Sybase Enterprise Portal: Now and Future

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Sybase Enterprise Portal Now and Future
DevelopIT June 25-26Loren CorbridgeProduct
Manager, EAServerlcorbrid_at_sybase.com
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Sybase EP 2.0Foundation for e-Business
Web Users
Mobile/Wireless Users
Business Systems
www
Net Markets
Suppliers
Portal Services
Mobile/Wireless Extensions
B2B Extensions
Enterprise Portal 2.0
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
Feeds
Documents
ERP/ CRM
Database
Mainframe
Custom
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EP 2.0 e-Business Infrastructure

• Enterprise-Class Application Server
• Search
• Integrated Security
• Data Server
• Continuous Availability
• Systems Management
• e-Development Tools
• Globalization

• Comprehensive, integrated e-Business
  infrastructure for streamlined global IT
  operations
• Scalable and available for 24x7 operations

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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureEnterprise-Class
Application Server

• J2EE Compliance
• Support for multiple component models EJB, Java,
  C/C, COM, CORBA, PowerBuilder
• Clustering capability including load balancing
  and high availability
• Transaction management including connection
  caching, declarative transaction support and XA
  compliant 2-phase commit

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureSearch and
Indexing

• Natural language searching
• User Agents enable personalization
• Dynamic categorization of content
• Automatic hyper-linking suggests related content
• Indexes structured and unstructured data sources,
  e.g Lotus Notes
• Indexes over 200 of the most popular document
  formats
• Highly scalable solution

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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureIntegrated
Security - Authentication

• Single sign-on including authentication to new
  and legacy applications
• Authentication using user name/password, token
  cards, and digital certificates (service and
  product oriented CAs)
• Ability to create new accounts and synchronize
  existing user accounts
• Minimum authentication strength for sensitive
  data

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureIntegrated
Security Access Control

• Role-based authorization
• Access control on organizational affiliation
• Fine grain access control
• Centralized security authorization using Secure
  Business Objects (SBO) that abstracts all access
  control decisions out of component developers
• Mediates access control to both secure and
  non-secure web content
• Integration with LDAP servers and X.509 Digital
  Certificate Authorities

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureSecurity - Data
Confidentiality/Integrity

• Standards-based SSL, X.509
• SSL point-to-point encryption
• Protects critical data while in-transit and when
  stored
• Stored data can be encrypted
• Digital signature for non-repudiation

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureSecurity
Enterprise-Wide Groups and Roles

• Define a role on an organizational basis and
  grant that role to multiple subjects
• User can assume multiple roles at the same time
• Ability to define multiple default roles for a
  given user
• Roles can span multiple organizations
• Roles can be mutually exclusive for membership
  and activation
• Support for role hierarchy
• Graphical Management Interface and Tools

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureData Server

• High availability
• Distributed transaction (2-phase commit)
  including both XA and MSDTC
• Java and XML including ability to write functions
  and create abstract data types
• Exceptional performance and scalability

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureContinuous
Availability

• True 24/7 configurations
• Automatic client failover
• High Availability servers
• Remote/Replicate Site fail over
• In data center availability
• Geographic fail over support

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureSystems
Management

• Unified system-management console
• Java-based GUI
• Administer components within the portal
• Start/Stop a component
• Monitor the status
• Check log files

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureSystems
Management GUI
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EP 2.0 e-Business Infrastructuree-Development
Tools

• PowerDesigner
• PowerJ

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration

• Integrated development tools cover all aspects of
  the development lifecycle from design to
  development to deployment. These products will
  decrease the amount of effort required to move
  existing applications into the portal.

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EP 2.0 e-Business Infrastructuree-Development
Tools - PowerDesigner

• Synchronized Object Data Modeling
• Standards based
• UML Object Modeling, Use Case, Sequence and Class
  Diagrams
• E/R, Conceptual and Physical Relational Database
  Modeling
• Supports Java, XML, CORBA, C, PB, VB, and over
  30 RDBMS
• Roundtrip Engineering for Java, PB, XML and
  Databases
• Central Repository for Team Development
  Scalable to the Enterprise
• Highly intuitive user interface

• Combines object and data modeling with an
  enterprise repository allowing Business Analysts,
  Designers, and IT Managers communication and
  collaboration with DBAs and Developers

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EP 2.0 e-Business Infrastructuree-Development
Tools - PowerJ

