Come see what's new in IBM iNotes 9.0 Social Edition and the cloud-based SmartCloud Notes web offering, plus hear about our plans for upcoming releases. The iNotes team has been hard at work in turning innovations around OpenSocial and end-user productivity into an experience that will make you and your organization more productive and more responsive. Come check out how these innovations have transformed iNotes and how they benefit the rest of the IBM portfolio, as well as your own projects. As always, this session will be packed with demos of the latest features and previews of future additions. If browser clients are an integral part of your collaborative infrastructure and strategy, then don't miss this session!
2. Please Note:
IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at
IBM’s sole discretion.
Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should
not be relied on in making a purchasing decision.
The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation
to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be
incorporated into any contract. The development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality
described for our products remains at our sole discretion.
Performance is based on measurements and projections using standard IBM benchmarks in a
controlled environment. The actual throughput or performance that any user will experience will
vary depending upon many factors, including considerations such as the amount of
multiprogramming in the user's job stream, the I/O configuration, the storage configuration, and the
workload processed. Therefore, no assurance can be given that an individual user will achieve
results similar to those stated here.
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3. What We'll Cover
• IBM iNotes Overview
• IBM iNotes 9.0 SE Details and Demo
• System Requirements and Browsers Supported
• IBM iNotes Futures
• Wrap-up
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4. IBM Solutions to Meet a Spectrum of Customer Business Needs
Public Cloud Dedicated Cloud
Hybrid
IBM SmartCloud® Engage®
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IBM SmartCloud Social
Collaboration for Government®
IBM SmartCloud Meetings®
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IBM GTS SmartCloud Enterprise®
IBM SmartCloud Connections® ●
IBM Notes & Domino®
IBM SmartCloud Notes® ●
IBM Domino Utility Server®
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IBM Connections®
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IBM Sametime®
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IBM WebSphere® Portal®
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IBM Web Content Manager®
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Partner Offerings
On-Premises
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5. IBM iNotes: Browser-Based Access to Notes/Domino Mail
Reliable, security-rich Web-based email software that can help many different types of users efficiently manage
business-critical information and collaboration, online and offline
Get work done fast through the Web
Quickly access email, calendars and collaboration tools
Work when you don't have a client
Connect through a kiosk, shared system, or your mobile device with zero install
Stay productive while offline and over slow connections
No Internet? Slow internet? No problem.
Use your favorite browser
Same look-and-feel across today's popular Web browsers and platforms
Have iNotes your way
Easy to configure and extend with admin policies, Notes widgets and customizations
https://greenhouse.lotus.com www-01.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/inotes/
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6. IBM iNotes Modes: Optimized for Desktop and Mobile
Full: Ultra-light:
● Touch optimized
● Default for mobile devices
● Notes client-like “rich” experience ● Fully accessible desktop
● Ajax-intensive client solution (WCAG 2.0 AA and
● IBM Portfolio integration section 508 compliant)
Note: Lite mode has been retired with 9.0 Social Edition
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7. IBM SmartCloud Notes
A full-featured email service designed for your business needs, providing email,
calendar, and contact management
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Best-in-class cloud-based messaging for the enterprise
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Cloud-based Domino mail, calendar and contacts
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Integrated Sametime instant messaging
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Includes anti-spam/anti-virus, disaster recovery
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Access rich experience from browser using SmartCloud Notes web (which is now known as
IBM iNotes on premises)
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Seamless dashboard integration across SmartCloud
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Secure
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Tight on-premises integration for a true hybrid environment
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Available for additional fee:
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SmartCloud Notes® Traveler (for mobile access)
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Archive Essentials
Notes Notes Entry
Storage 25GB 1GB
Service Level Objective 99.9% 99.5%
IMAP access Available No
Notes client access Available No
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8. What We'll Cover
• IBM iNotes Overview
• IBM iNotes 9.0 SE Details and Demo
• System Requirements and Browsers Supported
• IBM iNotes Futures
• Wrap-up
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9. Key 9.0 Social Edition Themes
• User Experience Upgrades
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OneUI theme adoption
• Social Integration and Extensibility
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Connections Files integration
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Notes widgets improvements and Live Text
• Consumability Improvements
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Calendar Area upgrades
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Notes Browser plugin integration
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Security improvements
• Mobile
