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Appeon for PowerBuilder. BRINGING THE POWER OF PB TO THE WEB™. Appeon for PowerBuilder Introduction. PRESENTATION FOR NAME. Armeen Mazda armeen.mazda@appeon.com 1-877-3APPEON x621. Topics. Appeon Overview Live Demonstration Technical Details Conclusion. About Appeon Corporation.
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Appeon for PowerBuilder BRINGING THE POWER OF PB TO THE WEB™ Appeon for PowerBuilder Introduction PRESENTATION FOR NAME Armeen Mazdaarmeen.mazda@appeon.com1-877-3APPEON x621
Topics • Appeon Overview • Live Demonstration • Technical Details • Conclusion
About Appeon Corporation • Worldwide leader in providing PowerBuilder-based development products and IT outsourcing services • Patented technology in deploying applications built in PowerBuilder to J2EE and .NET platforms • Sybase distributes & supports Appeon worldwide. Over 600 customers using Appeon today! • Subsidiary of Shell Electric, a Hong Kong conglomerate founded in 1952 and publicly traded on the HKSE
PowerBuilder’s Relationship to .NET • .NET is any programming language deployed to a single framework/OS, for example, C#, ASP, etc. • Traditional 4GLs have become .NET languages, for example, VB, Delphi, etc. • PowerBuilder is the latest .NET language, following the likes of VB and Delphi
What is Appeon for PowerBuilder? PowerBuilder Client/Server .NET/Java N-tier Web Appeon for PowerBuilder (APB) is … Add-on for PowerBuilder to develop complex.NET or Java Web applications rapidly and easily. Automatically Deploy
Why Choose Appeon? More companies prefer to use Appeon for their Web projects because they find that Appeon delivers superior ROI by… • Shortest development time and lowest cost. Develop new Java or .NET Web applications 4X faster and migrate existing PowerBuilder applications in just a few months or even weeks. • Least project risk. There is no need to rewrite your entire code base, no need to re-architect your system, no need to retool your engineering team, and even no need to re-train your end-users. • Most powerful PowerBuilder Web deployment. Effortlessly handles the largest of applications (up to 600MB) with the most robust PowerBuilder feature support, and offers powerful desktop integration with the richest Web user interface. • Extraordinary performance and scalability. Delivers virtually the performance of client/server with the scalability of the Web – there is no faster or more scalable Web deployment option.
The Appeon Technical Edge • Rich-Client architecture utilizing ActiveX and AJAX technology to deliver the power of PB on the Web • Most powerful and interactive Web user interface • V6.0 optimized over 8 years and 1,000 engineering years of R&D to handle real-life complex applications • Technology agnostic: simultaneously deploys to .NET and J2EE platforms with numerous integration options • Performs under real-life load situations and features numerous “automatic” performance boosting features • Hundreds of successful deployments where all other solutions failed, including Citrix, Web rewrites, and status quo
Case Study: Appeon Savings Just spending one week, one PowerBuilder engineer implemented the PetShop blueprint application of Microsoft .NET, which took two .NET engineers four weeks to develop. • Appeon is able to implement • the same .NET application with • 1/4 of the lines of code; • 1/4of the time; • 1/8of the cost.
Healthcare – Practice Management HENRY SCHEIN (NASDAQ: HSIC) CHALLENGE • To grow their customer base further, the Dental Vision business unit was forced to offer a standard Web solution and move away from Citrix. • Complicating matters worse, the Web solution must deliver all existing functionality, including X-ray, imaging, RichTextEdit and MS Word integration. • However, with 30 person years already tied up in the flagship Dental Vision client/server solution, budget and manpower to devote to rewriting Dental Vision a second time for the Web proved to be scant. SOLUTION • Appeon for PowerBuilder • Appeon Global IT Services RESULTS • Successfully delivered a Web product that can seamlessly scale up to 5,000 users (the largest customer size in the dental industry). • Not only preserved all functionality of existing client/server solution, but also UI remained unchanged eliminating complicated re-training. • Project completed within 12 months and within limited budget.
