Zimbra Roadmap 2015/2016
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The document outlines the roadmap for Zimbra collaboration products. It details plans to enhance the user interface with more modern, usable designs across devices. It also describes upcoming improvements to privacy and security such as encrypted email and two-factor authentication. The roadmap outlines expanding the scalability and manageability of Zimbra through new high availability architectures and management tools. It shares upcoming applications like integrated chat clients and expanded collaboration through social integrations and APIs.
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Zimbra Roadmap 2015/2016
- 1. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. Zimbra Roadmap Brent J. Rhymes EVP, Enterprise Sales & Marketing 1
- 2. • Zimbra Product Roadmap Update 2
- 3. ZIMBRA ROADMAP Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc.
- 4. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. Deliver an advanced, feature rich collaboration platform across all devices. Allowing for high levels of safety and security in communications. Services that can be scaled and managed easily, supporting the needs of the smallest mailbox environments to millions of mailboxes. A wide range of applications built into the platform to support collaboration. Advanced services augmenting the product. Zimbra Roadmap Vision & MISSION
- 5. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. USER INTERFACE Enhanced UI 5 New Webmail interfaces focusing on Usability • Existing Zimbra Interface designed around Enterprise and High Feature visibility • Next Generation Zimbra UI to be written using modern design standards and focus on usability over features • HTML5/Responsive – Desktop UI as well as touch based tablet and phone based
- 6. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. Privacy & SECURITY Encrypted Email Encrypted email key aspect of business email • Various commercial and free add-ons exist to try to fill this gap • Many are flawed • Adoption is fairly low Provide a robust, but easy to use, encryption platform • Enterprise Key Management • Data at Rest Encryption • Full end to end encryption
- 7. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. Scalability & Manageability Updated Management Console Existing Management Console has gaps • Customers using Third-party options to fill the gaps • Many Service Providers build out their own tools Zimbra has a robust CLI/API for management • Update the web console to better leverage those existing management interfaces • Have the existing gaps filled with Zimbra core console options
- 8. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. Scalability & Manageability Zimbra 24x7 Goals • Decouple mailboxes and provide infrastructure fault tolerance • Enable rolling upgrades to minimize or eliminate customer service disruptions Approach • Release incremental improvements to the system to avoid risk • Address the most difficult problems first • Focus on distributed architecture and reducing complexity Implementation • New Core component to Zimbra Server • Framework for Distributed Cluster Services (based on Raft Consensus) • Allows for concurrent and asynchronous interaction w/ Mailbox resources
- 9. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. APPLICATIONS & SERVICES Zimbra Chat Rich chat experience integrated in the ZCS web client • Embedded Click-to-chat in contact cards • Integrated presence throughout email experience • Pin a conversation to favorites list • Search for contacts to initiate conversations • Custom status messages Supports popular XMPP servers – v1 • Ejabberd, OpenFire, mongooseIM • Peer to peer chat • Chat with any XMPP enabled user • View chat history and missed chats Built in Zimbra Secure Chat Service – v2
- 10. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. APPLICATIONS & SERVICES Rest API Updated RESTFUL API • Provide an easy to develop against API • Turn the Zimbra mail server into a easily accessible data source for application integrations • Consumer UI built on top of REST API
- 11. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. 1H 2016 CHAT & MOBILITY • Integrated Chat Client • Native Mobile Apps (iOS & Android) • Open Source Packaging Zimbra Collaboration Roadmap v8.7 vNext vFuture
- 12. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. 12 2016 USER INTERFACE • New Consumer/Modern Desktop UI Option • Mobile App – Tablet PRIVACY & SECURITY • Two-Factor Authentication • Advanced Anti-Spam Protection • Enterprise Encryption Key Management SCALABILITY & MANAGEABILITY • HA Reference Architecture • Zimbra 24x7 – Phase 1 • Improved Multitenant Management Console APPLICATIONS & SERVICES • Secure Chat Server • Social Media Integration Full REST APIs ZIMBRA COLLABORATION ROADMAP vNext vFuture v8.7
- 13. Contains proprietary and confidential information owned by Synacor, Inc. © / 2015 Synacor, Inc. 13 2017 USER INTERFACE • Productivity UI Updates PRIVACY & SECURITY • Data at Rest Encryption • End to End Email Encryption • Improved Security and Compliance Logging SCALABILITY & MANAGEABILITY • Zimbra 24x7 – Phase 2 • New Backup and Recovery APPLICATIONS & SERVICES • Improved Briefcase • Zimlet SDK • Productivity Improvements – Message priority and relevant data surfacing Unified, Open Source Code ZIMBRA COLLABORATION ROADMAP vNext vFuture v8.7
- 14. ©2015 Zimbra, Inc. All rights reserved. Zimbra and its symbol are registered trademarks of Zimbra, Inc. Other company and product names mentioned are property of their respective owners. The contents of this publication are subject to change without notification, are the property of Zimbra, and cannot be reproduced without Zimbra’s written permission. The contents of this publication are not a commitment by Zimbra to provide the features and benefits described. Zimbra 3000 Internet Blvd., Suite 200 Frisco, TX 75034 USA Main: +1 972-‐‑407-‐‑0688 Main US toll-‐‑free: 877-‐‑492-‐‑9484 Sales: +1 972-‐‑407-‐‑0688 www.zimbra.com 14