Lotus Notes/Domino update for Lotus user groups - Q4 2007
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The document provides a history of Lotus Notes and Domino from 1989 to the present. It summarizes the major releases including new features, capabilities, and platforms supported. It highlights the transition to open standards and composite applications in recent versions like Notes 8.
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Lotus Notes/Domino update for Lotus user groups - Q4 2007
- 1. Lotus Notes and Domino – A history, a future Ed Brill Business Unit Executive Worldwide Lotus Notes/Domino Sales
- 2. Seventeen years, 130 million users, 46,000 organizations 1989 – Lotus Notes R1 1991 –Notes R2 1993 –Notes R3 1996 - Notes R4 & Notes/Domino R4.5 1999 – Notes and Domino R5 2002 – Notes and Domino 6.0 2004 – Notes and Domino 6.5 2006-Notes and Domino 7
- 3. The introduction of Notes Inspired by “PLATO NOTES” Development began in 1985 with founding of Iris Associates Ray Ozzie, Steve Beckhardt, Len Kawell, Tim Halvorsen, Alan Eldridge Date of earliest entry in “Iris Office Notes”: 11 October, 1986 (“Note forwarding works!” / Ray Ozzie) First ship: 5 December, 1989 Size of combined install floppies, zipped: 2 MB
- 4. Notes Version 1 – December, 1989 Cost: US$62,500 for 200 users 35,000 users sold in year 1 Early customers: Price Waterhouse, Arthur Andersen Platforms: OS/2, DOS 3.1/4.0, Windows 3.0 (Notes 1.1) Features and capabilities: A lot of the basics we still use today! (Directory, security/ACLs, doclinks, OLE rich text objects, replication) Out of the box group mail, group phone book, and group discussion templates @function development environment
- 5. Notes Version 2 – 1991 Designed for scalability for large customers Introduction of APIs Focus of Esther Dyson’s PC Forum, March 1991 Bill Gates referred to “Iris Notes” Tradition of working on next release before shipping current effort began (V2 efforts started in 1989, V3 discussion started in 1991, etc.)
- 6. Notes V3 – May, 1993 At time of release, ½ million users, 2000 organizations V3 the first “mainstream” Notes release: Designed for scalability (though OS/2 / Netbios origins limited…) Added: Mac client Threading Document hierarchy Windows server
- 7. Notes R4 – 1995 The first re-invention of Notes Evolution into client/server messaging product New UI, new messaging capabilities First “professional programmer” release Lotuscript introduced, new APIs, new tools (ViP) Pressure to evolve more quickly “ Internet time” Introduction of major features in point releases Introduction of “QMR” process
- 8. Notes R4.5 and 4.6 – 1996 First feature release since 1.1 within a major release Introduction of calendaring & scheduling Separate download of “Domino”, a web application sever add-on, available Domino shipped as Domino 4.6 Added support for emerging internet standards: POP, IMAP, LDAP, NNTP, HTTP, Java, Javascript Added support for many new platforms: UNIX, iSeries, Novell
- 9. Notes R5 – March, 1999 First major renovation of the Notes user interface Introduction of CORBA/IIOP, native SMTP/MIME Introduction of separate Domino Administrator tool Features released in interim MRs: 5.0.2: Linux server 5.05: “Bluejay” iNotes Access for MS-Outlook, OLE/DB connector, DNFS 5.0.8: iNotes Web Access (now DWA)
- 10. Notes 6/Domino 6 – October, 2002 Three years of development results in… Substantial user interface improvements Improved system administration Policy-based administration Server/performance monitor The beginnings of integrating with the rest of the IBM Software portfolio Focus on mobility Domino Everyplace, EasySync, etc. The last “big” release Future releases faster, more focused
- 11. Notes 6.5 / Domino 6.5 – September, 2003 Integration of Sametime instant messaging into Notes client at no additional charge Awareness, presence capabilities A dozen “best of breed” end-user features Mozilla browser support, first foray into supported Linux clients More integration across IBM Software portfolio 6.5.1 – An aligned server release QP, ST, Doc 6.5.1 all released within 90 days All supported on current, concurrent server level for first time
- 12. Notes 7 / Domino 7 – Released August, 2005 Major update of Domino server architecture Massive scalability and performance enhancements Improvements to system administration and autonomic system management Activity trends, Domino Domain Monitor, policy-based administration, SmartUpgrade Introduction of Domino Web Services Limited introduction of DB2 as alternate data store Major update to Domino Web Access New incremental client features Autosave, multithreaded views, better window state management
- 13. Protect Investments Simple upgrade, leverage existing applications, managed desktop Collaboration Beyond Email Calendar, instant messaging, team documents, editors, applications … Increase Business Agility Open, standards-based, extensible, platform flexibility Secure Your Information Control access, encrypt data, high availability
- 14. An unmatched commitment to investment protection
- 15. Introducing Lotus Notes & Domino 8 Now Available!
