MOVE7: Sonic Success Stories for OpenEdge customers

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MOVE-7 Sonic Success Stories for OpenEdge
customers
Bob Trabucchi
Sandy Caiado
Sr Presales Consultant
Sr Presales Consultant
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What you will hear today!

• Stories from Progress/OpenEdge customers
• Long-time Progress customers
• Limited/painful experience with past integration
  efforts
• Challenges they faced
• Decision process used to choose Sonic
• How they leverage Sonic technologies to solve
  their business problems

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Agenda
Lets hear how some OpenEdge customers have done
it!

• Sonic technology primer
• Stoughton Trailer
• Mike Haglund, Asst Mgr/Comm. Systems
• Osprey Retail
• Roger Blanchard, VP Development
• Summary

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What are the Sonic technologies?

• Standards-based integration technologies from
  Sonic Software
• Allows any organization to effectively solve ALL
  the difficult problems associated with
  integration
• Close technology adapter between OpenEdge and
  Sonic

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Conceptually giving you this..
OpenEdgeApplication
Sonic
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How does Sonic do this?

• The Sonic technology stack includes
• Sonic ESB
• SonicMQ (Messaging layer)
• Enables SOA
• Common connectivity options
• Sonic Adapters
• Massive connectivity options
• Specialty Servers
• Orchestration Server
• Collaboration Server
• XML Server Service
• Database Service

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Messaging with SonicMQ
OpenEdgeApplication
SonicMQ
J2EE Application
Broker
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SOA with Sonic ESB
Sonic ESB
SonicMQ
Broker
Validation Service
Transform Service
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Sonic ESB Connectivity Capabilities
J2EE App Servers
Email
Sonic ESB
SonicMQ
FTP
MQSeries
Broker
OpenEdge Application
Other JMS
C/C
OE Adapterfor SonicMQ
Web Services
XML Server
Service
.Net (C, VB, etc)
Java
HTTP(S)
ESB iWay Adapters
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Customers adopting Sonic may think

• For OpenEdge architects/programmers
• Sonic products
• Unfamiliar
• Hard to use/confusing
• Different paradigm
• Without knowing your business drivers having a
  long term plan
• Sonic products are seen as
• Too much/big
• Too expensive

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Agenda
Lets hear how some OpenEdge customers have done
it!

• Sonic technology primer
• Stoughton Trailer
• Mike Haglund, Asst Mgr/Comm. Systems
• Osprey Retail
• Roger Blanchard, VP Development
• Summary

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Stoughton Trailer Overview

• What they do
• Builds tractor trailers and maintains a trucking
  delivery fleet
• Business Problem
• Reduce costs and improve customer responsiveness
• Technical Problem
• Develop a series of automated systems that reduce
  the need for manual processing throughout the
  company
• Solution
• Automation centered around integrating systems
• Several integration points
• PC Miler (automates payroll)
• Wireless devices in each truck (customers see
  shipments)
• Suppliers (automate ordering currently done by
  phone)

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Agenda
Lets hear how some OpenEdge customers have done
it!

• Sonic technology primer
• Stoughton Trailer
• Mike Haglund, Asst Mgr/Comm. Systems
• Osprey Retail
• Roger Blanchard, VP Development
• Summary

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Osprey Retail Overview part I

• What they do
• Sell retail and retail back office decision
  support applications
• Business Problem
• Reduce costs and improve data flow by monitoring
  inventory and providing financial controls
• Technical Problem
• Develop a system that will provide for guaranteed
  delivery of data and real-time data access for
  all aspects of retail store operations

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Osprey Retail Overview part II

• Solution(s)
• Real-time and guaranteed delivery of POS
  transactions to retailers corporate office.
• Up to date financials
• Real time inventory tracking
• Store surveillance of risk parameters
• Real-time and guaranteed propagation of corporate
  maintenance changes to retail outlets such as
• Item Price Changes
• UPC Changes
• Vendor Changes
• New items
• Competitive adjustments
• Real-time data access at retail outlet to mission
  critical data at corporate office

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Agenda
Lets hear how some OpenEdge customers have done
it!

• Sonic technology primer
• Stoughton Trailer
• Mike Haglund, Asst Mgr/Comm. Systems
• Osprey Retail
• Roger Blanchard, VP Development
• Summary

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What we saw today!

• Keys to Sonic Success
• Sonic as integration technology
• Partner with OpenEdge team
• Training
• Mentoring
• Pilot Project
• Results
• Empowered Sonic customer!

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Where To Go From Here?
Get some specifics!

• SOA-6 Standards for SOA 6/6 1030
• ARCH-7 Integrate This! SonicMQ and OpenEdge
  Reference Arch. 6/6 215
• SOA-9 Implementing SOA in Financial Services
  6/6 445

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Questions?
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Thank you foryour time
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