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Ultra-light mode supports newer browsers
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Improved full-mode experience on tablets (unsupported)
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11. User Experience Upgrades
• Adoption of IBM OneUI 3.0.x theme
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consistency with rest of IBM Social Portfolio
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More spacing, reduced images, new color theme
• New built-in global navigation (or masthead) area
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Global actions moved to current username dropdown
• Search & search box improvements
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Selector in search bar to easily constrain search to some key fields (From, Subject, All)
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Informational bar when displaying search results
• Newer form designs limit display to just essential fields
• Improved cross-browser Attachments Area UI
• New visual design for Notes links (database, document & view links)
• Abbreviated dates within message list
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12. New Theme
Masthead with Area Open Notes
Switcher Browser Plug-in &
Connections
Search
Global Actions
Notes links
Abbreviated dates Attachments Area
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13. New Theme (Within Portal)
iNotes Area Switcher
iNotes Global
Actions
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14. IBM Connections 4.0+ Integration
• Move or Copy received attachments to Connections Files
• Browse and insert Files links within the body of outgoing messages
• Automatically share Files links when sending messages
Quick access icons
• Open IBM Connections via icon in global Navigation area
• Embedded Experiences within Connections notifications
• Supports IBM Connections Mail®
• Preview files without downloading
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Requires upcoming release of IBM Docs
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16. Extensibility via Notes Widgets and Live Text
• Honors Widgets settings in “Desktop Policies”
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Different set of widgets may be pushed to different users
• New My Widgets sidebar panel
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Replaces prior entries in left outline
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New browse widgets catalog experience
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Drag and drop from catalog to install widgets
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Open widgets in separate iNotes tab, separate window, floating window or new sidebar panel
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Edit widget properties
• Live Text capabilities are now available
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Invoke a single default action, or prompts when there are multiple available actions
• Supports “Web” and “OpenSocial” widgets (including Embedded Applications)
• Requires installation of “OpenSocial component”
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17. Calendar View Updates
Gap allows double clicking to create a
second entry at same time
Conflict indicator
Color coded
left stripe
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18. Calendar Entry & Notices Form Improvements
• Dramatic performance improvements
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Now utilizes same “ultra-Ajax” framework used by Message
form
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Invitee opens meeting invitation from inbox ~ 50% savings
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Chair creates a new calendar meeting ~ 30% savings
• Simplified layout improves usability
• New scheduler control rivals Notes client experience
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Improved recommended meeting times
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Drag and drop support
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Include/exclude individual attendee availability
• Leverages new improved attachments area
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24. More Consumability Improvements
• Paste clipboard images into rich text editor area
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Firefox® and ChromeTM today. Expecting Safari® to work with next
major version.
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Not possible with Internet Explorer® 10.
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Images (smaller ones) may now be pasted within HTML signature field
as well
• Insert PNG images
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in addition to JPEG and GIF
• Drag and drop files from operating system into attachments area (Firefox,
Chrome and Safari)
• Import CSV contacts
• Save draft message (and keep editing)
• Asynchronous retrieval of unread message content
(faster message opens)
• Move folder to a new location in folder hierarchy
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25. Additional 9.0 Features
• Some default preferences are set (on first use of new template):
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Automatically process meeting updates and apply changes to calendar
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Display unprocessed meetings within calendar
• Security related
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SHA-2 S/MIME certificate support (more secure S/MIME messaging)
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SAML-based authentication
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OAuth support for displaying embedded experiences (requires EE plugin)
• Full mode improvements to facilitate better experience from tablets (unsupported)
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Rich Text editor now enabled to facilitate forwarding “Rich” content
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Checkbox selection available from list views
• Control over Return Receipt generation
iNotes_WA_SendReturnReceipt (0: Never; 1: Always [default]; 2: Prompt)
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26. No Longer Supported with 9.0 Social Edition
• Older browsers. Versions prior to ...
