AlloyTM Software by IBM® and SAP®Access SAP Information and Processes from IBM Lotus Notes

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Agenda

1. Key trends and issues

2. Alloy solution overview

3. Why choose Alloy?

People Have Different Roles Within Organizations

• Sample roles: payroll administrator, customer service representative

• Area expert with defined tasks

• Conducts repetitive, structured transactional work

• Uses single or a few enterprise applications

• Interface of choice: SAP Portal, SAP GUI

Business User

TaskWorker

SAP “Power User”

Typical Lotus Notes User

• Sample roles: business manager, sales representative, HR manager

• Knowledge worker or people manager

• Manages exceptions and coordinates activities & resources

• Synthesizes many sources of information

• Interface of choice: e-mail, desktop productivity tools

• More workers in decision making roles – need better access to business information

• Need transparency to improve compliance with policies

• Business users have a low tolerance for complicated interfaces

• Working on many activities concurrently – new tasks must fit in, not slow everything down

Business Users are Disconnected From Enterprise Information and Processes

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

Business User’s Inbox is a Catalyst for Productivity

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

Alloy - Bringing SAP Software to Lotus Notes

• Business processes

• Industry expertise

• System of record

• Office productivity

• Ad-hoc processes

• On every desktop

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Agenda

1. Key trends and issues

2. Alloy overview

3. Why choose Alloy?

Alloy Executive Summary

Ensure rapid adoption and minimal training for end users

Add functionality needed for each unique business user group

Rapid Deployment ExtensibilityFamiliar Working Environment

Deliver SAP information and applications into Lotus Notes to improve productivity

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Familiar Working Environment

Reports ManagementGive users information to make good decisions

• Easy access to BI, ERP and line of business reports

• Self service subscription and personalization

• Forward or access reports off-line

• Links to related reports and information

Travel ManagementRequest, review and approve trip details quickly

• Schedule and approve trip requests

• Links to key information, e.g. travel and expense policies

• Link to collaboration tools to discuss and resolve quickly

• Ensure data consistency and compliance

Leave managementManage vacation from your Lotus Notes calendar

• Schedule and approve leave requests

• Links to key information, e.g. vacation policies

• Link to collaboration tools to discuss and resolve quickly

• Ensure data consistency and compliance

Workflow Decisions ManagementManage SAP Workflow decision steps in Lotus Notes

• Bring decision steps from workflow to Lotus Notes

• Simple configuration-no customization needed

• Transparently supports multiple decision options

• Extensive customization options for specific requirements

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Rapid Deployment

IBM Lotus Notes Client

IBM Lotus Notes Client

IBMLotus

DominoMail

Servers

IBMLotus

DominoMail

Servers

AlloyTM Software by IBM and SAPAlloyTM Software by IBM and SAP

SAP Business Suite

SAP Business Suite

SAP NetWeaverBusiness

Warehouse

SAP NetWeaverBusiness

Warehouse

IBM Lotus NotesAlloy

Add-on

IBM Lotus NotesAlloy

Add-on

IBM Lotus Domino Server

IBM Lotus Domino Server

SAP NetWeaver Application Server

(J2EE)

SAP NetWeaver Application Server

(J2EE)

SAP AlloyAdd-On

SAP AlloyAdd-On

Alloy 1.0 Architecture

Intuitive DesignBuild on what Notes users know and expect

Side bar adjusts to current user context

Simple action buttons for decision

maker

Embedded directly into calendar, e-mail

One-click collaboration

Extensibility

Workflow IntegrationTransparently expose workflow decisions in Lotus Notes

• Configure which workflow decisions to expose in Alloy

• Add further SAP information by using ABAP workbench

• Modify the decision user interface in Domino Designer

• Integrate additional helpful information into the sidebar

Custom IntegrationBring contextual information to facilitate better decisions

• Bring contextual information from SAP Business Suite

• Use standard customization tools like Lotus Notes Designer, Lotus Script, SAP Implementation Guide

• Integrate additional helpful information into the sidebar

• Customize email and document forms to fit your needs

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Agenda

1. Key trends and issues

2. Alloy solution overview

3. Why choose Alloy?

Key Benefits For the business user, the enterprise and IT

Increase effectiveness, responsiveness, and productivity

Improve decision making

Better risk management and mitigation

Increase ROI

•A smarter work environment for business users, integrating the collaborative capabilities of Lotus Notes with SAP applications, workflows, and information

•Easy and intuitive access to relevant, contextual business information

•Employees can more easily adhere to business processes, follow workflows, and act on essential information

•Leverage existing investments in SAP applications and Lotus Notes.

What makes Alloy unique?Reliable, simple and extensible

<Value Scenario> improves <benefit> and <benefit>• The first product jointly

developed and supported by SAP and IBM

• Eliminates the need to build and maintain expensive custom programming or interfaces to integrate SAP applications with Lotus Notes

• Allows in-house developers and system integrators to customize and extend functionality to better serve unique needs

Thank-You

For more information, visit

ibm.com/software/lotus/alloy

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