Health Care - Human Resources RES-Q HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS CHALLENGE • Customers demanded RES-Q expand their HR solution to offer hospital staff the ability to schedule themselves from anywhere and at anytime (i.e. Web-based self-scheduling). • However, RES-Q staff and resources were full committed to maintaining their existing HR solution in PowerBuilder. • The complexity and cost to add any new skill set or maintain an additional product line made it prohibitive for RES-Q to appease their customers. SOLUTION • Appeon for PowerBuilder • Appeon Global IT Services RESULTS • Web-based self-scheduling delivered in just 60 days. • Integrated into existing product such that RES-Q staff is required to only maintain a single application. • Existing RES-Q staff/skill set adequate for on-going maintenance of the integrated solution.
Healthcare - Procurement LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITAL CHALLENGE • Improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of supply procurement • Provide management with real-time visibility into the procurement system SOLUTION • Appeon for PowerBuilder RESULTS • Overall cost savings of ₤2.6 million to date • 92% reduction in total processing cost per order • Reduction in time spent on supply issues from 20% to less than 5% • Time between requisitions and purchase orders has been cut from 7 to 10 days to 3-4 hours • Improved financial control to comply with audit requirements and management information, including key performance indicators (KPI) reporting • Improved requisitioning capability and with integration to multiple systems
ISV – Contract Mgmt INTELLISOFT GROUP CHALLENGE • Intellisoft Group, after much success with it’s medical credentialing software (IntelliContract) was looking to expand its business beyond healthcare and offer a horizontal solution • Wading through uncharted waters was a significant concern, and as such, IntelliSoft wanted to quickly validate the opportunity with minimal investment (potential loss). • However, to be successful in this crowded market, needed to offer radically superior and technically advanced product. SOLUTION • Appeon for PowerBuilder • Appeon Global IT Services RESULTS • Successfully brought IntelliContract to market in 6 months • Venture profitable within 2 months of being on the market • Have won accounts against SalesForce.com and other strong competitors
Telecommunications - CRM CHINA UNICOM INTEGRATIVE ACCOUNT SYSTEM CHALLENGE • As China Unicom’s subscriber base had rapidly grown in recent years, the legacy CRM system had become outdated and difficult to maintain • Off-the-shelf CRM solutions did not match China Unicom’s business processes and departmental workflows or proved to be cost-prohibitive • Time-to-market was essential since customer accounts were in jeopardy SOLUTION • Appeon for PowerBuilder • Appeon Global IT Services RESULTS • System developed and successfully rolled out to China Unicom customers in just 8 months • Subscribers empowered to view account information and perform various account modifications without calling customer service • China Unicom engineers able to perform the ongoing maintenance the Web application using familiar PowerBuilder skills and toolsets • System runs stably at the rush hour when more than 1,300 online users are accessing the system
Topics • Appeon Overview • Live Demonstration • Technical Details • Conclusion
Topics • Appeon Overview • Live Demonstration • Technical Details • Conclusion
Secret to Automated Web Deployment • Appeon replicates most powerful PB features such that existing PowerBuilder code can be readily mapped to the Web • All DataWindows styles • All Windows types for both SDI and MDI • All UI controls and 27 common system objects • Menus/Toolbars, all User Objects & NVOs • OLE/OCX/DLL • Most PowerScript • PFC Framework
Preserving Rich GUI on the Web Based on AJAX, Appeon precisely replicates the source PB application resulting in the most productive UI for your users that beats current offerings in JSF/J2EE and Web Forms/.NET Web Click n’ Deploy PowerBuilder
N-Tier Platform for Web Apps • Appeon Developer – deploys to the Web using only PowerBuilder skills and IDE • Appeon Server for J2EE – implemented 100% in Java providing runtime services • Appeon Server for .NET – implemented 100% in C# providing runtime services • Standard N-tier Architecture – HTML, XML, JavaScript, ActiveX, Java and C#, HTTP/HTTPS, default IE browser settings and firewall friendly, seamless Web loading
