Novell® Filr 1.1 What’s New

Richard Lindstedt Sr. Product Manager

rlindstedt@novell.com

Klaus Hild Sales Engineer

khild@novell.com

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Introducing Novell Filr 1.1

• Filr 1.1 is a new, major release with

improvements and enhancements

across the whole product

• Download the evaluation copy at:

http://download.novell.com

2013 2014

Filr 1.0 Filr 1.0.1 Filr 1.1 3 releases / year …

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Filr 1.1 Themes

• Defect fixes

• Scalability and performance

• Platform support

• Manageability

• Security

• End-user experience

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Filr 1.1 Scalability and Performance

• Back-end

– 10x meta data sync speed

– 3-10x LDAP sync speed

– Ability to dedicate VAs for syncing

– Architecture improvements

– 500-1000 users per Filr VA

• Desktop client

– Ability to sync more files (40k+)

– Less impact on back-end

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Filr 1.1 Scalability and Performance

• New scalability and performance whitepapers are

available on the documentation site

(www.novell.com/documentation)

• An updated best practices guide with

recommendations based on new

capabilities in Filr 1.1 is also available

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Filr 1.1 Platform Support

• DFS support (on OES and Windows Servers)

• Microsoft SQL Server support

• Windows Phone app (read access only)

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Filr 1.1 Manageability

• Enhanced LDAP import

– New UI with LDAP browser

– Ability to customize home folder creation

– Support for non-unique groups

• New UI for Net Folder Servers and Net Folders

• Ability to grant rights to OUs (eDirectory)

• Interface for applying software patches

• Ability to expand storage for the Filr partitions

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Filr 1.1 Security

• Domain white/blacklisting for external sharing

• Restrict cut/copy and screen capture on devices

• Block rooted/jail-broken devices

• App white/blacklisting for open-in on devices

• Ability to remotely wipe Filr data on devices

• Restrict access to Web access and web downloads

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Filr 1.1 End-user Experience

• Sharing improvements

– New sharing UI

– Ability to share file links

• Web access improvements

– Drag-and-Drop functionality

– Mark multiple files and download to zip-file

– Easier access to the edit files option

– Ability to change default file click behavior

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Meet the Product Managers

• Wednesday 10:30 – 11:15h

– Madhan Periasamy Product Manager OES, iPrint

– Richard Lindstedt Product Manager Filr

• New PM / PMM in our organization

– Nicholas Scholz Product Marketing Manager for GroupWise, OES and Vibe

– Mike Bills Product Manager Collaboration

GroupWise, GW Mobility Service, Messenger and Vibe

Thank you.

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