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IE 8
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Firefox 17 ESR
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Safari 6
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Chrome 24
• STLinks
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replaced with non-Java-based Sametime Ajax Proxy
• Lite mode
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No longer necessary. All lite mode innovations are now part of full mode.
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Full mode uses same ultra-ajax architecture and has similar performance characteristics
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Elimination avoids confusion deciding which desktop mode to deploy/use
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27. iNotes Combined with Notes Browser Plug-in
• Enables running Notes applications within an IE or Firefox tab
• Requires installation of some Notes DNA (option during Notes install)
• Notes menus and editors are fully available
• Notes bookmarks are added to browser's bookmarks
• Uses iNotes message composition screens on forwards
• Copy and paste document links (and copy as table) from Notes application into
web editors
• Icons added to iNotes and Notes Browser Plug-in to easily switch between
Transitioning your Notes
applications to the web
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28. Side by Side: Notes Application in Notes and in Firefox
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29. iNotes Admin Policy Support
*Newer settings with 9.0 Social Edition
iNotes Mail Settings iNotes Mail Settings (cont.) Desktop Settings
• User UI mode • *IBM Docs Integration ● Right double-click to close
• Functional areas • *IBM Connections Files ● Mark documents read on
• Functional area at login integration preview
• Maximum attachment size ● Save sent mail
• Mail threads ● Sign sent mail
• Remote image display ● Encrypt sent mail
• Browser cache management Mail Settings ● Mail notification
• Logout scrubbing • Mail basics ● Internet mail format
• Allowing attachments • Follow up ● Prefix each line with a char
• Instant messaging features • Attention indicators ● Wrap lines at a certain length
• Default spell check dictionary • Message recall ● *Widgets
• iNotes ActiveX • Calendar basics
• Enabling feeds • Calendar display
• Widget enablement (pre 9.0) • Notices
• Lotus Quickr integration • Scheduling Security Settings
• Calendar subscriptions • Automatic processing
• Offline settings • Access and Delegation • Password Quality
• Refresh inbox automatically • Rooms and resources • Certificate Expiration
• Enable unread count • Mail and Calendar • Notes ID Vault
• Auto update unread count • Disclaimer text • iNotes Proxies
• Enable scroll hints • Disclaimer position • Password Expiration
• Disable warning on opening attachments • Soft Delete Time
• Filter out images from emails
• Proxy servlet name/URL pairs
• Show preferences Archive Settings
• Allow archiving on the server
• Allow local archiving • Server-based archiving
● Initial sidebar display state • Prohibit archiving
● iNotes Display Language • Prohibit private archiving criteria
● ST Proxy Enablement
● Extension Forms File
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30. What We'll Cover
• IBM iNotes Overview
• IBM iNotes 9.0 SE Details and Demo
• System Requirements and Browsers Supported
• IBM iNotes Futures
• Wrap-up
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31. IBM iNotes 9.0 Social Edition Client System Requirements
System Requirements
Microsoft® Windows® Apple® RHED 6 Apple iPhone®
XP®Pro, Vista®, 7®, 8® Macintosh® Ubuntu 12 4/4S/5,
OS 10.7, 10.8 iPod® touch®,
iPad®,
Android®
Intel® Pentium IV, 2 GHz Intel Core Duo, 2 Pentium IV, 2 GHz Apple iOS® 5 & 6
Recommended 512 MB GHz 512 MB Android OS 3.x, 4.x
512 MB
Pentium III, 1 GHz G4, 1 GHz Pentium III, 1 GHz
Minimum 256 MB 256 MB 256 MB
Citrix® Software Requirements
Citrix XenApp Server 6.5
Windows 2008 R2 server (64-bit) 32 bit browsers only
Domino Off-Line Services (iNotes Local Archive and Offline features) not supported with Citrix
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32. IBM iNotes 9.0 Social Edition Browser Support
Microsoft Windows Apple Macintosh Linux®
Internet Explorer® 10.0, 9.0, 8.0 Safari® 6.0 Firefox® 17 ESR or
Firefox® 17 ESR or greater Firefox® 17 ESR or greater greater
Google ChromeTM 24 or greater ChromeTM 24 or greater ChromeTM 24 or greater
• Rich experience offered across all browsers
• Full mode
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IE, FF, Safari, Chrome browsers
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Citrix software