Application Partitioning Web App Web Browser Distribute Consolidate Presentation Tier? App Server Client Business Logic? PB Client Database Consolidate Client/Server Architecture Client Database Where does the Presentation & Business Logic run? • Distributed to Web Browser Client & App Server vs. Consolidated on App Server? • This impacts the number of round trips across the Network or Internet • This impacts the performance and scalability of the application
Appeon Partitioning Approach Web App Presentation Tier Export Replicate PowerBuilder App HTML,XML, JavaScript Business Logic Convert Web browser Deploy Appeon Server Client DW, NVO Application Server Database Database Retain Database Database Appeon Utilizes a “Balanced” Architecture • Preserve business logic and UI of the original PowerBuilder application as a rich-client in standard Web browser • Deploy DataWindows, Embedded SQL, and heavy business logic to the J2EE or .NET application server • Re-use database and stored procedures via JDBC or ODBC
Rich Client Architecture • Performance • Supercharge Web performance/scalability through a “balanced” N-tier architecture ideal for complex functionality • Compiled language is 10X faster than interpreted (e.g. JavaScript) • Eliminate unnecessary, timely, and costly server roundtrips that frustrate end users (customer, partners, employees, etc.) • Features • Go beyond the browser and integrate seamlessly with any application, Windows OS, or hardware (scanner, printer, etc.) • Bring the rich functionality of traditional PowerBuilder applications into the standard Internet Explorer Web browser (OLE/OCX/DLL) • Desktop look n’ feel with multi-tasking floating windows, toolbars, menus, drag n’ drop, hot keys & shortcuts
Automatic Performance Boosting • Numerous functionalities built-in to boost Web performance under real-life situations • Download manager offers Just-in-Time (JIT) or Preload options for running the Web application • ActiveX optimized to be only 2MB in size yet virtually deliver same power as 8MB PBVM • 10X data compression to compress DataWindow result sets • 3-level DataWindow caching technology caches at the application server, Web server, and Web browser • Micro-refresh (via AJAX) eliminates all redundant generation and downloading of data, such as in commonly and frequently-used “Master-Detail” • Application server connection pooling can boost database scalability by several folds through “shared” connections
Complex Application Optimizations • Automatic conversion up to 95% in many cases. • Without doing any coding work, click deploy and see majority of your application Web-enabled • Occasionally, a line of PowerScript in an event handler that is not supported will prevent the launching of the functionality • Work around the unsupported feature using standard PB programming, perform an incremental deploy, and voila! • Not an all-or-nothing deal! • An application with known unsupported features or errors can still be Web deployed allowing you to explore the app • Problematic (Web) code is automatically commented out • Utilize Appeon Debugger to real-time debug the resulting Web application tracing back to specific line of PowerScript
New Web Development with Appeon Step 1 – Analyze • Define the scope • Define requirements • Produce detailed functional specs Step 2 – Design • Design architecture • Design UI layout • Produce design doc and pseudo code Step 3 – Implement • Code and test using PB IDE and skills • Re-use tools (PB Delta, Winrunner, etc.) • Re-use processes
Automated Web Migration with Appeon Step 1 – Analyze • Analyze application using built-in tools • Unsupported PB features? • Inefficient code? Step 2 – Design • Devise workarounds for unsupp. features • Optimize and/or package some logic for Internet/WAN Step 3 – Implement • Code and test using PB IDE and skills • Re-use tools (PB Delta, Winrunner, etc.) • Re-use processes
