gwavacon 2013: collaboration roadmap
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Novell SessionTRANSCRIPT
Collaboration RoadmapThe Momentum Continues
Dean LythgoeDirector, Collaboration Product [email protected]/gwblog
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Customer Information Resources
• GroupWise Roadmap (www.novell.com/gwroadmap)
• GroupWise Product Page (www.novell.com/groupwise)– Partners – 3rd-party Solutions
– How To Videos
– Competitive Information
– Success Stories (Article / Video)
• GroupWise Blog (www.novell.com/gwblog)
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Novell GroupWise® 2012 SP2
Shipped April 16th
• Specifics…
– Just a Support Pack for most customers
– New Platform Support
– GroupWise/Exchange Coexistence
– Provides Free/Busy support across systems
– Provides System Address Book sync across systems
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Novell GroupWise® 2012 SP2
New technology in SP2:GroupWise Coexistence Solution for ExchangeReplaces previous technologies like the Exchange gateway
• No new GroupWise agents/servers to deploy
• Provides System Address Book synchronization between GroupWise and Exchange
• Provides seamless Free/Busy access between GroupWise and Exchange
• Requires GroupWise 2012 SP2 (Clients and Agents) and Exchange 2010 with latest Support Packs
• Requires GroupWise component to be installed on each Exchange/IIS Server to facilitate Free/Busy from Outlook to GroupWise
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Coming in Windermere
• Web Administration/Active Directory Support– No more ConsoleOne
• Windows– New Look
– User Experience Improvements
– Posted v Group, Reply/Reply All, Signatures
– New Name Completion
• WebAccess– Client Look and User Experience
– Auto-refresh
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Windermere PreparationWhat you need to know
Server Support– 64-Bit only Agents
– Utilities will also be 64-bit (DBCopy, GWCheck, etc.)
Platform Support– Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012
– OES 11 and SP1,SLES 11 SP1 or higher
Desktops/Client– Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8
– IE 9+, (8), Firefox 15+, Chrome 21+, Safari 6+ (on OSX 10.7)
• Windermere Feature Summary Document
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GroupWise…moving forward
GroupWise GroupWise 2012:• Information sharing• Calendaring• Vibe integrations• Web access• iPad web templates• Telephony support – Skype• Quality and performance
GW 8.03
GW 8.02 HP 4• Mac update
Cardiff 1: (GW 2012 SP 1)• Android & Playbook templates• Quality update
* Features under consideration
2012 Future2013
Cardiff 2: (GW 2012 SP 2)• Exchange co-existence • Quality update
Windermere:• Active directory integration• Web administration• Additional Focus Areas
– Win Client updates*– WebAccess updates*
Cornell:• Secure email• Right-sized Collaboration• WebAccess/Windows
Improvements• Improved simple
templates• Filr integrations*
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Novell Messenger…moving forward
Dillon:• iPhone app• Android app• Multiple connections• Quality and performance
* Features under consideration
2013 Future2014
Messenger Eaglewood:• Web client• AD Integration*• Web administration*
Next:• Shared history• File transfer• Simple desktop share• Integrations
– XMPP– MS Lync
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GroupWise Mobility…moving forward
1.2.x Updates• Quality• New devices & OS support• Device limits• Scalability• Usability
2012 Future2013
Eenou (Mobility):• Scalability• ActiveSync Protocol Update• Tasks• GroupWise Phone Messages
• New Device/OS support• Quarantine Devices• Monitoring• Alert Notifications• Diagnostics• UI Refresh
Next:• Shared Items• Appliance deployment• Scalability• Filtering• GroupWise Integration• IPv6 compatibility• Cert-based
Authentication• ActiveSync Protocol
Mobility
Data Synchronizer
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Novell Vibe®
moving forward
Novell Vibe
Novell Vibe 3.3:
• File Sync and Off-line access for Windows and Mac
• MS Office add-in
• Dynamic groups
• MyCalendar & MyTasks
• Landing Page improvements
• TOCs in Wiki
• Workflow improvements
• Quality and performance
* Features under consideration
2012 Future2013/2014
Novell Vibe 3.4 – July
• Bug fixes• Guest access no longer
requires a license• Mobile Apps
Hudson: (2014)
• OpenID support• Filr integrations• WebDAV Improvements• iOS off-line files and sync• Android off-line files and sync• Productivity: folder UI, multi-
entry actions, filtering, drag & drop, commenting, sharing, people search, profiles, landing page preview• Folder export/import*
Inverness: (TBD)
• Shibboleth support • Peer-to-peer messaging• Integrated chat• Improved tablet support
Next:
• Team management
• Improved Refresh workflow definition tools
• Outlook integration
• Full GW calendar and task sync
• Search Improvements
• RedHat (RHEL) support
• Mobile UI
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Collaboration Roadmap2012
GroupWise
2014
Novell Messenger
GW 2012 SP1
“Dillon”
“Windermere”
Novell Vibe
GW 2012
2013
“Cardiff 2”
“Galice”
“Eaglewood”
“Vibe 3.3”“Hudson”
8.0.38.0.2 HP4
“Inverness”
“Cornell”
GroupWise Mobility“Eenou” “Black Forest”
Update2 Update3 Update 4 Update5
GroupWise: Major release every 12-18 months with support packs about every 6 months and hot patches as needed.GroupWise Mobility: Updated every 3-4 months with major releases named.Novell Messenger: Updated every 12-18 months with hot patches in between as needed.Novell Vibe: New release every 9-12 months with hot patches in between as needed.
“Vibe 3.4”
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