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GWAVACon 2013: Collaboration Roadmap
The document outlines Novell's collaboration roadmap, including upcoming releases and new features for GroupWise, GroupWise Mobility, Novell Messenger, and Novell Vibe. It notes that GroupWise 2012 SP2 was released in April 2012 with new Exchange coexistence features. Coming in the "Windermere" release for GroupWise will be web administration, Active Directory support, and user experience improvements. It also provides timelines and high-level overviews of new features and focus areas for each product line in 2012 and beyond.
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- 1. Collaboration Roadmap The MomentumContinues Dean Lythgoe Director, Collaboration Product Management dlythgoe@novell.com www.novell.com/gwblog
- 2. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.2 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)
- 3. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.3 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
- 4. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.4 Novell GroupWise® 2012 SP2 New technology in SP2: GroupWise Coexistence Solution for Exchange Replaces 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
- 5. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.5 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
- 6. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.6 Windermere Preparation What 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
- 7. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.7 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*
- 8. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.8 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
- 9. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.9 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
- 10. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.10 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
- 11. © Novell, Inc.All rights reserved.11 Collaboration Roadmap 2012 GroupWise 2014 Novell Messenger GW 2012 SP1 “Dillon” “Windermere” Novell Vibe GW 2012 2013 “Cardiff 2” “Galice” “Eaglewood” “Vibe 3.3” “Hudson” 8.0.3 8.0.2 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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Editor's Notes
- #8 Here’s what we’ve got in the pipeline for GroupWise and its companions (Data Synchronizer, Messenger, and Vibe):GroupWise 2012 is shipping in Q1 of 2012.The GroupWise Cardiff quality update is coming in 2012, and Windermere—featuring web administration and Active Directory integrations—is scheduled for 2013.Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack version 1.2.1 shipped in December of 2011 with HTML email support on Apple devices, iOS5 support and increased scalability.Following our agile development process, Data Synchronizer updates will be released on a regular basis, with major updates scheduled annually. Upcoming features include task support on Apple devices, remote search, HTML compose, improved security and monitoring and high availability.There’s value in staying current.When you choose to keep up with the latest releases of GroupWise, you get more out of your collaboration investments. Upgrading, staying trained, and teaching users about available tools helps them be more productive. Better productivity equals more creative ideas, quicker decisions, and faster time to market, which all translate to a better bottom line.
- #9 Novell Messenger is now an entitlement with both GroupWise and Novell Vibe—and features presence integration with both.iPhone and Android apps—as well as the ability to keep multiple connections open simultaneously—are coming for Novell Messenger in 2012. And in 2013, we’ll introduce web administration, Active Directory integration, and a web client for integration with GroupWise WebAccess and Novell Vibe.Novell Vibe 3.2 shipped in late 2011 with version management, mobile apps, Chrome support, and enhanced landing page functionality.In 2012 and 2013, Vibe will be enhanced with file sync/offline file access capabilities, a Microsoft Office add-in, peer-to-peer messaging and IM integration, simple group creation, file system integration and much more.
- #10 Here’s what we’ve got in the pipeline for GroupWise and its companions (Data Synchronizer, Messenger, and Vibe):GroupWise 2012 is shipping in Q1 of 2012.The GroupWise Cardiff quality update is coming in 2012, and Windermere—featuring web administration and Active Directory integrations—is scheduled for 2013.Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack version 1.2.1 shipped in December of 2011 with HTML email support on Apple devices, iOS5 support and increased scalability.Following our agile development process, Data Synchronizer updates will be released on a regular basis, with major updates scheduled annually. Upcoming features include task support on Apple devices, remote search, HTML compose, improved security and monitoring and high availability.There’s value in staying current.When you choose to keep up with the latest releases of GroupWise, you get more out of your collaboration investments. Upgrading, staying trained, and teaching users about available tools helps them be more productive. Better productivity equals more creative ideas, quicker decisions, and faster time to market, which all translate to a better bottom line.
- #11 Here’s what we’ve got in the pipeline for GroupWise and its companions (Data Synchronizer, Messenger, and Vibe):GroupWise 2012 is shipping in Q1 of 2012.The GroupWise Cardiff quality update is coming in 2012, and Windermere—featuring web administration and Active Directory integrations—is scheduled for 2013.Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack version 1.2.1 shipped in December of 2011 with HTML email support on Apple devices, iOS5 support and increased scalability.Following our agile development process, Data Synchronizer updates will be released on a regular basis, with major updates scheduled annually. Upcoming features include task support on Apple devices, remote search, HTML compose, improved security and monitoring and high availability.There’s value in staying current.When you choose to keep up with the latest releases of GroupWise, you get more out of your collaboration investments. Upgrading, staying trained, and teaching users about available tools helps them be more productive. Better productivity equals more creative ideas, quicker decisions, and faster time to market, which all translate to a better bottom line.