Major Unsupported Features • PowerScript Statements: GOTO, THROW, THROWS • DataWindow: TableBlob Control for DataWindow • System Functions: Class Definition functions, DDE Server functions, Garbage Collection functions, Help functions, Library functions, Shared Object functions, Tracing functions • System Objects: ADOResultSet, ArrayBounds, ClassDefinition, ClassDefinitionObject, ConnectionInfo, ConnectObject, ContextInformation, ContextKeyword, CORBA (all), CPlusPlus, DivideByZeroError, DWRuntimeError, EnumerationDefinition, EnumerationItemDefinition, Error, ErrorLogging, Exception, ExtObject, JaguarORB, NullObjectError, OLERuntimeError, OLEStorage, OLEStream, OLETxnObject, OMControl, OMCustomControl, OMEmbeddedControl, OMObject, OMStorage, OMStream, ORB, PBTocppObject, Pipeline, ProfileCall, ProfileClass, ProfileLine, ProfileRoutine, Profiling, RemoteObject, ResultSet, ResultSets, RuntimeError, ScriptDefinition, Service, SimpleTypeDefinition, Throwable, Trace (all), TransactionServer, Transport, TypeDefinition, VariableCardinalityDefinition, VariableDefinition *Nearly all major unsupported features can be commonly worked around utilizing server-side PowerBuilder NVOs **Many unsupported features can be readily worked around at the client-side without utilizing server-side PowerBuilder NVOs
Unsupported Features Analyzer • Identifies unsupported features based on keyword, providing you with location, line number, and code snippet
Appeon Code Insight • Keeps future development Web-compliant by listing only supported PowerScript at your fingertips
Appeon (Web-to-PB) Debugger • Utilize Appeon Debugger to real-time debug the resulting Web application tracing back to specific line of PowerScript
System Requirements • Web Browser: • Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows XP/Vista/2003/2008 • Web & Application Server: • Microsoft IIS 7.0/6.0, Apache 2.x, Sybase EAServer 6.1/5.5, IBM WebSphere 6.1/5.1, BEA WebLogic 10.0/9.2 • Windows 2008/2003, Red Hat Linux 5.0/4.0, IBM AIX 5.3/5.2 • Database • Sybase ASA 10.0/9.0/8.0, ASE 15.0/12.5, IQ 12.7 • Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2000 • Oracle 10g/9i/8i • Informix 9/7 • IBM DB2 9.5/8.2
Topics • Appeon Overview • Live Demonstration • Technical Details • Conclusion
Proven PB Web Migration Paths Highest TCR Lowest TCR • Time: 1.5-2 Yr • Cost: 4-10X • Risk: >70% • Java/.NET Web App • Any Vendor Server • Java/.NET EAI • Java/.NET Developers • Any Vendor Tools • Open Web Source Java/.NET Rewrite By Hand Power Builder • Time: 3 Mths • Cost: X • Risk: <5% • Java/.NET Web App • Any Vendor Server • Java/.NET EAI • PB Developers • SY Standard Tools • Closed Web Source Automated Appeon Java/.NET Web Deployment
Future-proof Your Investments 1 Skill, 1 IDE, 1 Project PowerBuilder Appeon PocketBuilder Desktop Web Mobile Smart Phones J2EE Windows PocketPC .NET Client/Server PowerBuilder and Appeon empowers enterprises to build .NET and Java applications that are device & technology agnostic, deploying to many platforms at virtually the click of a button.
Real Tangible Benefits • Modernize PowerBuilder – Automatically convert existing PowerBuilder applications to Web applications in just months or even weeks. • Develop 4X Faster – Instantly begin building new Web applications that deploy to .NET or Java platform at a speed that is at least 4 times faster than typical .NET or Java development. • Satisfy End-users – End users productively work with the world’s richest Web user interface!
Competitive Advantage for ISVs • Preserve Existing Customer Base – There is risk of losing segment of existing customer base due to lack of Web solution. • Upsell Existing Customer Base – Customers view Web solutions as providing higher value than client/server solutions, and as such are willing to pay higher license fees to purchase Web solutions. • Expand Customer Base – Now your company is well positioned to go after prospects that demand enterprise-class Web solution. • Stay Ahead of the Competition - Agility to respond to changing business requirements 4 times faster than your competition.
Competitive Advantage for ISVs (cont.) • Differentiate your Product – Competing solutions lack the rich UI and functionality of your Web solution Web-enabled with Appeon. • Lower your Cost - Achieve the absolute lowest cost position. At least 4 times fewer headcount and even greater savings for automated migration of existing product portfolio. • Transition Seamlessly – Your existing customers won’t have to undergo retraining and your existing user guides, training program, and sales collateral will continue to be useful since the UI is unchanged
Appeon for PowerBuilder BRINGING THE POWER OF PB TO THE WEB™ Thank You! Armeen Mazdaarmeen.mazda@appeon.com1-877-3APPEON x621