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The Future of NIMS™The Future of NIMS™

Dave LatimerSoftware EngineerNovell, Inc.dlatimer@novonyx.com

Lynn MadsenProduct ManagerNovell, Inc.lmadsen@novell.com

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 NetA 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

MissionTo 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

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Team Collaboratio

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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 3.0.1 Bug fixes Some new features

• NIMS 3.0.2 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 ‘01 Q1 ‘02 Q2 ‘02 Q3 ‘02 Q4 ‘02

External Road Map

NIMS Roadmap Summary—The Future

Product Family Time Line... (Calendar Quarters)

Q1 ‘03 Q2 ‘03

Oct/Nov

Park City

Windsor

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Feb/Mar

Deer Valley FCS

Alta Beta1

MarNIMS

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Alta FCS

Beta Date

FCS Date

Target (approx) FCS Date

Electronic Release

Developer Kit

International Release

NT release

Linux release

Other release

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NIMS SDK on NDK

NIMS-RelatedProjects

Quasar

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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 E-mail 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

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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 e-mail 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

• E-mail POP, IMAP, SMTP, etc.

• Calendaring/scheduling iCal (RFCs 2445-2447) 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 e-mail, 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?