® The Releases: Integrated, Tested, Improved Jason Dumont – Senior Product Manager, Domino & Workplace Peter Mierswa – Senior Technical Staff Member
Agenda What is the Release? Themes & Value Propositions of What’s New by Product Area Pulling It All Together with Portal & Workplace Demo Planning for Portal Use within your Environment Resources Q&A
6.5.1 Product Roadmap Today IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 6.5 IBM Lotus Workflow IBM Lotus Enterprise Integrator 6.5 IBM Lotus Web Content Management 1.0 IBM Lotus IM & Web Conf 3.1 IBM Lotus Quickplace 3.5 IBM Lotus Domino.Doc 3.5 Q1/2004 IBM Lotus Notes/Domino IBM Lotus Workflow IBM Lotus Enterprise Integrator IBM Lotus IM & Web Conf IBM Lotus Team Workplace IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager IBM Lotus Web Content Management 1.1
What’s In 6.5.1? Notes/Domino components Lotus Notes and Domino, Domino Web Access (iNotes), Domino Access for Outlook Extended products Lotus Instant Messaging (Sametime), Lotus Web Conferencing (Sametime), Lotus Team Workplace (QuickPlace), Lotus Domino Document Manager (Domino.Doc), Lotus Workflow, Lotus Workplace Web Content Management and Lotus Enterprise Integrator Portlets Lotus Workplace sample portal pages Domino Web Application Portlet, Lotus Domino Toolkit for Websphere Studio
What is the Release? IBM Lotus Notes IBM Lotus Domino Web Access IBM Lotus Domino Designer IBM Lotus Messaging Server IBM Lotus Utility Server IBM Lotus Enterprise Server IBM Lotus Enterprise Integrator IBM Lotus Domino Collaboration Express IBM Lotus Domino Utility Express IBM Lotus Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook IBM Lotus Workflow IBM Lotus Team Workplace IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content Management New & Updated Portlets & Sample Portal Page There are 2 parts to Release Notes/Domino Family in January, 2004 Extended Products in March, 2004
Themes of the Release - Usability All products in the extended product release will be synchronized (tested & supported) with N/D Products will support four common platforms: iSeries; Windows; AIX; Solaris We will continue to support the other Domino platforms LVC will be available in May 2004 only on Win2003 Two common browsers: IE & Mozilla Domino Doc Manager will only be available on IE LVC will only be available on IE Support for all Group 1 languages As well as most Group 2 languages
Themes of the Release - Usability Updated & new portlets, sample “Lotus Workplace” portal page with documentation The extended products will not necessarily synchronize each Domino 6.5.x MRs. They will all be tested with each MR (6.5.2, 6.5.3, etc..) but unless there are code changes to the extended products they will remain at version Improved approach to product support Dedicated issue diagnosis teams
Themes of the Release - Interoperability All extended products are tested together and supported to work with Domino platform and current Websphere Portal 5.02 release Represents an integrated approach to testing Coordination among releases helps reduce your testing of individual products and their applications to run on same version of the Domino server Messaging & collaboration platform combines elements of Websphere Portal & Lotus Collaborative components messaging, calendar and scheduling, on-line awareness, meetings, chat, workflow, document management, and content management Improved documentation serialized install & config instructions with troubleshooting guidelines
Themes of the Release - Interoperability Flexibility Use only what you need Serve through Portal, Browser, Notes or Outlook Total Cost of Ownership IM will be included as part of the Notes client, Domino Web Access client & CEO license More value through integrated IM support within client Return on Investment Faster time to value Our compatibility testing and support allows for faster deployments Spend time solving business problems rather than maintaining systems Allows IT to impact the bottom line and improve the company’s competitive advantage
What’s New & Value Props - Domino Value Points Offers flexibility and choice in hardware platform and operating system Industry leading security is the foundation of the Domino server Maximizes server availability with clustering, transaction logging, server fault recovery, and automated diagnostic tools Reduces time and costs for software deployment and configuration using Notes Smart Upgrade and Domino Policy Based Administration Allows administrators to manage Spam Drives down TCO by efficiently using system resources such as network bandwidth and disk storage. New features Smart Upgrade enhancements Improved usability, control and status notification Linux for zSeries & Windows Server 2003 platform support (6.5)
What’s New & Value Props - Notes Value Points Gives users a single, unified access point to the tools, tasks and the people users work with, through the new Lotus Workplace for Notes welcome page Integrates Lotus Instant Messaging functionality to provide presence awareness and enables users to initiate chats with colleagues Increases productivity through follow-up function and visual indicators to show users when they've forwarded or replied to messages Provides industry-leading calendaring and scheduling functionality Helps reduce TCO through minimal training requirements and built-in management function like Smart Upgrade New Features Improved archiving for repeating appointments Option to print detail description of calendar entries Enhanced Usability of Today page for the Workplace for Notes Ability to turn off integrated IM in Notes client that was introduced in 6.5 Quick rules for junk mail (6.5)
Value Points Simplicity & universality of the industry leading web client Key features – encrypted mail, offline access, key features, etc. Linux client support Extends messaging & collaboration services to new users Reduced cost of ownership Reduced need for user training Enhanced performance allows for more users per box New features in Domino Web Access Support Mozilla for Linux Ability to send encrypted mail and local archive when offline Enhanced end-user performance Support for encrypted mail and signatures (6.5) Integrated IM support in client (6.5) Easier customization (6.5) What’s New & Value Props – Domino Web Access
