Lotus Symphony @ Lotusphere2009 John Head, Director of Enterprise Collaboration, PSC Group, LLC

Symphony News 2008 Awards 2008 Releases 2009 Direction 2009 Releases Symphony LotusScript LSX

2008 Awards

2008 Releases

2009 Direction

2009 Releases

Symphony LotusScript LSX

Lotus Symphony Awards CRN Best Desktop Application CRN, a leading industry publication, announced its 2008 Product of the Year awards and named IBM Lotus Symphony its Product of the Year for Desktop Applications. "The Test Center found Symphony a snap to use, and switching to Symphony after years of using Microsoft Office was painless. " The editors at the Test Center for CRN evaluated hundreds of products in 2008 in categories that ranged from hardware to operating systems. In selecting each product of the year, the editors considered market impact and end user value. They concluded that 2008 has been a banner year in the technology sector. Lotus Symphony represents one of these milestones. Full review

CRN Best Desktop Application

CRN, a leading industry publication, announced its 2008 Product of the Year awards and named IBM Lotus Symphony its Product of the Year for Desktop Applications.

"The Test Center found Symphony a snap to use, and switching to Symphony after years of using Microsoft Office was painless. "

The editors at the Test Center for CRN evaluated hundreds of products in 2008 in categories that ranged from hardware to operating systems. In selecting each product of the year, the editors considered market impact and end user value. They concluded that 2008 has been a banner year in the technology sector. Lotus Symphony represents one of these milestones.

Full review

Lotus Symphony Awards (cont) ChannelWeb Online tech mag ChannelWeb has given Lotus Symphony 1 rave reviews, concluding "... Symphony [is] a snap to use, and switching to Symphony after years of using Microsoft Office was painless. While Open Office was a nice alternative, Symphony looks and works much more elegantly while keeping the free price tag. " Full Review

ChannelWeb

Online tech mag ChannelWeb has given Lotus Symphony 1 rave reviews, concluding "... Symphony [is] a snap to use, and switching to Symphony after years of using Microsoft Office was painless. While Open Office was a nice alternative, Symphony looks and works much more elegantly while keeping the free price tag. "

Full Review

Lotus Symphony Awards (cont) Lotus Symphony Crowned Office Productivity Software Product of the Year by Datamation Magazine for 2008 Lotus Symphony won in the Office Productivity Software category beating out other nominees Microsoft Office, OpenOffice 2.3.1 and Think Free Office. Full Review

Lotus Symphony Crowned Office Productivity Software Product of the Year by Datamation Magazine for 2008

Lotus Symphony won in the Office Productivity Software category beating out other nominees Microsoft Office, OpenOffice 2.3.1 and Think Free Office.

Full Review

2008 Releases 1.0 – May 2008 1.1 – Sept 2008 1.2 – December 2008 Mac OS support new enhancements to Data Pilot support Ubuntu platform Generally Available performance improvements Presentations Thumbnails

1.0 – May 2008

1.1 – Sept 2008

1.2 – December 2008

Mac OS support

new enhancements to Data Pilot support

Ubuntu platform Generally Available

performance improvements

Presentations Thumbnails

2009 Direction Complete Platforms Notes 8.5.1 Mac will have Symphony Mac out of Beta More Data Pilot Features Complete Mail Merge functionality Introduce Office 2007 Compatibility Begin Work on Symphony 2.0 2.0 release in early 2010

Complete Platforms

Notes 8.5.1 Mac will have Symphony

Mac out of Beta

More Data Pilot Features

Complete Mail Merge functionality

Introduce Office 2007 Compatibility

Begin Work on Symphony 2.0

2.0 release in early 2010

Symphony 2.0 Move to the OpenOffice 3.X code base Not a one time move Change in how Symphony team works Be weeks behind, not years Contribute regularly Work with OpenOffice.org devs to incorporate Symphony technology Complete 2007 (OOXML) File Format Support ODF 1.2 Support

Move to the OpenOffice 3.X code base

Not a one time move

Change in how Symphony team works

Be weeks behind, not years

Contribute regularly

Work with OpenOffice.org devs to incorporate Symphony technology

Complete 2007 (OOXML) File Format Support

ODF 1.2 Support

Symphony 2.0 (cont) Complete Data Pilot work and Excel Pivot Table compatibility Performance VBA Macro Run-time Support Using Code Base to Web Authoring EditSpot Dandelion SlideRiver

