Presentation Title: SCOoffice Server 4 Presentation Title: SCOoffice Server 4.2 Presenter’s Name: Andy Nagle, SCO; Trey Tabner, Bynari Session ID: 117
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SCOoffice Server Overview Delivers a reliable, full-featured Internet e-mail solution Prevents e-mail viruses, filters out junk e-mail, and secures remote access Delivers a real-time Internet collaboration solution Integrates with Outlook®, e-mail readers, and Web browsers Features a friendly interface for non- technical admins. SCOoffice Server is a full-featured Internet e-mail solution. Not only does it provide e-mail services, but it also lets you control who may send and receive e-mail through the Internet. With built-in server-side antivirus protection, SCOoffice Server stops e-mail viruses before they reach users’ desktop systems. In addition, SCOoffice Server includes intelligent spam filtering that learns. It also gives users and administrators the ability to remotely and securely access e-mail and manage the server. From anywhere in the world, SCOoffice Server enables user collaboration, allowing them to share folders, contact lists, calendars, tasks, etc. Users may also schedule group meetings and resources like conference rooms and projectors. Users may connect to the server with Microsoft Outlook clients, and never know they aren’t using Exchange on the backend. SCOoffice Server also works with other industry-standard e-mail clients such as Netscape and Eudora. Plus, users may do e-mail and collaborate from industry-standard Web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Netscape. SCOoffice Server’s admin and user interface was designed for the non-technical users and administrators. It features a friendly interface and intuitive task-based administration, and it is fully localized into English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Customer Problems Solved Susceptible to e-mail viruses that may cripple business Waste time sifting through heaps of junk e-mail (SPAM) Lose time when out of the office because you can’t do e-mail or collaborate Trouble finding contact info. for work associates and customers
More Customer Problems Solved Spend excess time scheduling meetings or locating work associates E-mail address conveys an unprofessional or tiny business image Need an affordable solution easy enough for your assistant to manage
SCOoffice Server prevents known e-mail viruses Antivirus Protection Are your customers susceptible to e-mail viruses that may cripple your business? Most come from e-mail 81,000+ threats Lose data and time SCOoffice Server prevents known e-mail viruses Integrates Clam™ server-side antivirus Supports McAfee® and Sophos® antivirus If anyone has access to the Internet and e-mail, then they are susceptible to viruses, as most viruses come from e-mail. According to industry analysts, the year 2003 uncovered 81,000 virus threats. Viruses not only waste time, but they also corrupt data. SCOoffice Server stops known e-mail viruses with its built-in server-side antivirus protection. It includes Clam, an open source packages, out of the box. You may also add on commercial antivirus protection from McAfee and Sophos.
Do your customers waste time sifting through myriads of junk e-mail? Junk E-mail Filtering Do your customers waste time sifting through myriads of junk e-mail? SCOoffice Server prevents junk e-mail Automatically filters suspected junk e-mail Provides tools for customizing filters We all know that spam e-mail wastes a lot of our time. IDC recently reported that lost time as a result of spam costs businesses a lot of money. (See http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=pr2004_04_12_112824) They reported that a large organization of 5000 users results in over $4 million of wasted time. Few of us service 5000-user companies, but the point is, spam translates into lost money. With the built-in SpamAssassin, you can filter out suspected junk e-mail and enable the spam filter to learn from other spam e-mail. In other words, just by placing a spam e-mail in a special folder, the spam filter will examine the message and learn to filter out similar future messages.
SCOoffice Server provides e-mail control Professional Image Does your customer’s e-mail convey an unprofessional or tiny business image? SCOoffice Server provides e-mail control Provides thousands of e-mail addresses Lets businesses use their own domain name (yourname@businessname.com) Lets businesses automatically forward e-mail with aliases Many small businesses convey an unprofessional image when they use e-mail addresses like companyabc@yahoo.com or @hotmail.com. With SCOoffice Server, the company not only gains complete control over their e-mail, but it also lets them use their own domain name as well. They can also automatically forward e-mail to other e-mail addresses with aliases and manage the entire process.
