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1 1 SCOoffice Server Birds of a Feather Andy Nagle and John Boland

2 2 SCOoffice BOF Topics  Product Positioning  Product Roadmap  Features on the Roadmap  Connector 3 status  SCOoffice Mail Appliance Overview & Demo  Q & A

3 3 SCOoffice Server 4.1 Product Positioning  Turn-key, full featured, economical collaboration server  Alternative to Microsoft Exchange  Easy end-user friendly administration interface  Default configuration suits majority of customers  Targeted at small to medium businesses 50-500 simultaneous users.  Basic, but limited, migration tools supported for moving mail and other data from Microsoft Exchange Servers  Full range of Technical Support services available from SCO  Professional Services available from SCO to help with non- standard configurations or larger deployments.

4 4 SCOoffice Roadmap  SCOoffice Appliance Program for Resellers - sign up today – see it in the SCO booth.  Connector 3 from beta to FCS in fourth quarter  SCOoffice Server release 4.2 in fourth quarter  New statistics reports  Basic support for private domains  Basic master-slave configuration support  OpenLDAP 2.2  SCOoffice Server for OpenServer 6 – first half 2006

5 5 SCOoffice Server 4.2 Feature List (4Q05)  OpenLDAP 2.2  New Statistics module with a GUI interface  Webdav to replace proftp for free/busy information  Multi-server single domain configuration (master- slave  Basic Private Domain Support  Improved Localized Message Catalogs

6 6 SCOoffice Server 4.3 Candidate Feature List  AD synchronization (local cache of AD users)  Samba integration  GUI for spam/virus configuration  External contacts  Auto-purge of old mail and events  Vacation expiry  Mail archiving tools  Merge Server administration interface code with WebClient templates

7 7 SCOoffice Server 4.3 Candidate Feature List - 2  Simple/Advanced configuration pages  Tasks migration support  Set options for users per domain, organization or group  Global disclaimer enhancements  Server-side push of new mail notification to clients  APIs for Application Integration

8 8 Connector 3 Status  Connector 3 entered Beta on April 12, 2005  Several beta refreshes have been issued  Beta feedback has been positive, with a handful of bug reports  Internal testing still in progress  Expect to release in fourth quarter 2005, after passing QA.

9 9 SCOoffice Server for OpenServer 6  Several SCOoffice Server components will take advantage of native SVR5 threads support  Porting effort will begin in September 2005  Initial port to be based on SCOoffice Server 4.2  Full migration from 5.0.7 will be fully tested and supported

10 10 Before the SCOoffice Appliance Program?  To create a Small Business Collaborations Server:  Reseller had to install and configure:  SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 + Maintenance Pack 3  SCOoffice Server 4.1 + Mainteance Pack 2a  Reseller needed:  A knowledge of UNIX  A knowledge of SCOoffice Server  About 1 day to stage and test solution

11 11 The SCOoffice Appliance Program  With the SCOoffice Appliance Program a Reseller can:  Install all required software in under 10 minutes including:  OpenServer 5.0.7, SCOoffice 4.1 and Microlite BackupEDGE  New SCOoffice appliance configuration screens  Configure the server via an easy to use browser based SCOoffice Administration Interface including:  Server IP, DNS and DHCP Configuration  Server Licensing  Software Maintenance  ISP POP Configuration  No UNIX knowledge is required  Deploy a Small Business collaboration server in under an hour

12 12 The SCOoffice Appliance Demo  For the Demo we will use:  A previously made Appliance Master on an Iomega Rev Disk  An Intel Based Server with Iomega Rev Drive  The Demo will cover steps required to install the Server from the Rev Disk

13 13 New SCOoffice Admin Interface Screens  To ensure that all administration can be done from the SCOoffice Admin Interface we have added the following new Admin tasks to the interface:  Networking, shutdown, reboot  Licensing  Updates  ISP POP Retrieval

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20 20 SCOoffice Appliance benefits?  Alternative to Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) with Exchange  Lower cost than SBS over 15 users  Anti-Spam/Virus are standard (optional extra for SBS)  3 to 4 times the margin  Easier to install and configure than SBS + Exchange  Great offering against Exchange 16GB file storage limit  @250Mb per mailbox, only 64 users  Disaster recovery included  Iomega REV disk + Microlite RecoverEDGE  Encryption available

21 21 SCOoffice 4.1 Server Appliance  It’s not a product, it’s a solution  You choose the hardware  SCO Sales Engineer works with you to create a master that includes:  SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 & MP3 (including DNS and DHCP servers)  SCOoffice Server 4.1 & MP2 with Fetchmail (ISP POP retrieval)  Microlite BackupEDGE for backup and disaster recovery  Iomega REV drive 35GB / 100GB  Install and configure from master without UNIX knowledge  Sales training + sales sheets  Configuration #1 for 50 users, #2 for up to 100 …  Marketing assistance and a range of Support Services

22 22 Summary  Limited skills required  Very quick setup  Low cost  High reseller margin  Disaster recovery included  Centralised mail store  Daily scheduled backup  Easy for sales team  MAPI Outlook support  Doesn’t just have to be SCOoffice

23 SCOoffice Server BOF Questions? Feedback?

24 SCOoffice Server BOF Thank You!


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