IBM Alloy - Lotusphere Presentation

Alloy by IBM and SAP – IBM Lotus Notes and SAP Integration

Alan Rickayzen, Solution Manager , SAP AG

Christian Holsing, Product Manager, IBM - Lotus

John Banks-Binici, Program Director, IBM - Lotus

ID 104 / SPN101

Introducing ..... formerly known as Project “Atlantic”

Agenda

SAP Overview and IBM Partnership

Alloy – Product Overview

Product Demo

Product Architecture

Alloy Extensibility

The R oad A head

Summary

About SAP TM

SAP AG in 2007 revenues: €10.25 billion

Around 76,000 companies run SAP software

Providing more than 25 industry solutions

51, 863 SAP employees (Sept, 2008)

12 million users in 120+ countries team with us to…

Integrate their business processes

Extend their competitive capabilities

Get a better return on investment at a lower total cost of ownership

Unique partner ecosystem

More than 1.3 million community members (SDN and BPX)

More than 1,800 partner solutions certified for SAP NetWeaver

15 Industry Value Networks

SAP‘s Solution Portfolio SAP NetWeaver Core Business Industry- specific Line of Business User- specific SAP Business ByDesign SAP Business Suite SAP Business All-in-One SAP Business One Large Enterprises Medium Enterprises Small Enterprises Composite Apps

SAP Customers

IBM and SAP: Global Partnership © SAP 2007 / Page

Two Primary SAP User Roles Within Organizations

Sample roles: payroll administrator, customer service representative, claims processor

Area expert with defined tasks

Conducts repetitive, structured transactional work

Uses single or a few enterprise applications

User interface of choice: SAP Portal

Business User Task Worker SAP “ Power User” Typical Lotus Notes User

Sample roles: business manager, sales representative, HR manager, CxO

Knowledge worker or people manager

Manages exceptions and coordinates activities & resources

Aggregates and synthesizes information from many sources

Spends a large portion of their day dealing with email, meetings, documents

Business Users are Disconnected From Enterprise Information and Processes….

Productivity suffers from time wasted searching for and coordinating information

Decision-making is impaired due to out-of-date or incomplete information

Business innovation is hindered by inability to participate in enterprise processes

Morale is impacted due to over-reliance on manual intervention and workarounds

DISTRIBUTION CENTERS DISTRIBUTION CENTERS MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURING CORPORATE HQ CORPORATE HQ

Moving from it interrupts their flow and introduces opportunities for distraction. Instant Messaging E-mail, Calendar, Contacts Documents, Presentations, Spreadsheets Social networking –blogs, mashups, activities Personal content library Feeds, My Widgets, Live Text Collaborative and business applications Business User's Inbox is the catalyst for productivity

Introducing Alloy TM by IBM and SAP: Bringing SAP Software to IBM ® Lotus ® Notes ® © SAP 2007 / Page

Industry expertise

Business processes

System of record

Desktop ubiquity

Ad-hoc processes

Office productivity

© SAP 2007 / Page Alloy Executive Summary <Buying Center> <Buying Center> Ensure rapid adoption and minimal training for end users Add functionality needed for each unique business user group Rapid Deployment Extensibility Familiar Working Environment Deliver SAP information and applications into IBM Lotus Notes to improve productivity

Familiar Working Environment Provide business users with easy access to key enterprise processes and information

Report Management

Travel Management

Leave Management

Workflow Approvals

Report Management Give users information to make good decisions

Travel Management Request, review and approve trip details quickly

Leave management Manage vacation from your Notes calendar

Rapid Deployment Alloy can be rapidly deployed without extensive customization to support key business processes.

Straightforward Architecture

Intuitive Design

Alloy 1.0 Architecture Straightforward Deployment SAP Business Suite (ERP/BI) Lotus Notes Client Mail Inbox Sidebar Meta Data Repository Mail File Meta Data Repository IBM Proxy SAP Proxy Asynchronous Mail Asynchronous Replication Synchronous Services SAP Alloy Gateway Lotus Domino Server / IBM Alloy Gateway

Intuitive Design Build on what Notes users know and expect

Sidebar Plugin

Email / Calendar Entry

Standard UI Elements

Alloy Items fit seamlessly into Notes behaviors and can be used easily from Notes Users

Extensibility Companies can easily extend Alloy to integrate additional business functionality in SAP software with Lotus Notes.

Workflow Decision Management

Customization

Workflow Decision Management Keep business moving without slowing down Bring decision steps in any Workflow to Lotus Notes with simple configuration

Customization Bring contextual information for improved decision making Bring related reports and other contextual content from SAP NetWeaver Business Suite to help business user make more informed decisions.

Example Workflow Screen from Beta Customer (1)

Example Workflow Screen from Beta Customer (2)

Demonstration

The Architecture behind Alloy

Alloy Workflow Approval Flow

Additional Product Capabilities

Single Sign On

Alloy provides Single Sign on between the Lotus Environment and the SAP Systems

Based on SAML (W3 standard)

User-mapping is done on Lotus Side (names.nsf)

Architecture is SOA compliant and extensible

Communication between IBM and SAP Systems is done via WebServices / XML only

Customers can use MessageBroker in between

Extensibility options on the respective platform

Domino Developer can build extensions to Alloy Items

SAP Developer can build extensions to Workflows / business processes

Two Sides of Alloy

Alloy acts as a platform

Provides integration for a set of SAP business objects

Transaction safeness

Single Sign On

Alloy Acts as a Business Solution

Provides Out of the Box business application together with Workflow support and reporting

Alloy System Prerequisites for v1.0

IBM Lotus

Lotus Notes 8.0.2 and above

Lotus Domino 8.0.2 and above

SAP

SAP ERP 6.0 or higher

SAP BI 3.5 or 7

Initial Languages

English, German, French, Japanese, Italian

Platform support

Lotus Notes client – initially Microsoft ® Windows XP ® 32 Bit and Windows Vista ® 32 Bit

Domino – initially Microsoft ® Windows Server ®

Summary

Alloy is the latest step in SAP software and IBM software integration

Alloy changes the integration pattern from Data Integration to Business Object Integration

Alloy provides a proven and extensible platform with out-of-the box business processes build on it

First product jointly designed, built and supported by SAP and IBM

Related sessions:

ID103: Upgrading to IBM Lotus Notes and IBM Lotus Domino 8.x

AD217: Alloy by IBM and SAP - Deploying, Administering and Customizing

AD201: IBM Lotus Domino Designer 8.5: A New Beginning

AD214: What Every Domino Developer Should Know About Performance

SHOW103: "Sidebar Safari" -- Controlling and Extending the IBM Lotus Notes Sidebar with Policies, Widgets, Plug-ins and a New API

Lotus Domino and SAP Business Suite – A powerful combination to leverage integrated business processes The best of two worlds !

Christian Holsing eMail: holsing@de.ibm.com Alan Rickayzen eMail: Alan.Rickayzen@sap.com John Banks-Binici eMail: John_Banks-Binici@us.ibm.com

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