SCOoffice Server provides secure remote access Do your customers lose time when out of the office because they can’t access e-mail or collaborate? SCOoffice Server provides secure remote access Secure access from anywhere in the world Collaborate from WebClient or Microsoft® Outlook® Send and receive e-mail When people travel, they want to do e-mail and collaborate. SCOoffice Server enables them to do e-mail and collaborate from anywhere in the world without sacrificing security. They may access all their information from their laptop computer or from any Internet-enabled Web browser.
SCOoffice Server enables contact sharing Sharing Contacts Do your customers have trouble finding contact information for work associates, customers, or suppliers? SCOoffice Server enables contact sharing Shares names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, notes, etc. Controls who may access shared contacts Many small businesses do not have a shared contact management system, so they have difficulty tracking down phone numbers or e-mail addresses for customers, suppliers, or even work associates. SCOoffice Server solves this problem because it lets you share contact lists. Users and administrators may determine who has access to the shared list and what rights they have to the list. For example, a user can indicate that Bob and Sally can see the contact list, but only Sally may change the information.
SCOoffice Server schedules and locates Scheduling Meetings Do your customers spend excess time scheduling meetings or locating associates? SCOoffice Server schedules and locates Checks for free times and schedules meetings and resources Lets users review work associates’ calendars to locate them How many of you schedule meetings by calling people or e-mailing them to find out when they’re available? Not very effective. SCOoffice Server simplifies scheduling meetings. Users may schedule meetings according to a group’s availability, finding the time that works best for everyone. Users may also view other calendars (those they have rights to view) to find out where they are.
SCOoffice Server Provides Alternative to Microsoft Maintain control of business operations Operate heterogeneous environments Avoid security breaches and unreliable systems Avoid high licensing and administration costs Enable reseller profitability Any business wants to maintain control of their business operations. SCOoffice Server lets you do this. Because SCOoffice Server integrates almost seamlessly with other environments, administrators are free to run heterogeneous environments. SCOoffice Server runs on one of the most secure environments, SCO OpenServer. Other e-mail solutions, such as Microsoft Exchange Server, are well known for security glitches. Some of you may recall that Exchange was recently opened up as a spam relay for spammers. With SCOoffice Server’s locked-down environment, it provides an excellent, secure solution. Avoid high licensing and administration costs. SCOoffice Server is affordable and easy to manage, unlike other solutions that are expensive and difficult to set up and secure. SCO products have traditionally been more profitable than other products, delivering excellent reseller margins. SCOoffice Server is no different from other SCO products. It provides excellent revenue opportunities.
Affordable and Easy to Manage Do your customers need an affordable solution that is easy to manage? SCOoffice Server is affordable and easy to manage Provides attractive pricing Includes easy-to-control contact lists, vacation messages, junk e-mail filtering, and much more In a lot of small and medium businesses, they don’t have technical people to manage their environment. They also don’t have the cash to pay for an expensive e-mail solution. SCOoffice Server has a friendly interface that makes it easy to manage. For example, it is easy to create contact lists, vacation messages, e-mail filters, and much more. The SCOoffice Server price tag is also very affordable for small and medium businesses. In a few minutes, I will show you that SCOoffice Server is half the price of Microsoft Exchange Server.