• Drag and Drop programming for both visual and
  non-visual applications
• J2EE v1.2 targets including EJB 1.1, Servlet 2.2,
  JSP 1.1
• Application Packaging for Java, Web, and
  Enterprise Java applications
• Support for all major source control system
  vendors
• Excellent integration with e-Business platform
  for remote debug and automatic deployment of
  applications and components

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration

• Integrated environment for application and
  component development for the J2EE platform

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EP 2.0 e-Business InfrastructureGlobalization

• XML Character set converter
• Convert any XML data feed into chosen character
  set
• Global Sort
• Sort any mixed language data
• Locale Formatting Library
• Format date/time/currency for web pages, invoices

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
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EP 2.0 e-Business Infrastructure Globalization

• Character sets
• Support of over 90 character sets, including
  Unicode
• Currency
• Euro support built-in
• Language
• Ready for searching, categorizing, presenting
  data in any language
• Formats
• Sorting
• Date/time/ numbers/units
• Localized Product Bundles available in Japanese,
  Chinese (S), and Korean

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Sybase EP 2.0 Enterprise Integration

• Application Integration with ERP, CRM, Custom
  Application, DBMS and Mainframe adapters
• Transformation services manage data interchange
  between disparate integration targets
• Integrate with existing messaging infrastructure
• Process Flow Engine automates e-Business logic

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure

• Exchange key information between applications for
  event based information flow
• Integrate legacy and new applications for higher
  ROI

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Sybase EP 2.0 Enterprise IntegrationIntegration
Targets

• ERP/CRM Adapters for SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel and
  Clarify
• Extensive component model support (COM, CORBA,
  Java, EJB, Power Builder NVO)
• Legacy integration with CICS, C, C, COBOL
  applications
• Synchronous and asynchronous data integration
  platform Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, Informix, ASE
• Proprietary target APIs exposed through Java
  components

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure

• Synchronize key business data across the global
  enterprise
• Access and modify business data through new
  e-Business logic

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Sybase EP 2.0 Enterprise IntegrationTransformati
on and Messaging Services

• Adapters interconnect EP with existing messaging
  (MQSeries, Rendezvous and JMS)
• Integration engine provides internal message bus
• Application adapters publish event notifications
• Transformation services convert and deliver
  notification messages for use by A2A integration
  targets

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure

• Maximize use of existing messaging infrastructure
  investments
• Publish business events without modifying
  existing applications
• Subscribe to business events to automate new
  e-Business logic

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Sybase EP 2.0 Enterprise IntegrationProcess
Flow Engine

• Define automated processes to extend existing
  information systems with new e-Business logic
• Graphical builder tool defines process flow using
  pre-defined and custom-built components
• Access services exposed by integrated
  applications and data
• Launch automated processes to respond to internal
  and external event notifications
• Schedule automated processes at specific times or
  intervals

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure

• Build new e-Business logic that makes maximum use
  of existing enterprise data and processes

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EP 2.0 Portal Services

• Content Management
• Personalization Services
• Content Deployment
• Presentation Services
• Translation Services

• Manage and deploy your content effectively
• Direct optimal combinations of content at
  end-users

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EP 2.0 Portal ServicesContent Management

• Flexible content entry
• Distributed workflow
• Version control
• Content categorization
• Scheduled deployment and expiration

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EP 2.0 Portal ServicesPersonalization Services

• Role-based
• Explicit or Implicit
• Automatic browser and OS detection

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EP 2.0 Portal ServicesContent Deployment

• N-tier staging
• Web-base administrative interface
• Versioning and rollback
• Open API

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EP 2.0 Portal ServicesPresentation Services

• Web-based interface for both users and
  administrators
• Java-base template framework
• Extensible to integrate data, applications, and
  web content

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EP 2.0 Portal ServicesTranslation Services

• Option - Portal Translation Manager
• Easy access to automatic and human translation
  services
• Automatic translation can be extremely useful for
  a quick understanding of a foreign language
  email, document, or web page

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Example of Portal Translation Mgr
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EP 2.0 B2B Extensions

• Partner and eMarketplace Integration (Ariba,
  Commerce One, etc.)
• EDI/XML transformations
• XML Management

• Automate trading partner business processes to
  increase efficiency and reduce errors/costs
• Quickly integrate with multiple, disparate
  eMarketplaces

