BlackBerry for the first time

Few days ago I received a copy of mail about possibility of run BlackBerry solution at University of Silesia. I conclude that I should familiarize with this subject and software, which can serve this kind of services. Assume that our mail servers does not work under control of any followed systems: MS Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino, Novell GroupWise, then for today we can not run BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) and we must to run BIS (BlackBerry Internet Server) service, which synchronize mail using standard protocols as IMAP, POP3 and SMTP. I received at once link to Funambol software, which has those capacities. For those who are not familiar with BlackBerry I placed here (marketing) description from http://uk.blackberry.com/ page:

“No matter what your individual needs, a BlackBerry® solution will enable you to accomplish more by keeping you in touch with information, colleagues and friends.
It consists of smartphones integrated with software that enables access to a variety of data and communication services.
Stay in touch with everything that matters to you while you’re on the go with a BlackBerry smartphone. Email, phone, maps, organiser, applications, games, the Internet and more. Some smartphones even include a multi-media player and/or camera so you really have everything you need in one stylish device.
The BlackBerry solution supports leading enterprise email platforms and can be customised to meet the needs of one person or an entire enterprise, to any scale, in any industry.
BlackBerry users know exactly where they’re going in life. We’re here to help you get there.”