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From: Werner De Jong 2009 m. balandžio 28 d. 12:23:30
Subject: Re(3): Where is Bluefield?
To: Enhancement Suggestions
This is just my short summary, but most of the features were mentioned in the 2008 Roadmap. I use this during demonstrations. Some features may not be in the released product, while other features that I haven't mentioned, could be.
BlueField (not the product name) is entirely web based and all about secure collaboration and social networking. It uses state-of-the-art web technology, such as AJAX (Asynchronous Javascript and XML) in combination with what we all know and love about FirstClass.
Each user has a profile with an integrated personal blog, which other users can choose to follow. The system is built around communities, which you could see as conferences on steroids. Posted items in blogs and communities can contain active content, such as videos from YouTube and maps from Google Maps. Users can also upload documents and create wikis in communities, ideal tools for creating content collaboratively.
Other exciting news is that we have integrated with Microsoft Office 2007 and OpenOffice 3.0 using the WebDAV extension to HTTP. This means that Word documents, Powerpoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets (or their OpenOffice equivalents) can be edited straight off the server, without having to download them first. You can also connect to the server by mapping a network drive, which turns FirstClass into a file server, giving you access to all files, using any application, as was intended with our CIFS support a few years back. Also new is document versioning, which allows you to look at previous versions of uploaded documents and wikis.
With the new super-fast indexed search, you can locate messages, documents, wikis, people and communities in milliseconds. The search results will be ordered by relevancy and are, of course, controlled by the user's permissions.
Users can join public communities or get invited to join private or secret communities. If they wish, they can opt to have all messages sent to their mailbox. Users can flag any item and get notified of changes to a message thread, document or wiki.
The system can be used next to an already existing messaging system. Community owners can invite external (non-FirstClass) users to join communities, without the need for these users to have to change their email address.
It is coming to a computer near you soon!
Cheers,
Werner
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Werner de Jong
Professional Services Manager
Communications Solutions Group
Open Text Corporation
The FirstClass Division is now the Open Text Communications Solutions Group.
Visit http://www.opentext.com/communication-solutions to learn more about FirstClass solutions.
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