- 16. Calendering & Scheduling Icon Email/Messaging Icon Enhanced performance Icon “… the most significant release of Notes in the last 10 years.” Peter Kelly, Burton Group " The Notes 8 interface looks really slick" Michael Osterman, Osterman Research “ When I show Notes 8 to people, they say, "Wow! That can't be Notes,'". The software's design, once very clunky, has been updated so that it's clean without being Web 2.0 trendy," John Head, PSC Group LLC / Computerworld Hayden Planetarium
- 17. Converging today’s numerous user experiences…
- 18. Into the Desktop of the Future Today
- 19. Zeta_Mail_Renata Lotus Notes 8 UI and Design Excellence Innovation in Collaboration Open, Extensible Platform Simple Upgrade Flash demo : ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/lotus/lotusweb/ln8_demo/ln8_demo/IBMLotusNotesDemo.html IBM TV – Customer Reactions : http://www-306.ibm.com/software/info/television/index.jsp?cat= lotus&item =en_sg/lotus/xml/P249612U84065O26.xml
- 20. Lotus Notes 8 UI and Design Excellence New user-friendly look-and-feel driven by your feedback 118 design sessions at Lotusphere 2006 “Users First” initiative launched in March 2006: 1,925 participants “ Renovations-on-the-Road ” sessions at customer sites IBM Technology Adoption Program: 1,115 users Design Blog (Mary Beth Raven) The result: “ The UI hands down is number 1.” “ This puts an end to the ‘ I like Outlook because it looks good’ statements.”
- 21. Ways That ~1,950 Users Were Involved
- 22. Platform navigation consistency Eliminate the perception that “Notes works differently than other Windows applications” Selection model, user interface cues, menu structure, wording choices Contextual collaboration Right click covers person object, not just data object Sidebar for “Peripheral vision” Composite applications Turn all new features “on” by default Emphasis on improved mail, calendar, contacts core applications New value in RSS feeds, search Usability concepts in Notes 8
- 23. An Open Applications Foundation Lotus Notes 8 software is built on Eclipse.org open standard -- enables composite applications Extends existing applications Lotus Domino-based 3 rd party Fully extensible and customizable Technical article – Extending the client with Eclipse : http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/notes8-mail/index.html?S_TACT=105AGX13&S_CMP=EDU Online course - Exploring new features in Lotus Domino Designer: https://education.lotus.com/rw/lewwschd.nsf/594045664318da9e80256cae00361321/0c3713cab1c266e9852572e50062eaab?OpenDocument
- 24. IBM Education Assistant – 10 lessons on composite applications: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ieduasst/lotv1r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.iea.notes/notes/8.0b2/CompositeApps.html Online course - Developing composite applications: https://education.lotus.com/rw/lewwschd.nsf/594045664318da9e80256cae00361321/1b2076bd1f8a0469852572e500689ba3?OpenDocument Blog - Composite applications: http://www-03.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/page/CompApps Combines components on-the-glass Think rich-client mashup What is a Composite Application?
- 25. All Lotus Domino 8 applications are Composite-App ready Lotus Domino applications/elements can: become components of new Composite Applications be wired to non-Lotus Domino applications via new design features and tools Lotus Domino application component Java component
- 26. Whitepaper - Overview of productivity tools: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/lotus/pub/lotusweb/misc/IBM_productivity_tools_overview.pdf Lotus Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations Create and edit business content within Lotus Notes Suports multiple file formats Microsoft Office Open Office Lotus SmartSuite Embedded in Lotus Notes No additional charge
- 27. September 10, 2007 – IBM JOINS OPENOFFICE.ORG COMMUNITY “ The OpenOffice.org community today announced that IBM will be joining the community to collaborate on the development of OpenOffice.org software. IBM will be making initial code contributions that it has been developing as part of its Lotus Notes product, including accessibility enhancements, and will be making ongoing contributions to the feature richness and code quality of OpenOffice.org. Besides working with the community on the free productivity suite's software, IBM will also leverage OpenOffice.org technology in its products.”
- 28. Be Free. Work Smart. Introducing www.ibm.com/software/lotus/symphony Documents Spreadsheets Presentations Optional, fee based phone support for enterprises IBM Lotus Symphony ODF-Compatible Editors in Beta Today!