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EP 2.0 B2B ExtensionsPartner eMarketplace
Integration

• Partner Integration using XML
• Support for Commerce One, Ariba, and other
  XML-based marketplaces
• B2B standards support like xCBL and cXML

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EP 2.0 B2B ExtensionsEDI/XML Transformations

• Support for X12 and EDIFACT data formats
• Extension of EDI systems to non-EDI (XML) systems
  
• Flexibility to handle new industry formats

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EP 2.0 B2B ExtensionsXML Management

• Schema categorization and consolidation
• Schema relationships
• Schema versions
• Schema verification

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EP 2.0 Mobile/Wireless Extensions

• In mobile eBusiness, one size does not fit all.
• 3 Delivery Models
• Mobile Web
• Wireless Messaging
• Smart-Clients
• Integrated Security

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration

• Extend enterprise portal applications to mobile
  user for productivity, competitive advantage
• A Robust Platform for mobile eBusiness Delivery

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EP 2.0 Mobile/Wireless ExtensionsMobile Web
Page Delivery

• EP Mobile Option
• Delivers information upon demand to mobile
  devices
• Supports browser-based thin-client devices
• SmartPhones
• PDAs and Laptops
• Embedded and Voice Recognition Devices
• Secures communications using SSL and user
  authentication

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration

• Tailors content automatically to the users
  device
• Multiple markup languages HDML, WML, cHTML
  HTML

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EP 2.0 Mobile/Wireless ExtensionsWireless
Messaging

• EP Mobile Messaging Option
• Extends event-driven eBusiness applications
• Delivers messages andalerts to mobile users
• Supports pagers, phones, laptops and desktops

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration

• Message-based delivery makes the Portal proactive
  - No need for user to log-in
• Store-and-forward messaging overcomes network
  coverage gaps

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EP 2.0 Mobile/Wireless ExtensionsSmart Client
Integration

• EP Mobile Applications Option
• Make your eBusinessAlways-Available
• Bridge gaps in network coverage using smart
  clients
• Deliver information beyond the reach of networks
• Capture transactions remotely and reliably
• Synchronize automatically
• Supports major PDA and laptop platforms

Mobile Wireless Extensions
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration

• Ensures availability of mission-critical
  eBusiness applications.

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EP 2.0 The Extensible Platform for Your
e-Business
Comprehensive Integrated for faster development
B2B Extensions
Portal Services
Mobile/Wireless Extensions
Enterprise Portal 2.0
e-Business Infrastructure
Enterprise Integration
Mainframe
Feeds
ERP/ CRM
Documents
Database
Custom Apps
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EP 3.0 Whats Next?

• More Modular release plan e-Business Platform
• Incorporate products from New Era of Networks
• Improved integration of individual products

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Sybase e-Business Platform Comprehensive
Functional Support
Interact
Web/Mobile Interfaces
B2B Interfaces
Process Tracking
Application Services
RAD Tools
Integrate
Integration Broker
Business Process Management
Application Adapters
Audit and Management
Transact
High Availability
Application Server
Data Storage Access, Movement
e-Business Platform
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Sybase e-Business Platform A Unified Set of
Products
Interact
Sybase Central
Enterprise Portal
B2B Extensions
Wireless Extensions
OpenBiz
Biz Tracker
Integrate
E-Biz Integrator
Adapters ERP, SCM, CRM
Process Server
Accelerators
Power Designer
Transact
PowerJ
Application Server
Ent. Data Movement
Ent. Data Access
Mainframe Access
Database
e-Business Platform

• Common interfaces, installation, configuration,
  and management

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The Continuum of e-Business Requirements
Business Collaboration
Complex
Manage Relationships
Functionality
Self-Service
Standalone Web Applications
Simple
Simple
Complex
E-Business Requirements
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Sybase Supports the Evolution of All e-Business
Models

• Automate trading partner
• interactions
• B2B Interfaces
• Process Tracking
• Audit

Business Collaboration
Complex

• Automate processes across value chain
• Enterprise Portal
• Mobile Interfaces
• Business Process Management

Manage Relationships
Functionality

• Web-enable personalize applications
• Web Interfaces Adapters
• Integration Broker Data Availability

Self-Service

• New e-Business services, secure access
• Application Servers
• RAD Tools
• Data Storage

Standalone Web Applications
Simple
Simple
Complex
E-Business Requirements