Newsletter August 2010

1. Join iQ.Suite KeyManager pilot phase
2. New features in iQ.Suite for Lotus Notes Domino & Microsoft Exchange/SMTP
3. Enter the world of email archiving with iQ.Suite Store 5.1
4. GROUP at the NLLUG conference in Amsterdam from 9-10 September
5. Yellow Day - the winning colour!
6. GROUP training scheduled for August and September
7. iQ.Suite Tips and Tricks for Lotus Domino: iQ.Suite Trailer - how to avoid blank lines
8. Exchange/SMTP corner: iQ.Suite Crypt and global key mapping

1. Join iQ.Suite KeyManager pilot phase

iQ.Suite KeyManager, our new solution for certificate and key management, is entering the pilot phase. As a perfect addition to iQ.Suite Crypt, it will make the management of certificates and keys child's play.

Would you be interested in becoming one of our "pilots" and experiencing the new and convenient way to manage certificates and keys? Then don't delay and sign up now.

An overview of the key features:

  • Central management of S/MIME certificates
  • Simple integration in existing PKI infrastructures
  • Use of private S/MIME certificates issued by Certificate Authorities
  • Automatic generation of private S/MIME certificates for use with iQ.Suite Crypt
  • Generation and use of self-signed S/MIME certificates
  • Signing of self-generated S/MIME certificates with existing S/MIME certificates
  • Revocation checking for S/MIME certificates with OCSP and CRL (coming soon)
  • Link to LDAP directories
  • Simple, web-based configuration
We anticipate that when the pilot phase has been completed, the new solution will be available to all of our customers at the end of the year. Please see this brochure for more details on iQ.Suite KeyManager.

2. New features in iQ.Suite for Lotus Notes Domino & Microsoft Exchange SMTP

At the end of August, we will be releasing two new versions of our email management solution iQ.Suite for the leading email platforms. There is plenty to look forward to with these and other new functions.

iQ.Suite 13.0 for Lotus Notes Domino

iQ.Suite 9.0 for Microsoft Exchange/SMTP

The new versions will be available in the download area from the end of August.


3. Enter the world of email archiving with iQ.Suite Store 5.1

iQ.Suite Store 5.1 for Lotus Notes Domino and Microsoft Exchange/SMTP, a new and powerful version of our email archiving solution, is now available.

The most important changes to the product with this version are:

Interested in finding out more? Then get in touch today with your distributor or contact us directly on sales@de.gbs.com.


4. GROUP at the NLLUG conference in Amsterdam from 9-10 September

The Lotus User Groups support users of the well-known IBM platform all over the world and form an important link to the community. The Lotus User Group in the Netherlands will be hosting its annual conference from 9 - 10 September 2010, when users, experts and visionaries will get together in the Amsterdam Arena. Under the motto "Get social", both days of the conference will feature discussions of the latest strategies and technologies involving many aspects of IBM Lotus.

At numerous workshops, seminars, presentations and discussions users will have the opportunity to improve their knowledge and to network with other members of the community. GROUP will be there along with our business partner e-office to address the latest developments in confidential email communication.

The Notes experts at GROUP will be focussing particularly on the subject of email encryption. The certified encryption solution iQ.Suite WebCrypt is positioning itself as the appropriate response to the increasing demand for confidentiality. WebCrypt makes it easy for companies to communicate securely and easily with all their end customers and partners, with no keys or certificates at all.

Come and find out about our innovative encryption solution and discover more about legally compliant email management. We look forward to seeing you.

For more information and to register, go to www.lug2010.nl


5. Yellow Day - the winning colour!

Yellow Day 2010 is on 11 August. The Lotus community uses this opportunity to demonstrate their support of the Lotus platform. It goes without saying that attendance is a must for GROUP.

From 11 - 17 August, we are offering you an opportunity to make real cash savings in our exciting sales campaign. Buy new iQ.Suite licences (LND/MSX/SMTP) to run for three years and you will receive a 10% discount on the normal list price. We are also offering all buyers of iQ.Suite Crypt a 20% discount on the purchase price of iQ.Suite KeyManager.

This is yet another opportunity that makes it worthwhile for you to enter the world of legally compliant email management. Get in touch with your distributor today, contact us directly on sales@de.gbs.com or phone us on 0721/4901-0.

*iQ.Suite KeyManager must be ordered by 31 December 2010


6. GROUP training scheduled for August and September

In August and September, let us help you get your knowledge of Lotus Notes Domino into shape at our training courses, where the focus will be on central virus protection, multi-layer spam protection and intelligent content analysis.

In the Microsoft Exchange/ SMTP area, email archiving with iQ.Suite Store will be a major theme in September: we will work with you to simulate error scenarios, analyse them and work out the best solutions.

Below is an overview of some of our courses:

Lotus Notes Domino courses for customers and partners:

Microsoft Exchange/SMTP courses for customers and partners:

 To sign up for any of the workshops and webinars please visit our training page. Click here for details on training dates and contents.

We look forward to your participation!


7. iQ.Suite Tip and Tricks for Lotus Domino: iQ.Suite Trailer - how to avoid blank lines

One highlight of our email security solution iQ.Suite Trailer is intelligent text integration. Using the source and destination given for an email, it is possible to automatically generate a header and/or a footer, which can be activated or deactivated for defined periods of time.

Multilingual text appendices for different domains, input of individual text components by different departments and of course, legal statements with a standard exclusion of liability are major features in iQ.Suite Trailer. However, should there be details in the trailer which cannot be supplied by the sender, such as a cell phone number for example, it is possible that some lines will contain only the designation and no content.

Read here about the options you have for adapting your signature details to your requirements and for avoiding empty lines.


8. Exchange/SMTP corner: iQ.Suite Crypt and global key mapping

Confidentiality and integrity in the email system are crucial factors in helping the sender and the recipient of an email to comply with important data protection requirements. With its flexible rules, iQ.Suite Crypt allows company-wide encryption guidelines to be defined at one central location.

Individual keys/certificates belonging to the recipient can be used for encryption with iQ.Suite Crypt, as can group or corporate keys. Key mapping is required when group or corporate keys are used.

The following describes how to set these up for global use.


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