• Ultra-light mode
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Safari on iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, FF on Windows (accessible iNotes)
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Android browser
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Notes Browser Plug-in
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IE and FF on Windows only
• Look for tech notes as browsers are released for updated support information
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33. Firefox and Signed Script
Firefox 15+ has removed support for signed script
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8.5.3 FP3 and 9.0 includes logic to handle when signed
script is not available
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8.5.3 prior to FP3: Must use
iNotes_WA_FirefoxSignedScript=0 to have iNotes not try to
use signed script
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8.5.2 or earlier (no work around) ... need to stay on Firefox
10ESR
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See tech note:
www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21610926
iNotes Firefox features impacted:
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Converting entered urls to be HTML Anchor tags on send.
Instead use iNotes insert links
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Cache clearing on logout. iNotes Cache-Control: no-store.
Instead use browser cache clearing.
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Downloading attachments to any operating system folder
(rather than Downloads folder). Instead modify Firefox
“Downloads” option to “Always ask me where to save
files”.
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34. What We'll Cover
• IBM iNotes Overview
• IBM iNotes 9.0 SE Details and Demo
• System Requirements and Browsers Supported
• IBM iNotes Futures
• Wrap-up
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35. IBM Messaging Roadmap
Cloud
SmartCloud Notes GAnext SmartCloud Notes GAnext-next
SmartCloud Notes GA7
EO 2012 1H 2013 2H 2013 2014 2015
Notes/Domino Notes/Domino 8.5.x
Connections Mail
Social Edition eGA Maintenance Release Notes/Domino Next
Notes/Domino
Notes Traveler® 9.0 eGA Notes Traveler Notes Traveler Next
Social Edition Upgrade Pack 2
Public BETA Notes Traveler
Upgrade Pack 1 Connections Mail for
Connections Mail SmartCloud
On-Premises Update 1
Notes/Domino
Social Edition Notes/Domino Social Edition
Update 1 Maintenance Release
IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion.
Information regarding potential future products is intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a
purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a commitment, promise, or legal obligation to
deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The
development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion.
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37. IBM iNotes Future Possibilities
• Moving the iNotes 9.0 Social Edition innovation to IBM SmartCloud
• Auto-save drafts, Group by date, Type-ahead within Starts With
• Improvements to accessibility, offline and search
• Contacts area modernization
• System Tray Notifier for new messages and alarms
• Eliminating language dependencies currently in mail template
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Switch language and have mail outline and view column headers reflect
chosen language
• Leveraging the many innovations introduced in IBM Connections Mail
• Analytics to help you focus on critical mail
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38. IBM iNotes Feature Roadmap
IBM iNotes 9.0 Social Edition
● IBM One UI theme adoption ● Improved attachments area
● IBM Connections Files integration ● SAML SSO support
● View attachments using File ● IE 10, Windows 8
Viewer
● Calendaring Web Experience & Requires OpenSocial component:
Productivity improvements ● Policy-driven Notes widgets
● Customer-critical Notes feature ● Live Text
gaps ● Embedded Experiences within
● Import contacts mail messages
● Return receipt generation control ● OpenSocial Notes widgets
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Lotus iNotes 8.5.1
Read message improvements Lotus iNotes 8.5.2 IBM iNotes Futures
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Lotus iNotes 8.5.3
● Recent collaboration type-ahead ● Edit message ● Sametime 8.5.2 Web
● Notes HTML signatures
● Customer-critical Notes feature gaps
performance Awareness, Chat, ● Full mode accessibility
● Unread folder count/Inbox refresh improvements Contact List, and
● Preview pane actions
● Improved Extensibility/Customization
