Collaboration RoadmapThe Momentum Continues

Dean LythgoeDirector, Collaboration Product Managementdlythgoe@novell.comwww.novell.com/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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