RIM on Monday said its latest enterprise server was available and detailed a strategic alliance with Hewlett-Packard. 

As expected, RIM rolled out (full details can be found here) its BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0. The latest version offers more IT administration controls and integrates RIM push technology with Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell Groupwise. RIM’s latest effort also focuses on role-based controls, identifying “disallowed” applications and scheduling deployments. 

Separately, RIM and HP announced a broad strategic pact. RIM and HP said they will collaborate on a number of features. The first effort is HP CloudPrint for BlackBerry, which allows users to print to any printer anywhere. The service finds local printers. Another item is HP software that centrally monitors and manages BlackBerry deployments. 

In another announcement, RIM said it has rolled out a new API for its push technology.

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