"Mobile devices are a critical part of daily communications in the enterprise, and BlackBerry is a popular choice with many busy professionals," said Orative CEO Paul Fulton (pictured) as his company today announced the availability of Orative Client Software for BlackBerry.

Orative software uses so-called "presence technology" to allow a person to set their availability status on a mobile device as well as to see the availability status of other Orative software users. This gives mobile employees the ability to reach co-workers more efficiently so that they can ask for help, make decisions and move business forward.

Orative also announced today that it has joined the BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program to extend its collaborative applications for enterprises to the growing community of BlackBerry users.

"With Orative software," Fulton continued, "BlackBerry users can now view the availability status of their colleagues right from the phone book to determine whether it is more efficient to reach a person by making a call or sending a message. This improves an employee's ability to reach an expert for time sensitive issues."

This is the first J2ME implementation for Orative, which plans to introduce support for other Java enabled devices in the near future. Orative Client Software for BlackBerry requires BlackBerry Enterprise Server deployed in the enterprise and supports BlackBerry 7100 Series, BlackBerry 7200 Series, BlackBerry 7500 Series and BlackBerry 7700 Series devices.