Complete Data Pilot work and Excel Pivot Table compatibility

Performance

VBA Macro Run-time Support

Using Code Base to Web Authoring

EditSpot

Dandelion

SlideRiver

Symphony 2.0 Not currently committed to OpenOffice.org Add-ins OpenOffice.org apps beyond Symphony

Not currently committed to

OpenOffice.org Add-ins

OpenOffice.org apps beyond Symphony

Support Options Support Option 1 Symphony Embedded Version Passport Advantage support Included with purchase of other products Notes 8 Foundations No additional charge Support Option 2 Standalone Symphony Free Support Web based moderated forum support Forums monitored by IBM and the community Hints and Tips Developer support forum Support Option 3 Symphony Standalone Fee Based Support Offering Passport Advantage support – Passport Advantage or Express Contract required $25,000 for up to 20,000 users – Limited to 20 technical contacts Worldwide 24x7 Unlimited Incidents

Support Option 1

Symphony Embedded Version

Passport Advantage support

Included with purchase of other products

Notes 8

Foundations

No additional charge

Support Option 2

Standalone Symphony Free Support

Web based moderated forum support

Forums monitored by IBM and the community

Hints and Tips

Developer support forum

Support Option 3

Symphony Standalone Fee Based Support Offering

Passport Advantage support – Passport Advantage or Express Contract required

$25,000 for up to 20,000 users – Limited to 20 technical contacts

Worldwide 24x7 Unlimited Incidents

Symphony Development Options UNO API Symphony Plug-ins Expeditor / Eclipse.org Toolbar, Menu, Sidebar Composite Applications LSX coming for LotusScript & more

UNO API

Symphony Plug-ins

Expeditor / Eclipse.org

Toolbar, Menu, Sidebar

Composite Applications

LSX coming for LotusScript & more

Lotus Symphony LotusScript LSX First Version coming with 1.3 Notes applications automating Symphony Structured to be familiar to Lotus Notes Developers

First Version coming with 1.3

Notes applications automating Symphony

Structured to be familiar to Lotus Notes Developers

LSX Info 1.3 will be first version Windows only support LotusScript and Java Updates every release Other platform support coming Mac then Linux

1.3 will be first version

Windows only support

LotusScript and Java

Updates every release

Other platform support coming

Mac then Linux

LotusScript Sample %INCLUDE "use_symphony.lss" Dim row As Integer Dim application As New SymphonyApplication Dim documents As SymphonyDocuments Dim document As SymphonyDocument Dim textTables As SymphonyTextTables Dim textTable As SymphonyTextTable Dim textTableCells As SymphonyTextTableCells Dim cell As SymphonyTextTableCell Dim range As SymphonyTextRange Set application = New SymphonyApplication Set documents = application.Documents Set document = documents.AddDocument("", False, True) Set textTables = document.Tables Set range = document.Paragraphs.Item(0).Range.Start Set textTable = textTables.Add(range, commcollection.Count,1 ) Set textTable = textTables.Item(0) Set textTableCells = textTable.Cells Set cell = textTableCells.Item(0) Call cell.Range.InsertAfter(“Hello World”)

%INCLUDE "use_symphony.lss"

Dim row As Integer

Dim application As New SymphonyApplication

Dim documents As SymphonyDocuments

Dim document As SymphonyDocument

Dim textTables As SymphonyTextTables

Dim textTable As SymphonyTextTable

Dim textTableCells As SymphonyTextTableCells

Dim cell As SymphonyTextTableCell

Dim range As SymphonyTextRange

Set application = New SymphonyApplication

Set documents = application.Documents

Set document = documents.AddDocument("", False, True)

Set textTables = document.Tables

Set range = document.Paragraphs.Item(0).Range.Start

Set textTable = textTables.Add(range, commcollection.Count,1 )

Set textTable = textTables.Item(0)

Set textTableCells = textTable.Cells

Set cell = textTableCells.Item(0)

Call cell.Range.InsertAfter(“Hello World”)

Symphony in 2009 1 major release (1.3) Mac out of beta and inside Notes package LSX for LotusScript and Java developers Office 2007 support IBM expects to see some major rollouts once 1.3 ships 2.0 in the future

1 major release (1.3)

Mac out of beta and inside Notes package

LSX for LotusScript and Java developers

Office 2007 support

IBM expects to see some major rollouts once 1.3 ships

2.0 in the future