SCOoffice 4.1 – Current shipping product Overview - Roadmap SCOoffice 4.1 – Current shipping product For OpenServer 5.0.7 Connector 3.07 Maintenance Pack 4a released 20 April 2006 SCOoffice 4.2 for OSR6 and UW7.1.4 Beta program starting now GA Product Third Quarter ‘06
Overview – SCOoffice Server Microsoft Outlook® Web Browser SCOoffice Connector™ SCOoffice WebClient SCOoffice Address Book™ SCOoffice Server SCOoffice Server 4.1 delivers a reliable, full-featured Internet e-mail and collaboration solution for small and medium businesses. Designed with comprehensive security features, SCOoffice prevents e-mail viruses from reaching users, filters out junk e-mail, and secures e-mail access. Providing more than just e-mail services, SCOoffice also delivers a real-time collaboration solution for scheduling group meetings, sharing contact lists and address books, and managing group to-do lists and tasks. For convenience, SCOoffice integrates with Microsoft Outlook and industry-standard Web browsers. Empowering non-technical users such as office managers, secretaries, and assistants, SCOoffice features a friendly interface for setting user and environment preferences. SCOoffice Server includes both UNIX server and Desktop components. SCO components which install on the SCO UNIX server include SCOoffice Server and the SCOoffice WebClient. SCO components which install on Windows Desktop systems include the SCOoffice Connector and the SCOoffice Address Book extensions to Microsoft Outlook. This section will review each of these components and provide a general introduction to their features and benefits. Desktop components Server components
Real-time collaboration Integrated anti-virus Junk e-mail Prevention Overview SCOoffice Server Internet e-mail Real-time collaboration Integrated anti-virus Junk e-mail Prevention Easy Administration User Profile Management Migration Tools Single-click Configuration Internet e-mail – SCOoffice Server supports the standard IMAP, LMTP, POP, and SMTP protocols and is current with all the major standards and specifications for these email technologies. Real-time collaboration – SCOoffice Server provides an advanced IMAP server with folder sharing and access control capabilities which enables the sharing of information between users. Integrated anti-virus – SCOoffice Server comes bundled with antivirus capabilities and works with commercial antivirus solutions as well. Junk e-mail prevention – SCOoffice Server prevents junk e-mail by checking the validity of email messages, checking message content for known spam keywords, and communicating with online anti-spam services Easy administration – SCOoffice Server administration is web-based and easy for trained administrators to perform. Tasks such as password changes and internal mailing list administration are easily performed by end-users directly without requiring IT intervention User profile management – SCOoffice Server users can manage their own profiles (e.g. password, phone number, address, etc.) using the Profile Manager. Server side filtering – SCOoffice Server supports Sieve server side filtering. Migration tools – SCOoffice Server provides migration tools to simplify the importing of PST files, MBOX files, LDIF files, etc. Single-click configuration – SCOoffice Server Connector software enables the collaborative features of Outlook (e.g. scheduling meetings, sharing folders, global address book, etc.).
WebClient Overview Internet e-mail client Meeting scheduling capabilities Shares folders: email, calendars, contacts, and tasks Interface similar to Microsoft Outlook. The web collaboration feature will be included in the basic product. It allows web-based users to access and share their email, calendars, address books, and task lists, through an interface similar to Microsoft Outlook. This feature benefits users who do not have Microsoft Outlook but want to use the Mail server for collaboration. It also provides a remote interface for users who are traveling without their Outlook mail client and wish to gain access to their company email via a web-kiosk or other remote access point.
Plug-in for Microsoft Outlook® Shared public and private folders Overview Connector Plug-in for Microsoft Outlook® Shared public and private folders Supports special folder types Fine grained folder access controls Plug in for Microsoft Outlook – installs on Windows systems with Microsoft Outlook and maps the Microsoft client to the IMAP protocol. Shared public and private folders – allow users of Outlook to share information with other Outlook connector users Supports special folders – including calendars, contacts, journals, notes, and tasks Fine grained folder access controls – let users specify who they share information with and what type of access the users get.
Address Book Overview Plug-in for Microsoft Outlook Works with any LDAP server Provides native Outlook global-address book look and feel Plug in for Microsoft Outlook – installs on Windows systems with Microsoft Outlook and maps the Microsoft client to the LDAP protocol. Works with any LDAP server – can be used to hook in to applications which manage user records in an existing LDAP database (enterprise contact lists) as well as to communicate with the LDAP server provided with Mail Server. Native Outlook look and feel – Outlook supports LDAP lookups without the Address Book installed, but it presents these lookups in a different interface from the standard address book interface. With the Address Book, it all looks the same.
