The document outlines the roadmap for Uniface products, including ongoing support for Uniface 9 through 2017 with enhancements until 2015, the planned release of Uniface 9.7 in Q3 2015 with modernized features, and the phased release of the new Uniface 10 platform beginning with an early adopters release of the web edition in Q2 2015 and mobile edition in Q3 2015.

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Michael Taylor
Product Manager
02 June 2015
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Agenda
Things we’re
working on
Uniface 9
Uniface 10

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Agenda
Things we’re
working on
Uniface 9
Uniface 10

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Things we’re Working on...
Uniface Security Certification
Uniface is checked by Veracode
• Static deployment components
• Dynamic components are application design
Next steps:
• VerAfied certification
• Integration into our automated build and test processes

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Uniface 9.6 – Released December 2012
Delivering enhancements for +/-2 years
Agile delivery
New model of frequent enhancement releases
Success has exceeded our expectations
Uptake within the customer base
Positive feedback
Ongoing enhancement requests
Will be maintained until 2017
Enhancements until 2015 (Uniface 9.6.07)

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Uniface 9 - the Currency plan
Operating Systems
Databases

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Uniface 9.7
Aiming for a Q3 2015 delivery
Addition to the roadmap enabled by additional investment
in Uniface
Support life cycle for Uniface 9.6 will change as a result
18 months after the delivery of Uniface 9.7
Migration from Uniface 9.6 to Uniface 10.02 as previously
communicated.
Uniface 9.7 is NOT mandatory to migrate to Uniface 10.
Move from 9.6 – 9.7 will require recompilation
This is usual! Nothing new!
Enables us to deliver mobile (and other) enhancements in Uniface 9
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The contents of this presentation are plans and subject to change. For Uniface internal use only!

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Uniface 9.7 planned content
Planning to Modernize the Uniface 9/7 UDE
Colors, buttons, etc
Some minor functionality improvements
Revised start screen, open form, etc
Title bar naming
Windows enhancements
Attach properties for labels
Flat (Win 8 style) buttons
HTML5 control 64 bit
SDI functionality (definable, probably ini file)
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Uniface 9.7 planned content
Planning to Modernize the Uniface 9/7 UDE
Colors, buttons, etc
Some minor functionality improvements
Revised start screen, open form, etc
Title bar naming
Windows enhancements
Attach properties for labels
Flat (Win 8 style) buttons
HTML5 control 64 bit
SDI functionality (definable, probably ini file)
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Uniface 9.7 planned content
Web services enhancements
Additional UHTTP tweaks
Semantic URLs
Struct performance tweaks
Currency - Uniface 9.7 will not be available on Windows XP
We plan to move to MS Visual Studio 2013
Opens up other possibilities
Refactoring
Windows features and functionality
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Dynamic server pages
Promises
INOUT params
Standard HTML widgets
HTML classes
HTML attributes
Combine and minify
uniface.js
Bootstrapping
JavaScript API for labels

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On device app testing – UScan
Test Mobile apps
Access to hardware
Integration with development
Will be made available in app stores

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Themes
Advanced development environment
Agile development methodology
Mobile deployment
Cloud deployment

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Our objectives:
Deliver a new development experience
IDE development familiarity
IDF familiarity for the current user community
Usability
Functionality
Maintain development productivity
A showcase Uniface application

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Web Edition
Early Adopters Release
Targeted for new development projects
New customers
New projects within existing customers
Develop applications for the cloud/web
With a new Uniface IDE!

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Phased release schedule based on Editions
Early adopters – released last week
Planned for Q3 2015
Planned for Q1-Q2 2016

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Uniface 10 support strategy (continued)
Support of Uniface 10 Web Edition
Uniface.info - U10 specific forums
Enables data to be collected and shared
Seeding for the future
Enables focus on real u10 projects
Delivery of maintenance
No planning on a regular patch delivery schedule
Planning for a ‘significant update’ as a maintenance pack in
June/July
Real u10 projects we will do everything needed
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Uniface 10 support strategy (continued)
Support of Uniface 10 Mobile Edition (and afterwards)
Will use our usual support process(s)
Preference would be forums
Usual channels will be open
Online call logging and maintenance will be operational by then
Delivery of maintenance
Will revert to our regular ‘rhythm’ of patches and service packs
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Planned
Date
Release Functionality Targeted customer
‘audience’
Uniface 9
2013 Uniface 9.6.x (4
month cycle)
• Unicode
• Web
• Web Services
• Windows
New/existing
2014
2015 Q3 Uniface 9.7 Mobile/web New/existing
Uniface 10
2013 Q4 Uniface 10.00b • Advanced
development
• Agile development
Demo
2014 Q1 Uniface 10.00c Demo
2014 Q2 Uniface 10.00d Workshop release
2015 Q2 Uniface 10 WE Early Adopters
2015 Q3 Uniface 10 ME New/existing
2016 TBA Uniface 10 EE New/existing
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Q&A
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