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Agile Business Suite Marketing Activities in Europe UTF, Queenstown, May 2008

Agile Business Suite Marketing Activities in Europe UTF, Queenstown, May 2008. Maarten Schneider Marketing Manager, AB Suite EMEA maarten.schneider@unisys.com. AB Suite: The Great Step Forward. “Safe Passage” Your investment protected Step by step approach towards: More Open, More Standard

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Agile Business Suite Marketing Activities in Europe UTF, Queenstown, May 2008

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  1. Agile Business SuiteMarketing Activities in EuropeUTF, Queenstown, May 2008 Maarten Schneider Marketing Manager, AB Suite EMEA maarten.schneider@unisys.com UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  2. AB Suite: The Great Step Forward • “Safe Passage” • Your investment protected • Step by step approach towards: • More Open, More Standard • More Modeling capabilities • Easier to learn • Object Orientation • More productive • When do you GO? UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  3. Three Markets • Existing EAE users • More usage by existing users • New users – new projects • Large organizations • .NET and Java Teams UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  4. Agenda • AB Suite marketing activities in Europe • Conclusions UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  5. Marketing Activities in Europe • Existing EAE users • User meetings • Demonstrations • Pilot migrations • Early Adopter Program • More usage by existing users • Presentations for .NET teams • New users • Public seminars • RAD race • Microsoft Developers Days • Articles, advertising UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  6. Marketing Activities • How we did start • Concentrated new activities in the Netherlands first • Started AB Suite Centre of Excellence in Amsterdam • Unisys Corp and Acus trained our EAE specialists • Hired a Coop student, gave him EAE training and the AB Suite CBT and, in four weeks, he became the AB Suite trainer • He trained users, SW house employees, Unisys employees, total > 30 • He gave product demonstrations • Now he is one of our experienced AB Suite consultants: Ching Lam • We hired a new Coop student for CBT evaluation UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  7. Marketing Activities • Training and regular updates of the European Unisys Team • 15 consultants and 10 product support specialists • Trained the developers of a Dutch SW House named Sogeti • Trained BTG – our EAE partner in Latvia • BTG started AB Suite courses at two universities in Latvia • AB Suite introduction to local partners: • Telelogic • Engage UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  8. AB Suite Centre of Excellence • Dedicated systems, Windows, MCP and Linux • Demonstration facilities, pilot migration facilities • Education facilities and AB Suite trainers • Windows / SQL Server experts and Java / Linux experts • AB Suite Developer experts, AB Suite Runtime experts • Development of special tools • AB Suite Developer load tester • Runtime Test Tool UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  9. AB Suite Developer Load Tester Page 9

  10. Introduction UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008 • Goal • Prove that AB Suite Developer works with 60 simulated users on the available infrastructure • Identify possible performance bottlenecks • Requirements • Tests should be repeatable • Test results should be reproducible • Simulated user should perform everyday tasks • Test controller • Test results Page 10

  11. Overview UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008 Page 11

  12. Overview UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008 Page 12

  13. Example Test Cases: UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008 • Test case Search • Open Visual Studio and AB Suite with large Model • Perform a search on random string • Close AB Suite and Visual Studio • Test case Create report • Open Visual Studio and AB Suite with large Model • Open Tree • Create report with 50 frames • Close AB Suite and Visual Studio Page 13

  14. Results Example - Search UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008 Page 14

  15. Results Example in MS Team Suite: UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008 Page 15

  16. Available Test Cases: UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008 Search Create Report and add frames Navigate through large source Copy / Paste elements Change properties and validate Change logic and validate Page 16

  17. Conclusions So Far UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008 • 60 concurrent users can logon and load large Model • 10 concurrent search on random text with good response times • Mix of activities for 40 developers and still good performance for five additional developers For you: good to know we did this to examine and improve: • the stability of AB Suite Developer • the performance of AB Suite Developer Page 17

  18. Migration towards AB Suite ask for a complete acceptance test.How can we make it easier: LogUtil UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  19. LogUtil Workflow … Production LogUtil Test Clients Replay Driver Playback files Captured data replayed data Storage Replay Capture Process Validate & Reporting UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008Logutil overview V1.0 Page 19

  20. Validate & Reporting UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008Logutil overview V1.0 • Customizable Intelligent compare • Soft definition of fields to compare • Comparison report • Differences found – i.e. transactions that failed compare • Summary of total compared versus successfully compared • Statistical reports • Summary by ISPEC • Extensible • Easy to add additional comparison or statistical capability Page 20

  21. Powered by EAE! LogUtil can make migration lot easier and faster UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008Logutil overview V1.0 • EAE used to develop LogUtil • Allows utility to run on any platform • Makes use of Algol Libraries, VB scripts and ‘C’ libraries depending on platform. • Libraries built on the fly by reports so no separate files to maintain or version • Use of EAE makes tool very easy to extend Page 21

  22. For New Business Microsoft support: Why is AB Suite good for Microsoft? • Generates more applications on, and licenses for, Microsoft • Provides Microsoft access to mainframe-class skills • Provides new inroads into the Java environment • Is consistent with the long term Microsoft strategyRESULTS: Article in .NET Magazine; Sales Support in the field;Microsoft Speaker at each AB Suite event UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  23. AB Suite in Microsoft - Unisys Magazine UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  24. RAD Race - March 2007 • Software Development Championship • Two day event • Text handed out first day at 8:00 am • 15:00 pm - second day evaluation • 12 teams of 2 developers • Web shop project • Caritor joined with AB Suite UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

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  26. RAD Race Results • The team finished in second half group • GUI tasks were difficult • Good learning exercise • Good input for product development • Lots of good free publicity UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

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  35. Coop Student 2 : Adem Öztürk • Task: to evaluate the CBT • He obtained the software and the CBT • He tested each exercise in the CBT • Came with good suggestions Benefit: He proved AB Suite is easy to learn with available training materials UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  36. Agile Business Suite User Events 2008 • Future Matters Paris, France 20 – 21 May • Future Matters Brussels, Belgium, 2 – 3 June • Future Matters UK, 18 – 19 June • Each event, second day, full day AB Suite program • For more information: www.unisysfuturematters.com • St. Paul de Vence: 22 – 24 September and 24 – 26 September • For more information: www.unisys.com/uimc UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  37. Conclusions • Lots of activities • All elements available • Good product • Good training material • Unisys expertise • Expertise within users and partners • We see a lot of success coming soon with AB Suitewithin the EAE user base and New Business UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

  38. Questions? UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

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  40. Why AB Suite? • Same benefits as for EAE: • Developer productivity • Use of generators, therefore: • a very stable runtime application • future proof application • Hardware and software independent • And many more benefits UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

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  42. Why AB Suite? • http://www.costxpert.de/en/ • Public Knowledge Database with project information • Based on: project of 2000 function points • Result: UTF Queenstown May 6 - 9 2008

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