on BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry® 6 or later
Email notifications for new content on BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry® Device Software 4.6 or later
On BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry 6 or later, a new content indicator will also appear in the notification area on the Home screen
Users can zoom in to and out from content on BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry 6 or later
BlackBerry Pushcast content is stored as a single file on the BlackBerry smartphone
The BlackBerry smartphone automatically stops downloading content when a data connection is not available or when a call is received. The BlackBerry smartphone should automatically resume downloading the content when the connection is restored or when the call ends.

BlackBerry Pushcast Console

New help documentation that eliminates the need for administrator guides
H.264 AAC video can be used as a source format for content
Delivery reports now indicate the reasons for pauses in content delivery
Windows Server® 2008 64-bit support
Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 64-bit support

BlackBerry® Pushcast™ Plug-in for Microsoft® PowerPoint®

Preview option in the BlackBerry Pushcast Plug-in for Microsoft PowerPoint can be used to see how the content will look on various BlackBerry smartphone models before publishing the content
Video content can be published in H.264 AAC format

BlackBerry® Pushcast™ Software installation process

A new, simplified installation process
Three-tier installation support, which allows the Blackberry Pushcast Software installation to be split across three servers: a web server, services server, and database server
Windows Server 2008 64-bit support
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 64-bit support
Microsoft® IIS on Windows Server 2008 runs in full integration mode instead of classic mode
User input is validated to make sure that the information entered is correctly

BlackBerry App World™ storefront

BlackBerry Pushcast Player can be downloaded from BlackBerry App World
BlackBerry App World will notify users when updates to the BlackBerry Pushcast Player are available
A notification is pushed to the BlackBerry smartphone when new content becomes available
A license key is required for authorization to validate whether the application has been authorized for usage on the BlackBerry smartphone
RSA® key exchange has been replaced by a shared HMAC key during account activation

Audio and video enhancements