Mobile phone software solutions provider Orative has announced the availability of the Orative Client Software for BlackBerry. Orative software uses 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. Orative has joined the BlackBerry ISV Alliance Programme to extend its collaborative applications for enterprises to the community of BlackBerry users.

Orative Enterprise Software is a client-server solution purchased and operated by enterprise customers. The software allows mobile employees to coordinate conversations, screen calls, collaborate with colleagues, and access personal and corporate phone books. The software allows users to gauge the importance of incoming calls by displaying details such as name, priority and subject matter on the handset. It delivers phone-based alerts like calendar reminders and conference notifications. A presence enabled phone book makes it possible to determine at-a-glance if somebody is available to talk before actually placing a call.

This is the first Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) implementation for Orative, which plans to introduce support for other Java enabled devices in the future. Orative Client Software for BlackBerry requires BlackBerry Enterprise Server deployed in the enterprise and supports the BlackBerry 7100 Series, the BlackBerry 7200 Series, the BlackBerry 7500 Series and the BlackBerry 7700 Series devices.

The BlackBerry ISV Alliance programme is designed to foster the development of third party applications and services that extend the BlackBerry experience beyond wireless e-mail.