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3 On the Minds of Top Executives Worldwide Source: IBM Corporation - July 2005 (Over 1400 Survey’s Worldwide) CIO Challenges Aligning IT & business goals Building responsiveness and agility into the organization through IT Enable IT staff to be more effective CEO Challenges Process Efficiency Meeting Customer Expectations Employee Productivity Security & Privacy
4 “We need to make things more efficient, so we do more business, adding to the bottom line.” Improve Efficiency and Productivity “ We need to work smarter, using faster performing and easier to use tools.” Deliver Responsiveness and Reliability at Lower Cost “It’s about giving certain users the ability to manage content and make changes themselves.” Accelerate Application and Content Deployment Existing Realities (“How do I…”)
5 Enter SOA – Services Oriented Architecture … a service? A repeatable business task – e.g., check customer credit; open new account … service oriented architecture (SOA)? An IT architectural style that supports integrating your business as linked services "SOA impacts every aspect of IT and business.”
6 Enterprise Portals Represent a Compelling First SOA Project “Through 2007, an enterprise portal will be the first major application of SOA concepts for more than 50 percent of enterprises (0.6 probability).” Analytical source: Gene Phifer, Gartner Research; Publication Date: 12 October 2005/ID Number: G Gartner 10/12/05
7 role-based in context process- driven Portals traditionally delivered role and context based info to browser based clients… requiring network connection Browser Connected access on laptops, desktops, mobile devices But what if: Users want to access apps regardless of network connectivity Users want to improve responsiveness through an interface that integrates a variety of apps (IT calls it Composite Apps)
8 Mobile Laptop role-based in context process- driven Desktop Kiosk Simple Enter Lotus Expeditor and Lotus Mobile Connect: Securely extend WebSphere Portal apps to managed client environments Integrated
9 Offline Portal access Customer need Secure offline access to Portal applications Create composite apps that include a variety of apps (Portlets, ActiveX, Text terminal, Swing, Eclipse, Ajax etc) Value proposition offered by IBM Improve productivity and increase responsiveness through personalized, aggregated information – anytime, anywhere Products that deliver the value WebSphere Portal: Personalized info, integrated and aggregated Lotus Expeditor: For offline access and enhanced composite apps Lotus Mobile Connect: For secure connectivity
10 Sweet Spot Source: Scenarios from Banking Industry LOB SOA Presentation Example Scenarios in Banking - Front Office, Customer Relationship
11 Sweet Spot Source for Insurance Info: Insurance Industry LOB SOA Presentation Example scenarios in Insurance - Claims, Sales & Customer Service, Policy Administration
12 Example scenarios in Government – Social Services & Social Security Sweet Spot
13 Other Examples Offline Employee Directory Expense Reimbursement
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15 Enterprise Access Products in the Solution Lotus Expeditor * Server-managed client platform for semi-connected apps u role-based SOA Based Process driven in context services Lotus Mobile Connect ** Mobile VPN for secure roaming and access * Lotus Expeditor: new name for WebSphere Everyplace Deployment, (Nov ’06 release). ** Lotus Mobile Connect: new name for WebSphere Everyplace Connection Manager, (Nov ’06 release)
16 IBM Lotus Expeditor IBM’s strategic server-managed client platform Open standards-based alternative to.NET client and VB Client integration platform for laptops, desktops, kiosks and mobile Extends composite apps (Portal, Forms etc) Aggregates a variety of application types in a single client view (eg Portlets, ActiveX, Host terminal apps, Native, Windows, Swing and others) Provides anytime/anywhere access in semi-connected environment Strategic to WPLC as standalone product and as the foundation for: Lotus Sametime 7.5, “Hannover” … and more! Rich Client Mobile Clients Composite Apps Managed Eclipse / Web-app based client ERP CRM Customer Service Collaboration Inventory, Logistics Supply Chain
17 Lotus Expeditor: End to end Server Managed Client Semi-Connected Support IT Data Center Desktops, Laptops, Kiosk’s, PDA’s* … Back- End Services to SOA Managed Client Expeditor Server Expeditor Client SOA Managed Client Platform ~ Operates Connected or Offline * Portal Administered Client not available on PDAs PORTALSERVER/APPSERVERPORTALSERVER/APPSERVER Think: “Replication”
18 Portal Administered Client support in Expeditor ActiveX Browser Swing Portlets Eclipse SWT More Compelling User Interface Faster Response Times Intelligent Rendering on Client Offline access to Portal Access to portal apps offline Portal Administered Client Push Software to Client Portal Admin by Role Composite applications Host access, ActiveX, Swing, Eclipse Client Security Local Authentication Single Sign on / Credential Store Lockdown Desktop Application Provisioning (optional) Push / Scheduled Downloads Software Inventory
19 Browser Portlet Factory IBM Lotus Mobile Connect Secure Connectivity User authentication Data encryption Secure VPNs Optimized access IBM’s secure mobile VPN Seamless cross-network roaming Secure wireless & wire line roaming to over 40+ networks Proven ROI - least cost routing & data optimization Secure end-to-end connect to corporate intranets Strong authentication and support for RSA Secure ID End-to-end encryption- DES, Triple DES, RC5 and AES FIPS certification Scalable and Reliable Supports gateway clustering, and can distribute across multiple sites Used WW today by IBM mobile workers!! Sametime Notes“Hannover” Expeditor
20 Lotus Mobile Connect: Secure Mobile VPN (Virtual Private Network) IT Data Center Desktops, Laptops, Kiosk’s, PDA’s* … Back- End Services to Mobile Connect Clients Mobile Connect Client Mobile Connect Clients PORTALSERVER/APPSERVERPORTALSERVER/APPSERVER Mobile Connect Server Secure VPN Firewall
21 Competitive Differentiation vs. Microsoft.NET Expeditor One of the first vendors with offline portal support More sophisticated composite apps -> More responsiveness Aggregate a variety of sources (ActiveX, Swing, Eclipse SWT, Host Access and others..) Based upon open standards -> No vendor lock in plus reuse of developer skills Support variety of platforms (Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile etc) –> More flexible Apps portable between platforms and backward compatible -> Lower maintenance and support cost Mobile Connect World class encryption (FIPS certification) Seamless Roaming
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23 Helpful Links Lotus Expeditor Website: Workshops: Lotus Mobile Connect Website: Offers When a customer purchases a minimum of 200 processor value unites of WebSphere Portal Server, Portal Enable or Portal Extend, he qualifies for a discount off the portal product and any combination of Lotus Expeditor Enterprise Edition and client licenses
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25 Improve productivity and increase responsiveness through personalized, aggregated information – anytime, anywhere WebSphere Portal:Personalized info, integrated and aggregated Lotus Expeditor:Offline access and enhanced composite apps Lotus Mobile Connect:Secure connectivity IBM’s solution is very competitive One of the first vendors with offline portal support More sophisticated composite apps -> More responsiveness Aggregate a variety of sources (ActiveX, Swing, Eclipse SWT, Host Access and others..) Based upon open standards -> No vendor lock in + reuse of developer skills Supports variety of platforms (Linux, Windows, Windows Mobile etc) –> More flexible Apps portable between platforms and backward compatible -> Lower maintenance and support cost World class encryption Summary Engage Lotus rep for Proof of Concepts or Deployments today
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