The Future of NIMS ™ Dave Latimer Software Engineer Novell, Inc. Lynn Madsen Product Manager Novell, Inc.

Agenda Novell Vision and Mission Collaboration Vision *NIMS ™ —The Past NIMS—The Present Current Platform Support NIMS Roadmap—The Future Future Platform Support Windsor Firewall * Novell Internet Messaging System ™

Agenda (cont.) Quasar IM SDK and APIs Modweb Demo NIMS SMB Edition Directories and Databases The Future of Standards Wireless and Handhelds Customer-Requested Features

Vision…one Net A world where networks of all types—corporate and public, intranets, extranets, and the Internet—work together as one Net and securely connect employees, customers, suppliers, and partners across organizational boundaries Mission To solve complex business and technical challenges with Net business solutions that enable people, processes, and systems to work together and our customers to profit from the opportunities of a networked world

Novell eDirectory ™ GroupWise ® NIMS ™ Instant Messaging Workspace Novell iFolder ™ e-work Partner Products Standards/Web Services GroupWise ® NIMS ™ Instant Messaging Workspace Novell iFolder ™ e-work Partner Products Novell Modular Collaboration Services Enterprise Collaboration Standards Messaging Instant Messaging Team Collaboration BPM … Desk-based workers Deskless workers Partners and customers Project teams Cross org. processes

NIMS—the Past—2.x NIMS 2.11 and earlier are no longer supported NIMS 2.65  Recommended as “the” 2.x platform  Customers using NIMS 2.6 and prior versions are encouraged to upgrade to 2.65 if they do not wish to upgrade to 3.x  NIMS 2.65 is available free of charge to users versions 2.6 and 2.5—there is an upgrade fee for 2.11 users  Enhanced List Server  Support to be dropped within a year

NIMS—the Present—3.x NIMS 3.0 shipped in September, 2001  Calendaring/scheduling (iCal based)  Modweb web engine  Templates  Parent objects  Enhanced List Server NIMS  Bug fixes  Some new features NIMS  Anti-Virus agent  Bug fixes

Current Platform Support *NetWare ® 4.2, NetWare 5.1, NetWare 6  Latest service packs for each platform are highly recommended  NetWare 5.0 is *not* supported due to service pack issues  NetWare 6 multiprocessor support may be in NIMS 3.1 *Solaris 8  Solaris 8 is required with latest version of NIMS (3.x)  Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 2.7 are no longer supported *Linux with 2.4 kernel  Red Hat 7.1+ recommended  Other Linux distributions based on 2.4 kernel may work but are untested * Novell eDirectory ™ is required with these platforms

Q4 ‘01Q1 ‘02 Q2 ‘02Q3 ‘02Q4 ‘02 External Road Map NIMS Roadmap Summary—The Future Product Family Time Line... (Calendar Quarters) Q1 ‘03Q2 ‘03 Oct/Nov Park City Windsor Jul Feb/Mar Deer Valley FCS Alta Beta1 Mar NIMS May Alta FCS Beta Date FCS Date Target (approx) FCS Date Electronic Release Developer Kit International Release NT release Linux release Other release May NIMS SDK on NDK NIMS-Related Projects Quasar Nov

Future Platform Support—Windows Based on the Windows Registry Implemented as a Windows Service Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Administration Windows 9x/ME support TBD

Windsor—Stand-Alone Firewall SMTP Agent NMAP Agent Anti-virus Agent Anti-spam Agent Does not require NIMS

Quasar—Instant Messaging Near Term Deliverables  Leverages NIMS technology/will work with NIMS  Based on eDirectory/LDAP (directly consumes the Directory)  System will have a server and a client  Based on open standards (SIP/SIMPLE)  All conversations will be encrypted  Centralized control/policies  Centralized archiving of all messages if required  Integration with GroupWise ® Client  Cross platform (NetWare and WIN32 at 1.0 launch)

SDKs and APIs Networked Messaging Application Protocol (NMAP)  Protocol  Agent Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) for Web Services Directory Data Base (DDB) and MSGSRV Modweb and Templates  Modweb Architecture Modules  Templates Public Session

ModWeb and Templates demonstratio

NIMS Small to Medium Business (SMB) Edition NIMS for Windows Runs on single server only—no clustering No eDirectory Registry-based Windows administration tools—MMC based

NIMS SMB Edition—Target Customer Small to medium businesses with fewer than 200 full-time employees Uses Windows OS almost exclusively Uses Outlook/Outlook Express as an client Not comfortable with Directories (AD or eDirectory) Has little or no relationship with Novell and may not know much about Novell May or may not have a relationship with a channel partner that also services the traditional Novell customer

Directories and Databases DDB Drivers (NIMS database connectivity “API”)  eDirectory  Windows registry  File system  Active directory?  Generic LDAP?

Standards Define NIMS Future  POP, IMAP, SMTP, etc. Calendaring/scheduling  iCal (RFCs )  Calendar Access Protocol (CAP) Security  SSL, OpenSSL, TLS, s/MIME Others???  Message status  Document management  Shared folders

Wireless and Handhelds WAP/WML Palm Synch Pocket PC WebClippings Synch ML 3G

3G—What is it? Check your , surf the web, and send digital pictures—all on your mobile phone. That is the promise of “3G,” third-generation wireless networks that can transfer data faster than a traditional 56-kilobyte-per-second dial-up modem. The new technology has been unveiled only recently in the United States. Service providers Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless are touting the new technology and its capabilities even though it is only available in some markets. Carriers such as Cingular Wireless and Sprint PCS have spent billions of dollars on upgrading their networks in preparation for 3G. But will consumers dial into the new service and pay the extra cost carriers will charge to get information such as movie times on their cell phones? Analysts say consumers will eventually sign up for data services but those with high expectations will initially be disappointed with 3G’s launch this year. —Knight Ridder 3/11/02

Top Customer-Requested Features Spellchecking in Modweb Content filtering/accept lists Groupware-style shared folders Multiple calendars/resource scheduling “On-behalf-of”/proxy Enhanced sign-up agent What do you want to see in NIMS?