In this presentation you can view the opportunity to use IBM Lotus Notes & Xpages technoloigy to develop fast application that integrate Lotus Notes DB & Relational Database, in particular IBm DB2 on AS/400

1. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
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Document Management
Portal Solution Designer
Lotus Domino Administrator
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2. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
About :
● Lotus Domino e Lotus Notes
● Develop with XPages
● Iseries AS/400 Data.
● Two real cases, two fast projects at low cost.
● The framework “ready to use”
● Running Xpages on standard mobile devices.
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3. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
IBM Domino Server 8.5.2 platform
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Features :Messaging, Ldap, WebServer, Application
& Collaboration
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Middleware multiplatform : we are focused on i
Series version
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The Sub System : I Series like a rock!
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Partitioned Cluster Load & Balancing, Daos, ID Vault.
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4. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.2 client.
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Multi Platform : Windows, Linux & Mac OS
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Run on Eclipse, Widgets, Portlet...
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Collaboration with Sametime & Lotus Connections
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Standard Applications or Xpages Applications inside
the client
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Mobile computing, replica & security.
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5. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
Internet Browser & Mobile Devices
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Support for most common web browser
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Support for iPhone with Xpages
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Support for iPad with Xpages
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6. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
Develop with Xpages – una nuova frontiera.
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What are Xpages
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New way to develop
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New OneUI interface
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Css dedicated, controls for devices, controls for web
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OpenNtf.org project : www.openntf.org
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7. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
Summary about Xpages :
● XPages is a rapid web and mobile application development platform. It allows IBM
Lotus Notes data to be displayed to browser clients on all platforms.
● The programming model is based on standards and common web development skills
like JavaScript, Ajax, the Dojo Toolkit, Server-side JavaScript, JavaServer Faces and it
leverages IBM Lotus Domino functionality like the Document-oriented database.
XPages applications are hosted by IBM Lotus Domino, IBM's Rapid application
development platform, which has sold more than 145 million licenses.
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8. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
Features
● Standard controls ready to use and public library.
● Develop your own controls.
● Programming language : Lotus Script ,Javascript e Java
SDK
● Reusability of code
● To merge Lotus Notes/RDBMS data
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9. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
OneUi interface: the start point!
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10. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
About the WEB ?
●HTML automatically generated.
●Css standard by OneOUI or custom
●Merge more data source also on the web
●Control for mobile devices ready available.
●Developers kit always updated.
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11. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
In the past....
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● The AS/400 data were imported into Lotus
Notes Applications.
● Data were processed in Lotus Notes
● Processed data were exported to AS/400
● Dedicated connectors.
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12. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
What can happen today...
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● Is not useful import data from AS/400
● You read data from AS/400
● The data read can be an integral part of Lotus
Notes
● You write data into AS/400
● Communicate via JDBC drivers
● Data may be on various DB.
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13. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Two examples of integration 1/2.
Integration
Chance 1 :
● Construction of a new industrial product that requires
a workflow approval process that involves multiple
decision-makers.
● Parts of the information are in Lotus Notes Db (those
documents and project) and others residing on the
AS/400, such as production cycles, parts lists, articles,
etc..
● The final data depend on decisions made ​based on
workflow, validation and consolidation of existing data
on the system and in Lotus Notes and creating the
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14. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
Two examples of integration 2/2.
Chance 2 :
● Develop an app for offers / quotes management, which
is available online for the entire sales force.
● For some business entities must be available offline
● Price lists must be updated in real time
● You have to manage campaigns for products offered
● Master prospect or customer lists and provisional sales
● Model centralization about offers/ quotes.
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15. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
The solution (for us!)
●In both cases the data remain on the AS/400
system
●In Lotus Notes system data are only shown to
provide references for the decision / final
processing
●Lotus Notes handles the flow of the cycles of
approval, validation of information, production of
technical documents
●Are returned to the data management system only
useful for coding and definition of the problem.
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16. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
Our development methodology
●Definition of the structure of process management in
Lotus Notes
●Definition of the query from AS/400 to XPages
●Composition of workflow management, information
and documentary information management by
merging into a single management interface.
●Creating documents and decision support in Lotus
Notes
●Return of management data created / edited directly
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17. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
Having a development framework
●It means having a solid foundation and proven over time
●Management functionality based on Secutiry, workflow,
documentation, modeling of business models
●Develop only the frontend on the problem should be
addressed
●n our case, new product creation, bid management.
●Development time drastically reduced
●Initial investment that pays off with successive
deployments and / or new developments.
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18. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
Xpages demo
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19. Notes/Domino/IBM i Application
Integration
End point :
●Applications ready for : Client Lotus Notes, Web,
Mobile Devices
●Lower costs of software production
●Common interface for all applications
●Centralized maintenance for the different device
●Code reusability.
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Integration
Per maggiori informazioni
http://xpages.info/XPagesHome.nsf/Demos.xsp
http://extlib.openntf.org/
http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?act
Http://www.xerum.it
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