Zimbra Road map 2015/2016

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3. ZIMBRA ROADMAP
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Deliver an advanced, feature rich collaboration platform across all devices.
Allowing for high levels of safety and security in communications.
Services that can be scaled and managed easily, supporting the needs of the smallest
mailbox environments to millions of mailboxes.
A wide range of applications built into the platform to support collaboration.
Advanced services augmenting the product.
Zimbra Roadmap
Vision & MISSION

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USER INTERFACE
Enhanced
UI
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New Webmail interfaces focusing
on Usability
• Existing Zimbra Interface designed
around Enterprise and High
Feature visibility
• Next Generation Zimbra UI to be
written using modern design
standards and focus on usability
over features
• HTML5/Responsive – Desktop UI as
well as touch based tablet and
phone based

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Privacy & SECURITY
Encrypted
Email
Encrypted email key aspect of
business email
• Various commercial and free add-ons
exist to try to fill this gap
• Many are flawed
• Adoption is fairly low
Provide a robust, but easy to use,
encryption platform
• Enterprise Key Management
• Data at Rest Encryption
• Full end to end encryption

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Scalability & Manageability
Updated
Management
Console
Existing Management Console has gaps
• Customers using Third-party options to
fill the gaps
• Many Service Providers build out their
own tools
Zimbra has a robust CLI/API for
management
• Update the web console to better
leverage those existing management
interfaces
• Have the existing gaps filled with
Zimbra core console options

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Scalability & Manageability
Zimbra
24x7
Goals
• Decouple mailboxes and provide infrastructure fault tolerance
• Enable rolling upgrades to minimize or eliminate customer service
disruptions
Approach
• Release incremental improvements to the system to avoid risk
• Address the most difficult problems first
• Focus on distributed architecture and reducing complexity
Implementation
• New Core component to Zimbra Server
• Framework for Distributed Cluster Services (based on Raft Consensus)
• Allows for concurrent and asynchronous interaction w/ Mailbox resources

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APPLICATIONS & SERVICES
Zimbra Chat
Rich chat experience integrated in the ZCS web client
• Embedded Click-to-chat in contact cards
• Integrated presence throughout email experience
• Pin a conversation to favorites list
• Search for contacts to initiate conversations
• Custom status messages
Supports popular XMPP servers – v1
• Ejabberd, OpenFire, mongooseIM
• Peer to peer chat
• Chat with any XMPP enabled user
• View chat history and missed chats
Built in Zimbra Secure Chat Service – v2

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APPLICATIONS & SERVICES
Rest
API
Updated RESTFUL API
• Provide an easy to develop against API
• Turn the Zimbra mail server into a easily
accessible data source for application
integrations
• Consumer UI built on top of REST API

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CHAT & MOBILITY
• Integrated Chat Client
• Native Mobile Apps (iOS & Android)
• Open Source Packaging
Zimbra
Collaboration
Roadmap
v8.7
vNext
vFuture

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2016
USER INTERFACE
• New Consumer/Modern Desktop
UI Option
• Mobile App – Tablet
PRIVACY & SECURITY
• Two-Factor Authentication
• Advanced Anti-Spam Protection
• Enterprise Encryption Key
Management
SCALABILITY & MANAGEABILITY
• HA Reference Architecture
• Zimbra 24x7 – Phase 1
• Improved Multitenant
Management Console
APPLICATIONS & SERVICES
• Secure Chat Server
• Social Media Integration
Full REST APIs
ZIMBRA COLLABORATION ROADMAP
vNext
vFuture
v8.7

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USER INTERFACE
• Productivity UI Updates
PRIVACY & SECURITY
• Data at Rest Encryption
• End to End Email Encryption
• Improved Security and
Compliance Logging
SCALABILITY & MANAGEABILITY
• Zimbra 24x7 – Phase 2
• New Backup and Recovery
APPLICATIONS & SERVICES
• Improved Briefcase
• Zimlet SDK
• Productivity Improvements –
Message priority and relevant
data surfacing
Unified, Open Source Code
ZIMBRA COLLABORATION ROADMAP
vNext
vFuture
v8.7

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