Overview - SCOoffice Architecture Apache ProFTP OpenLDAP Cyrus IMAP Spam Assassin ClamAV AMaViS Postfix This is the architecture of the SCOoffice Server we saw on earlier slide. SCO OpenServer – SCOoffice Server uses SCO OpenServer’s UNIX platform to provide a rock-solid foundation. Postfix – SCOoffice Server uses the Postfix Mail Transfer Agent as its underlying engine for handling email. AMaViS –AMaViS provides the modular framework that enables SCOoffice Server to plug in SPAM blocking mechanisms such as SpamAssassin and Anti-Virus technologies such as ClamAV. AMaViS’ modular design allows administrators to plug in 3rd party SPAM and Anti-Virus tools as well. SpamAssassin – Using SPAM identification techniques such as header analysis, text analysis, and blacklists, SpamAssassin provides SCOoffice Server a filter for identifying SPAM. ClamAV – SCOoffice Server uses ClamAV to detect over 20000 viruses, worms, and trojans. Cyrus IMAP – SCOoffice Server utilizes Cyrus IMAP to provide mail delivery to clients. Cyrus IMAP provides folder sharing and access control capabilities which enables the sharing of information between users. In addition to IMAP, SCOoffice Server supports the POP3 protocol. OpenLDAP – SCOoffice Server utilizes OpenLDAP to provide user authentication services as well as data store capabilities for information such as aliases. ProFTP – SCOoffice Server uses ProFTP’s standards-based file transfer capabilities to implement its scheduling and collaboration capabilities. Apache – Since 1996, Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet. Apache provides the transport which allow SCOoffice Server to provide a secure and efficient web interface for users and administrators. SCO UNIX
Location of Mail Folders in Filesystem Advantages Each email message is stored as a separate file If one file becomes corrupted, the whole data store is not corrupted Easy to restore a single email message Can rebuild a single users inbox
SCOoffice Server 4.1 vs. Microsoft Exchange 2003 Features SCO Exchange Send & receive e-mail Reject messages based on content at server Support for third-party virus scanners Integrated server-side antivirus software Integrated server-side anti-spam software Text-based message store Delegated alias management Web-based administration This slide shows a side-by-side comparison of SCOoffice Server 4.1 and Microsoft Exchange 2003. Please note the differences: SCOoffice Server integrates server-side antivirus and anti-spam out of the box. Exchange doesn’t: You need to purchase a third-party add-on. SCOoffice Server stores each message as a text file, which limits corruption. Exchange appends each message to a single database file. If that file becomes corrupt, then the chances of losing all data is pretty good. With SCOoffice Server, you can delegate who can manage aliases. Exchange only lets the administrator set up aliases. SCOoffice Server provides Web-based administration; Exchange doesn’t.
Calendar Feature Comparison Features SCO Exchange Share calendars Send and receive group scheduling requests Accept & decline meeting requests Access free/busy information Delegate access for scheduling Direct booking of resources As you can see, the calendar features are the same between SCOoffice Server and Exchange.
Groupware Feature Comparison Features SCO Exchange Shared mail folders Shared contacts Shared tasks Shared journals Delegated access Private discussion groups Server-based resource management The groupware features are also the same.
New Features in release 4.2 New Statistics GUI Multi-server single domain configuration Single server multiple private domains Active Directory synchronization Jabber Instant Messaging WAP email support Squirrelmail support Updated open source components Log file rotation configurable Migration support for Contacts and Calendar events New options for Out of Office messages Numerous additional bug fixes
Statistics Reports
Mail Forwarding
Squirrel Mail Login
Squirrel Mail Reader
Active Directory Synchronization
Web Client Improvements
Out of Office Message
Regular U.S. List Pricing Base License with 5 users: $299 User Licenses: 5 Users: $59.80/user 10 Users: $49.90/user 25 Users: $39.96/user 50 Users: $29.98/user 75 Users: $25.32/user 100 Users: $23.99/user 250 Users: $22.40/user 500 Users: $21.80/user 1000 Users: $19/user SCOoffice Server doesn’t require operating system users. It only requires SCOoffice Server users. You DO need the base license, which includes 5 users. The US list price is $299. User licenses range from $19 to $60, depending upon the number of users.