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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 Road Ahead

Summary

About SAPTM

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 SAP NetWeaver

CoreBusiness

Industry-specific

Line ofBusiness

User-specific

SAP BusinessByDesign

SAP BusinessByDesign

SAP Business Suite

SAP Business Suite SAP Business

All-in-OneSAP Business All-in-One SAP

BusinessOne

SAP BusinessOne

Large Enterprises Medium Enterprises Small Enterprises

Composite Apps Composite Apps

SAP Customers

IBM and SAP: Global Partnership

Global Technology Partner

F ull S up p o rt o f S A P B us ine ss S uite o n IB M e S e rve r an IB M D B 2

Ne w: B I ac ce le rato r o n IB M B lad e C e nte r

Global Service Partner

L arg e s t num b e r o f S A P S e rvice C o nsultants

Me m b e r o f the S A P Im p le m e ntatio n Q uality P ro g ram

Software Partner

C o llab o ratio n T e chno lo g y S up p o rt C e nte r

IB M S o f tware Inte ro p e rab ility and S A P S o lutio ns

Hosting Partner

C e rtif ie d Ho s ting P artne r in m ajo r m arke ts

L arg e s t num b e r o f S A P c us to m e r us e rs ho s te d

S A P an d IB M – p artn erin g fo r o v er 30 years O v er 12 ,000 jo in t cu s tom ers

© SAP 2007 /

Two Primary SAP User Roles Within Organizations

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

Area expert with defined tasks

Conducts repetitive, structured transactionalwork

Uses single or a few enterprise applications

User interface of choice: SAP Portal

Business User

TaskWorker

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

Moving from it interrupts their flow and introduces opportunities for distraction.

InstantMessaging

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 AlloyTM by IBM and SAP: Bringing SAP Software to IBM® Lotus® Notes®

© SAP 2007 /

Industry expertise

Business processes

System of record

Desktop ubiquity Ad-hoc processes Office

productivity

© SAP 2007 /

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 ExtensibilityFamiliar Working EnvironmentDeliver 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 ManagementGive users information to make good decisions

Travel ManagementRequest, review and approve trip details quickly

Leave managementManage 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 ArchitectureStraightforward Deployment

SAP Business Suite (ERP/BI)

Lotus Notes Client

Mail Inbox

SidebarMeta Data Repository

Mail File

Meta Data Repository

IBM Proxy SAP Proxy

SAP Alloy GatewayLotus Domino Server /

IBM Alloy Gateway

Asynchronous Mail Asynchronous Replication

Synchronous Services

Intuitive DesignBuild 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 ManagementKeep business moving without slowing down

Bring decision steps in any Workflow to Lotus Notes with simple configuration

CustomizationBring 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

Subject to change

Lotus Notes Client

SAP System Landscape *

SAP WorkflowApproval Step

Form at Mess age Se nd Approv al Reque st

Approval Request (Lotus Notes

Inbox )

A pprov e/R eject(Button)

R oute W eb Serv ice C all

ContinueSA P Workf low

Lotus D ominoReplicate

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

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Lotus Domino and SAP Business Suite – A powerful combination to leverage integrated business processes

The best of two worlds !

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Christian Holsing

eMail: [email protected]

Alan Rickayzen


John Banks-Binici


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