orangescape solution brief - moving your lotus applications to google

7/31/2019 OrangeScape Solution Brief - Moving Your Lotus Applications to Google

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When moving from Lotus to a Cloud solution like Google, the Email equivalent, Gmail,

is obvious. However, Domino applications, which are primarily workflow and transac-

tion driven, do not fit directly into the Google platform. How do you migrate in a way

that provides you with a technologically progressive upgrade that is also a long-term

business advantage and not just a run-time platform migration? OrangeScape pro-

vides you with the complete solution for Lotus Domino migrating to Google’s Cloud

infrastructure.

Current Alternatives don’t work

Business Applications Gap

Lotus applications are workflow ap-

plications requiring sophistication

way beyond what Google Forms pro-

vides. The other option, Google App

Engine, is too code-centric and re-

quires technical expertise that is not

suitable to former Lotus developers.

Figure 1 Mapping the Google Alternative for Lotus.

Due to the lack of a clear migration path for existing Notes applications and the re-

sulting inability for developers to create new applications with similar ease in the fu-

ture, the migration decision is often stalled or companies resort to interim approach-

es, which are flawed in many ways.

Run-time Application Migrations are shortsighted; you need

a Business Platform on cloud for the future. OrangeScape!

Lotus Domino Applications to Google

Migrating Your



OrangeScape Solution for Domino Apps on Google

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Key Problems with Current Approaches

• Focus on Run-time Migration is short-sighted: First, Lotus Notes is both a

development and a runtime platform. Most vendors, who provide “just” migra-

tion tools, miss this fundamental point. Second, Domino Apps are developed by

a different class of developers who are not too technical. You need to assess

the target platform from both a Run-time as well as a Development Environ-

ment perspective.

• Deferring the Application migration decision is problematic: Many enter-

prises migrate their email and documents to the Cloud but retain their Dom-

ino applications in absence of a direct equivalent. This requires users to move

back and forth between the two environments resulting in confusion, frustra-

tion and an inefficient and less productive workplace.

• X-Pages is an incremental benefit, but does not address the core: This in-

cremental option from Lotus does allow customers to eliminate client licens-

ing once they migrate Email. However, this incremental benefit does not sus-

tain in the long term. It only pushes the difficult decision - of migrating Lotus

Domino Applications - into the future.

The Holistic Lotus-to-Google Migration

Lotus Applications require a Model-driven Platform

Lotus Notes has functional char-

acteristics that inspire business

innovation, help respond quickly to

business needs and have a func-

tional focus. Often times, these

benefits are offset due to a major

dependence on IT.

OrangeScape’s Visual PaaS plat-

form offers the best of both

worlds – A model driven rapid de-

velopment paradigm with a ro-

bust, scalable, cloud-based archi-

tecture that is IT friendly.

Considerations for a Lotus Notes Equivalent Platform

Ease of Development. A rapid development paradigm based on

modeling.

Ease of Access. Instant Availability of the Development Envi-ronment to power users without a complex workstation config-uration.

Visual & Model-driven. Model driven and a Visual developmentenvironment to maximize power user engagement.

Abstraction & Functional focus. The environment must focuson function and abstract the underlying technology.

Maintenance and Change Management. It should be as easy to make changes to the developed application, as it was to cre-

ate initially.




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OrangeScape Completes the Google Cloud Solution for Lotus!

OrangeScape Visual PaaS makes the

Google solution for Lotus Notes com-

plete. The workflow applications can

be developed on OrangeScape Visual

PaaS in a Lotus-like environment while

also providing a strong underlying

technology stack that is provided as a

service (PaaS model).

Figure 2 OrangeScape Completes the Cloud Solution

Important fact: OrangeScape based Applications integrate and interact seamlessly with the underlying cloud infrastructure as well as the user-facing messaging infra-

structure on Google.

OrangeScape Solution for Lotus on Google

OrangeScape is a Global 10 Cloud Platform i.e. Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that

brings in a new paradigm for developing business applications. It allows you to build

comprehensive business applications using a visual-style modeling interface in a 5GL

environment. Applications developed on the OrangeScape platform can be deployed

to the public cloud of your choice, in this case Google App Engine.