- 29. Lotus Domino Web Access 8 Look-and-feel closer to Lotus Notes Browser based experience Full collaboration environment New user interface New contact management Works with Lotus Notes 8.0
- 30. The new Lotus Domino 8 New and enhanced features Message recall Improved out-of-office Message threads Improvements in Administration Directory Security features Performance & Efficiency Open applications infrastructure Support for IBM DB2® as alternative data store All this and no rip-and-replace
- 31. Platform versatility Microsoft® Windows® 2003 Server (Standard & Enterprise Edition) Microsoft Windows 2003 x64 Edition x86 Linux® Novell SUSE Linux (SLES) 10 (32 bit & 64 bit hardware) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 (32 bit & 64 bit hardware) Sun Solaris 10 IBM System p™: IBM AIX® 5.3 & 5.4 IBM System i™: IBM i5/OS ® (IBM OS/400 ® ) v5R4 IBM System z™ IBM z/OS ® 1.7 and higher Novell SUSE Linux (SLES) 10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Native 64-bit Lotus Domino Beta currently planned to be available Q3 2007 GA planned for in 8.0.x maintenance release 32-bit platforms will continue to be supported
- 32. Compatibility makes it easy to upgrade No Rip and Replace -- the Lotus Notes and Domino 8 release is compatible with previous versions: Same proven infrastructure Same data stores Same model for customizing the mail template Same Security infrastructure Same Directory Same Admin tools Same Replication Same set of application APIs
- 34. IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.0.1 New Lotus Domino® Web Access Client Secondary calendar and time zones Mail file quota gauge “ To Do” user interface improvements Lotus Quickr 8.1 integration into side-shelf Lower storage costs through increased compression +35% Lotus Domino native support for 64-bit – Microsoft ® Windows ® and IBM AIX ® systems FIPS 140-2 support Lotus Notes secure email (US Federal Government standard) Citrix support for Lotus Notes IBM Lotus Notes Traveler Introducing
- 35. Introducing Domino Web Access “Next” Dynamic interactive web client Modernized user experience Further exploits our AJAX based capabilities Web 2.0 design framework Ideal for travelling users Low bandwidth UI option User tools to help manage “email overload” Initial release planned for 8.0.1 will provide… Secure mail, Contacts, Day at a glance calendar More features coming in subsequent releases
- 36. Domino Web Access “Next” Day-At-A-Glance Mail, Contacts “ Lite” DWA
- 37. * IBM Lotus Notes & Domino Design Partner + Offered for wireless hosting via IBM Global Technology Services Introducing New basic support from Lotus Notes Traveler Enhanced support provided by key IBM Business Partners Enhanced Mobility Solutions for Lotus Domino + * + * + +
- 38. Introducing Lotus Notes Traveler § Basic wireless mobile replication solution for Lotus Domino email/PIM data Provides automatic, real-time replication of email (including attachments), calendar, address book, journal, and to do list Over the air installation User interface integrates with existing email and PIM applications on the device Works over all wired / wireless connections (GPRS, GSM, WiFi, etc…) Communicates over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connection offering 128 bit encryption ** Easily provides mobility support to Lotus Notes and Domino Web Access users An IBM solution to access Domino email on handheld mobile devices Runs directly in the Domino server as a task (no additional server necessary) Integrates with Domino administration and policies that leverage existing Domino admin skills Initially will support Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 and 6 (Professional and Smartphone) Current plan is to make available in 2008 to IBM Lotus Notes users at no additional charge
- 41. Lotus Domino “Next” Plans Reduce complexity of managing Lotus Notes identities Eliminate need for Lotus Notes password for authentication Simplify Lotus Notes ID management Allow names to be managed in Microsoft Active Directory/LDAP Address storage costs Reduce duplicate attachment storage Reduce database size via new compression algorithms Address I/O bandwidth Improve quality of service Come to IBM Lotusphere 2008 for more news ! Note: Current plans. Information is subject to change
- 42. Roadmap for Lotus Notes & Domino: 2008 and Beyond Note: Information is subject to change Today 2008/2009 Lotus Notes “Next” Lotus Domino “Next” Lotus Notes “Beyond” Lotus Domino “Beyond” 2009/2010 Lotus Domino 8.0 Lotus Notes 8.0 Q1 2008 Lotus Domino 8.0.1 Lotus Notes 8.0.1
- 43. IBM Applications on Demand Lotus Notes 8 Service simplifies hosting and management Alternative to internal implementation and support ALL current Lotus Notes versions are supported Pay-as-you-go application management and hosting services: Helps reduce up-front project costs Removes operational staffing needs Eliminates the complexity of IT and compliance Improves budgeting and planning Introducing hosted Lotus Notes 8 as a service available NOW!
- 44. Real Business Value Used by Real Businesses More than half of the FORTUNE Global 100 corporations use Lotus Notes and Domino software 1 8 of the top 10 banks 4 of the top 5 consumer products corps 7 of the top 10 electronics corps More than half of America’s largest 100 corporations use Lotus Notes and Domino software 2 As a market share leader, Lotus Notes and Domino ranks second in the integrated collaborative environments market based on worldwide total revenue 3 1 FORTUNE 500, April 30, 2007 2 FORTUNE Global 500, July 24, 2006 3 IDC, Doc #207999, Aug 2007 8 of the top 10 insurance corps 8 of the top 12 pharmaceutical corps 9 of the top 12 telecommunications corps
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