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IBM Mail Next update for July 2014


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There was another IBM Mail Next session presented at Social Connections IV recently. I went ahead and embedded that video as well.

The IBM Social Mail Roadmap, Kramer Reeves & Hans Petter Dalen


IBM Mail Next updates as of July 2014 as presented by IBM for a SocialBizUG webcast.  Design Advisory Program updates, web updates and timelines. These are my notes as they happened. You can now watch the webcast embedded above and get the slides here

Key announcements
  • Kramer talked IBM Mobile First and iOS-ready apps and the Apple announcement

Now on to the good stuff.....  a long list with tons of screen images
IBM Mail Next







Design Advisory Program updat
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  • basically they will open it more but they have a select list of people in the advisory group
  • they chose the cloud first for the testing but want you to go to the IBM cloud
  • If you are using SmartCloud Notes then you are on the path for IBM Mail Next ("Cloud First")
    path to IBM Mail Next
  • They want you to move to SmartCloud if you are on premises
  • "Move to a web based environment" from Kramer Reeves

SmartCloud Notes update
  • Group calendar
  • HA for Traveler
  • Restrict valid IP addresses for IMAP
  • business card like results with profile photos for name finder

2014 and beyond
  • Mail Next
  • new on-boarding manager
  • local archiving with Connections Mail Add-on
  • Offline mail access with Connections Mail Add-on
  • Delegated admin

Web update
  • you will log into SmartCloud (for now)
    IBM Mail Next
  • IBM Mail Next is a preview choice
    IBM Mail Next preview option
  • Google like left column for who sent the message
    IBM Mail Next column
  • Compose a message is very much like the new Google way, insert in bottom right (see image) or tear off
    IBM Mail Next compose email
  • Autosave is built in
  • People row across top for quick access
    IBM Mail Next most important
  • Icons for working with attachments (preview, share and save)
    IBM Mail Next attachments

Mobile update
  • New navigation is a lot of swipes and tabs
  • Possible inbox, people and action are bottom tabs
    IBM Mail Next mobile
  • mobile security via MAM Integration coming
  • integration with Fiberlink MaaS360 in Q3 for Traveler, Sametime and Connections

technical foundation
  • The under the covers architecture hasnt changed much
    IBM Mail Next architecture
  • deployed as part of SmartCloud Notes service
  • New advanced search/analytics service with facets and frequency support
  • IBM Digital Analytics for usage tracking and analysis


timeline update

IBM Mail Next timeline
  • Internal on-boarding of first 100 in July 2014
  • No plans for a Greenhouse deployment currently
  • Deisgn Advisory kickoff August 2014
  • Sponsor users Preview Aug 22
  • SCN update 2014 with a DAP preview
  • NDA updates Oct - Nov 2014
  • IBM Mail Next selective availability 2014
  • IBM Collaboration Technical Conference in January 2015 (aka IBM Connect)
    IBM Collaboration Technical Conference
  • More timeline updates direct from IBM Connect 2014