OrangeScape Studio

OrangeScape Studio is a 5GL

environment that enables us-

ers to create applications

without writing code. The stu-

dio runs in a browser and us-

es a visual modeling approach

for developing applications.

The studio is organized into

various perspectives to ad-

dress the different compo-

nents of Application Develop-

ment.

Figure 3 OrangeScape Studio - Visual Environment





• Data Design. The Business Da- ta Model - entities, attributes, data typesand relationships

• Rule Design. Spreadsheet like

interface for developing & testing (as- you-go) business rules.

• Form Design. Grid basedpage/UI builder for WYSIWYG forms.

• Process Design. Drag & Drop Visual workflow modeler.

• Action Design. Compositecommand chain for system tasks suchas mail notification, integration etc. Alsosupports procedural programmingstructure.

• Report Design. An interface todefine reports and data filter parame-

ters

Run-time Architecture

OrangeScape has a pre-integrated four-tier architecture on a SOA foundation. The

following diagram depicts a simplified high-level architecture for a typical J2EE de-

ployment:

Figure 5 OrangeScape 4-Tier Component Architecture

Figure 4 OrangeScape Studio Supports Workflow Applications Development Lifecycle




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Migration of Domino Apps to OrangeScape Platform

The migration of Domino Apps to OrangeScape is an accelerated and agile method-ology that leverages the Meta-data definitions of Lotus Notes Applications into Or-

angeScape’s 5 GL Meta-data based Architecture.

Here’s a brief description of the phases involved:

• Discovery and Analysis (Automated). OrangeScape automates the Discovery

and Analysis phase by identifying which applications can be moved quickly by assign-

ing a Complexity Score – which is derived from a combination of application type, Us-

age Frequency and User profiles. This phase provides a clear road-map on where to

start.

• Accelerated Migration (Automated). The actual rapid migration that is pos-

sible with the meta-data based approach. Our Accelerator allows you to migrate the

majority of the application automatically, resulting in time and cost savings and risk-

mitigation. Meta-data approach allows for the migration of all of the mapped ele-

ments such as Schema, Forms/Views, and Data to the corresponding elements in

OrangeScape.

• Enhance (Business Logic, Rules, Workflow, Integration). After the automat-

ed migration activity, the full power of OrangeScape’s 5 GL Studio Development Envi-ronment comes into play, allowing visual and model driven enhancements to the mi-

grated Application.

Figure 6 Lotus Notes Migration to OrangeScape - Methodology





This also offers an opportunity to update the Business Rules, Workflows, and even

the Data Model for any functional upgrades that the business desires during the mi-

gration or at any point thereafter.

OrangeScape based Application Development, being 3-to-5 times faster than tradi-

tional approaches, means that you can achieve an accelerated Migration path with-

out compromising on the target platform capabilities from either a Development or a

Run-time perspective.

3 Pragmatic Reasons to Select OrangeScape

Time to Market. Automated Migration coupled with a 5GL

visual and model-driven development environment gets you

to market quicker. With OrangeScape’s Test-As-You-

Develop capability, the development lifecycle is 3-to-5 times

faster.

Lower TCO. The tightly integrated visual platform with the

sophistication of a complex application architecture with

built-in flexibility, extensibility and cross-cloud portability

leads to a lower overall TCO 40-50% less than that of a

typical application stack with similar scale.

Seamless Cloud Infrastructure Support. OrangeScape is

the only PaaS platform that supports Google infrastructure

natively. In fact, OrangeScape Studio itself runs on the Or-

angeScape platform that in turn runs on the Google App

Engine Infrastructure. The platform offers you seamless

interoperability with Google’s underlying infrastructure as

well as Google Apps.

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Write to: [email protected]

The Larger Picture.

Platform for the Future. As an IT

Leader, you need to look beyond

the immediate migration pres-

sures and choose a platform that

meets your Business needs in the

future. OrangeScape is modern,cloud technology with an Applica-

tion Stack based on an Advanced

4-Tier Architecture, leveraged by

OrangeScape’s “patented” Rules

technology.

About OrangeScape

OrangeScape is a rare breed technology company, one of the Global 10 Cloud

Platform-as-a-Service providers, with customers and partners in USA, India, UK &

Europe.

For details, visit www.orangescape.com

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