1. SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge ® Integration Technologies Jamie Townsend Applied Architect

2. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation2 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Agenda  Reasons to Integrate  Outgoing Integration  Incoming Integration  Choosing The Right Approach Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies

3. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation3 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Business Environment Highly Susceptible to Change  Customer Demands  Competition  Mergers & Acquisitions  Divestitures  Business Partners  Technology  Business Expansion  Drive for Cost Efficiency

4. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation4 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies The IT Reality Requirements Time IT Systems Business Constant changes reduces the ability to respond

5. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation5 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Agenda  Reasons to Integrate  Outgoing Integration  Incoming Integration  Choosing The Right Approach Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies

6. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation6 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing Integration OpenEdge App DB ABL UI Web service ODBC Oracle ® MS SQL MS SQL COM / ActiveX SonicMQ ® /Sonic ™ ESB Process Flat File

7. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation7 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Usability Legend  Ease of Implementation  Suseptible to Change  Future Ready E EE C CC F FF

8. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation8 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing – Flat File ABL Developers  Interpret File Format IMPORT / EXPORT INPUT FROM / OUTPUT TO PUT READ-XML()* / WRITE-XML()* * OpenEdge 10.1A E CF

9. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation9 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing – Process ABL Developers  Interpret Process Input / Output Format INPUT THROUGH / OUTPUT THROUGH External processes are platform dependent! E CF

10. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation10 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing – Sockets* ABL Developers  Socket Management  Implement Custom Protocol Remote System Developers  Implement Custom Protocol * Progress 9.1A / OpenEdge 10.0B

11. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation11 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing – Sockets Typical Uses FTP HTTP SMTP Special needs: –Performance –Non-Standard protocol E CF

12. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation12 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing – COM / ActiveX* ABL Developers  Instantiate & Use COM objects  Embed ActiveX component in GUI Program for each event / method Typical Uses Custom GUI Objects Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Email *Primarily Windows – otherwise very limited support E CF

13. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation13 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing –.Net* ABL Developers  Embed existing.Net components  Requires a little OOABL programming Typical Uses  Custom GUI Objects  Custom.Net Objects *Supported only on Windows *Requires OpenEdge 10.2A (not yet released) E CF

14. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation14 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing – Web Service Web service = HTTP + SOAP ABL Developers  Connection Management Very similar to calling OpenEdge AppServer ™  Interpret WSDL bprowsdldoc creates sample code E CF

15. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation15 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing – SonicMQ ABL Developers  JMS Connection Management  Produce/Consume SonicMQ Messages Offers  Guaranteed Delivery  Message ordering E CF

16. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation16 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing – Sonic ESB ABL Developers  Produce/Consume SonicMQ Messages  Call ESB hosted Web service Offers  Application independant connection to basically anything* *JMS, WebService, FTP, Email, HTTP, 100+ Apps E CF

17. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation17 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing – Data Server ABL Developers  Either: Tweak data access Existing code will just work......but maybe not efficiently  Or: Reimplement foreign business logic Oracle, MS/SQL, other ODBC E CF

18. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation18 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Outgoing Integration Overview Implementation Approach Ease of Implementation Suseptibility to Change Future Ready Flat File Process Sockets COM / ActiveX.Net Web Services SonicMQ Sonic ESB Data Server E CF E CF E CF E CF E CF E CF E CF E CF CF E

19. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation19 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Agenda  Reasons to Integrate  Outgoing Integration  Incoming Integration  Choosing The Right Approach Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies

20. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation20 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Incoming Integration OpenEdge App DB App Server App Server UI Web service Java ™ SonicMQ / ESB ODBC / JDBC

21. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation21 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Incoming –.Net /Java ABL Developers  Proxy Gen  Distribute proxies.Net / Java Developers  Use proxies  No special coding E CF

22. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation22 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Incoming – Web Services ABL Developers  Proxy Gen  Distribute WSDL Remote System Developers  Use Web Service  No Special Coding E CF

23. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation23 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Incoming – Sonic ESB ABL Developers  Insert Code Annotation  Directly deployed into Sonic ESB Remote System Developers  Use easiest approach: SonicMQ, Other JMS, Web service, File Drop, DB Event, Email, many more... E CF

24. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation24 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Incoming – ODBC / JDBC ABL Developers  Do Nothing Remote System Developers  Understand Database Schema  Replicate ABL Logic E CF

25. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation25 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Incoming Integration Overview Implementation Approach Ease of Implementation Suseptibility to Change Future Ready.Net / Java Web Services Sonic ESB ODBC / JDBC E CF E CF E CF E CF

26. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation26 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Agenda  Reasons to Integrate  Incoming Integration  Outgoing Integration  Choosing The Right Approach Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies

27. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation27 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies IT Dilemma: “The Accidental Architecture”  Proprietary technologies and skill sets  Multiple communication infrastructures  High cost of license, consulting and operation  Lots of turf control and organizational issues CRM ERP PARTNER SYSTEMS FINANCE ORDER ENTRY Inability to Respond

28. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation28 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies IT Architecture Requirements  Simplicity  Agility and flexibility  Reusability  Technology independent  Promote integration  Software that reflects business needs Built to Change

29. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation29 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Service-Oriented Architecture An approach for building distributed computing systems based on encapsulating business functions as services that can be easily accessed in a loosely coupled fashion.

30. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation30 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies It Has Been Tried Before  CORBA  Microsoft ® DCOM  Java RMI .NET Remoting  DCE  EJB Easier for Programmers – API Focused

31. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation31 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies How is SOA Different?  Uses established distributed computing and messaging concepts  Scales-up as well as down Department Enterprise Extended enterprise  Incorporates multiple communication models – events and request/reply  Driven by standards and well-known protocols, e.g. Web Services, XML, HTTP, etc. Easier for Business Analysts – Document Focused

32. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation32 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies SOA: It’s Not a Thing  Product  A specific technology  An application  A specific standard  A specific set of rules It’s not a: An Approach for Building Agile and Flexible Business Applications

33. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation33 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies For More Information, go to…  SOA-1: Applied SOA – Building Out Your SOA Environment with OpenEdge  SOA-9: Reliable Messaging with OpenEdge  SOA-17: Introducing Native Invocation with the OpenEdge Adapter for Sonic ESB  SOA-27: Practical Approaches for Implementing a Service-Oriented Architecture Relevant OpenEdge Integration Sessions

34. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation34 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies For More Information, go to…  DEV-5: Application Architecture Made Simple  DEV-6: Introduction to the OpenEdge Advanced GUI  DEV-11: Architecting Your Application in OpenEdge 10  …and many more Relevant OpenEdge Integration Sessions

35. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation35 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies PSDN – Just some topics...  SOA Overview and Business Drivers  Principles of a SOA  Identifying Services in your App  Access Web services from OpenEdge  Patterns for Async Web service calls  Building Services in OpenEdge (Overview)  Exposing ABL as Web Services  Messaging Patterns for OpenEdge

36. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation36 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Documentation  OpenEdge Installation and Configuration Guides Application and Integration Services Core Business Services Messaging and ESB Application Server Administration

37. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation37 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Questions ?

38. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation38 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies Thank You

39. © 2008 Progress Software Corporation39 SOA-4: Introduction to OpenEdge Integration Technologies