What’s New & Value Props – Domino Access for MS Outlook Value Points Keep the Outlook client on the users desktop No user retraining No costs associated with desktop change All the benefits of Domino now becomes the enterprise edition of Domino Access for MS Outlook New features in Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook Capability to use MS Outlook 2k and XP against a Domino 6.5 or 6.03 and higher server. Utilizes Notes replication mechanism to synchronize the Outlook pst file with Domino for Mail, Calendar and Contacts. User now only accesses local data – improves performance Provides capability to decrypt Notes and X509 mail. Provides access to key Domino preferences from within Outlook. Data migration between Exchange and Domino has been improved. Improves data integrity IMAP/iCal support replaced by NRPC in 6.5
What’s New & Value Props – Instant Messaging & Web Conferencing Value Points Provides instant, anytime access to people/experts Brings together geographically dispersed team members Increases personal and team productivity Is extensible to customers, business partners and suppliers Enables faster collective decision-making New Features Mozilla support for Linux Integrated NSD diagnostics collection Client filtering Ability to turn off IM in Notes client Telephony add-on Tivoli WebSeal Reverse Proxy integration capability Enhanced LDAP performance Improved Performance & Serviceability
What’s New & Value Props – Team Workplace Value Points Improves organizational effectiveness and internal business processes Self service and ease of use accelerates ROI Offline support increase productivity ~10-20% the cost of similar competitive products New Features Updated Windows application integration MS Office 2003 support Practical limit increased to 4000 members per QuickPlace Improved usability & end user performance GZIP Improved image file handling Last editor now displays Directory improvements
What’s New & Value Props – Portlets & Sample Portal Pages People Finder My Lotus Team Workplaces Lotus Web Conferencing Lotus Sametime Contact List Lotus Domino Document Manager Notes and Domino My Lotus Notes Calendar My Lotus Notes Mail My Lotus Notes To Do Lotus Notes Discussion Lotus Notes Mail Lotus Notes Teamroom Lotus Notes View Domino Web Access (iNotes) Domino Web Applications Portlet
Portal – Pulling It All Together Allows you to extend your Notes & Domino infrastructure and take advantage of the promise of the Workplace platform Portal brings the best of both N/D & external data sources together and provides a means of integration Domino Web App Portlet makes it easy to access Domino apps from within Portal Contextualizing your Domino data with data from other applications creates more meaningful data to deliver competitive advantage Turn data ---> information ---> knowledge ---> action The release is tested and supported with Websphere Portal and future versions as they are released Portlets will be tested w/ Domino & Portal and future versions
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Demo Configuration Domino Mail Applications Notes
Demo Configuration Domino Mail / Directory Applications Notes Browser
Demo Configuration Domino Mail / Directory Applications Notes Browser Domino IBM Lotus Instant Messaging IBM Lotus Web Conferencing
Demo Configuration Domino Mail / Directory Applications Notes Browser Domino IBM Lotus Instant Messaging IBM Lotus Web Conferencing IBM Lotus Team Workplace IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager IBM Lotus Workflow
Demo Configuration Domino Mail / Directory Applications Notes Browser Domino IBM Lotus Instant Messaging IBM Lotus Web Conferencing IBM Lotus Team Workplace IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager IBM Lotus Workflow Other Applications
Demo Configuration Domino Mail / Directory Applications Notes Browser Domino IBM Lotus Instant Messaging IBM Lotus Web Conferencing Portlets IBM Lotus Team Workplace IBM Lotus Domino Document Manager IBM Lotus Workflow Other Applications
Portal Server in a Domino Environment J2EE Out of the Box Environment Integrates various LDAP suppliers Integrates various reverse proxy / security providers Integrates various database suppliers Supports J2EE Applications from any source Supports a wide variety of customizations J2EE Programming Environment Provides the full resources of the environment Requires training
Planning for Portal Server & Domino Authentication and Access Control Credential Vault LDAP LDAP Configuration Multiple directories with different users require referrals Multiple directories with the same users require synchronization Single central directory lowers cost and complexity DIT structure CN and UID are commonly used Search on simple name Search base
Planning for Portal Server & Domino Single Sign On LTPA - supported by WAS and Domino, requires all servers in same Internet domain (multiple Domino domains OK) LTPA with multiple LDAP directories is complex DSAPI Credential Vault
Planning for Portal Server & Domino Scale and User Communities Portal Servers IBM Lotus Instant Messaging IBM Lotus Team Workplaces IBM Lotus Web Conferencing Political and managerial control considerations
Planning for Portal Server & Domino Security Planning Firewalls and DMZs – reverse proxy servers Security Management systems such as TAM Use of SSL High Availability Planning Multiple servers and failover Backup
Planning for Portal Server & Domino Many bugs have been fixed in the products Portal Server InfoCenter covers many configurations, is updated regularly Additional Domino and Extended Products documentation is a part of the release Plan ahead! For integrated directory and SSO infrastructure For security infrastructure For requirements and constraints from all products
Resources Websites Portal Zone Domino and Lotus Extended Products Sessions AD201/AD202/AD203 Lotus Domino, WebSphere Portal, and Lotus Workplace Integration – Mon 3:15pm, Mon 5pm, Right now ID204 Lotus Domino Directory Integration – Tues 10:30am - Swan 1-4 ID303 Advanced LDAP Infrastructure Design – Mon. 5pm ID304 Practical Challenges in Implementing SSO – Mon 3:15pm Redbooks
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