● Sametime 8.5. Business Card ● System tray notifier for new mail and
● Scroll hints Meetings info in ● Increased default font
● Web style search alarms
Calendar form size ● Increased portfolio integration and
● Ultra-light enhancements: ● Ultra-light ● Improved sorting on
● Mail management symmetry, particularly with IBM
● Android support subject Connections
● Accept/Decline meetings ● iPad support ● Improved auto-
● Signatures
● Expanded feature set on
● Bidi enablement processing of calendar SmartCloud
● New date and address pickers ● MSI Package for Web notices/updates
● Auto timezone detection
● Greater mobile browser feature set
Controls ● Pivoting on selected and additional mobile
● Quick contact entry ● LotusLive Notes entry in view on sorts
● ID Vault and policy integration devices/platforms
integration ● No expansion of ● Offline / Local archiving
● Improved server archiving UI and ● FF 3.6, Safari 5 Personal Groups
policy/criteria support improvements
● Ultra-light: Alternate ● More analytics and improved search
● Multilingual UI name support
● Portal/Widget programmability capability
● IE 9.0 ● Round trip editing of attachments
● Customization improvements ● FF 4.0 & greater
● SPNEGO (Windows SSO)
● Continued support for latest
● Chrome 12 & greater browsers
● IE8, FF 3.5, Safari 4
● Windows 7 (FP1)
IBM’s statements regarding its plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice at IBM’s sole discretion. Information regarding potential future products is
intended to outline our general product direction and it should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision. The information mentioned regarding potential future products is not a
commitment, promise, or legal obligation to deliver any material, code or functionality. Information about potential future products may not be incorporated into any contract. The
development, release, and timing of any future features or functionality described for our products remains at our sole discretion. 38
39. What We'll Cover
• IBM iNotes Overview
• IBM iNotes 9.0 SE Details and Demo
• System Requirements and Browsers Supported
• IBM iNotes Futures
• Wrap-up
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40. Where to Find More Information — IBM iNotes
• IBM iNotes - Feature matrix, product overview and collateral
www.ibm.com/lotus/inotes
• Lotus iNotes area within Notes & Domino Wiki
www.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/xpViewCategories.xsp?lookupName=L
IBM Support Portal & Fix Central
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Tech Notes — www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/support/
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Fix Central — www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
IBM Lotus Greenhouse
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http://greenhouse.lotus.com
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Showcase for WPLC products and technologies
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Includes live community and feedback forum
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41. Where to Find More Information — IBM iNotes (cont.)
• IBM developerWorks Domain – www.lotus.com/ldd
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IBM Lotus Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/nd85forum.nsf
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Lotus iNotes 8.5 Articles
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/inotes-full/
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/New_Lotus_iNotes_8.5.2_Message_Forms
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/dominowiki.nsf/dx/three-sample-policies-to-deploy-domino-web-access-dwa
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IBM SmartCloud Notes Web
– http://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing/social/us/en/
http://www.lotus.com/ldd/bhwiki.nsf/dx/Differences_between_LotusLive_Notes_web_and_Lotus_iNotes_%28formerly_DWA
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iNotes Performance and Scalability Papers
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/domino85-inotes/
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/documentation/notes853xenapp/ (iNotes Citrix 8.5.3)
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=475&uid=swg21444437 (iNotes Citrix w/ IE8)
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/library/inotes-avail/ (High Availability)
• IBM Redbooks & Red Papers
http://www.ibm.com/redbooks
– Lotus Domino Web Access Admin & Deployment Redbook
– Lotus Domino Web Access Customization Paper
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