What’s Next? Application Modernization Roadmap For Socializing IBM Notes and Domino

© 2013 by the individual speaker
Application Modernization:
Where Consumer, Social,
and Mobile Converge
John Beck, Worldwide Notes & Domino
Sales, IBM @JhnBck
John Head, Director of Enterprise
Collaboration, PSC Group, LLC @johnhead

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John Beck
 No, I am not very talented at basketball (that's why I have a job at IBM!).
 “Who am I?” I am responsible for global sales of IBM's messaging portfolio (Notes &
Domino, Traveler, Mobile Connect and Protector)
– Previously, I have held cloud sales, product management, development and support roles within IBM all focused on the IBM Collaboration Solutions
portfolio.
 Working with Notes since R3 in 1995 and managed production Domino environment on
NT Alpha (really!?!).
 Recently moved my family to Wisconsin from Massachusetts (yes it is colder there).
 “Why am I here?” As companies analyze their investments in messaging, they are
realizing the incredible value that Domino applications have to their business and
processes. They are also looking to shift that investment to new access modes and
transform their end user computing environments.
 Follow/contact/link to me:
+1 508.414.0734
twitter.com/jhnbck
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john_beck@us.ibm.com

© 2013 IBM Corporation
John Head
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F O U N D E D I N 1 9 9 0
PSC Group, LLC is a professional
services and information technology
consulting firm that understands
technology is fundamental in the
development of business solutions.
Success is collaboration, creation and
innovation. It’s about taking what a
business does and making it better.
PSC consultants specialize in all things IBM Lotus, from infrastructure to administration to development.
From health checks to installation to find tuning your applications. Our specialty is in transforming your Notes
applications into the next generation of XPages applications. We can modernize your critical business
applications and infuse them with social and mobile functionality.

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Smarter Workforce
IBM Employee Experience Suite
Kenexa Talent Management Suite
Exceptional Customer
Experience
IBM Customer Experience Suite
IBM Platform for Social Business
Social Networking
IBM Connections
IBM Notes & Domino Social Edition
IBM Sametime
Social Analytics
IBM Social Analytics Suite
Social Content
IBM Enterprise
Content Management
Social Integration
IBM WebSphere Portal
IBM Web Content Manager
Deployment Options
IBM SmartCloud for Social Business Dedicated Private Cloud On Premises Hybrid
IBM offers a full range of industry leading capabilities to meet the
requirements of any organization

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Users are demanding modern user interfaces...

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...and Domino DELIVERS!

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 Discussion databases
 Community forums
 Document storage and collaboration
 Customer relationship management
 Help desk and customer support
 Human resources
 Inventory and project management
 Process tracking
 Sales force automation
 Product catalogs and price lists
 Billing systems
 Audit and assessment
Apps “by the
numbers”:
280,000 active
developers
$45m investment by
IBM since 2007
10,000,000 applications
in use
64,000 developers and
200 projects active in
open source community
Thousands of enterprises around the globe trust their core
collaborative and business applications to Notes & Domino

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Today's Notes/Domino offers the easiest, fastest and richest
development of Web 2.0 apps

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From this... Jacobs eLite 1.0

To this with xPages - Jacobs eLite 2.0

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Domino is a Premiere application platform
• Claims heard about why one should move to SharePoint
 SharePoint could easily replace the Rapid Application
Development feature set of Notes/Domino
 SharePoint is self service driven and therefore will need less
development resources than a new Notes/Domino environment
• While in reality
 What most consider to be simple Notes client applications often
require moderate to significant development effort that cannot
be done with SharePoint Designer, instead requiring Visual
Studio and .Net development skills
 Complex applications with business logic and workflow are not
suitable for SharePoint and require .Net development and
additional Microsoft products to provide the same level of
capability you get in one product (Notes/Domino)

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Domino Application Competitive Advantages
• Modernizing your applications for web browsers improves user
experience and avoids cost
 Avoids significant migration costs and development time to re-write applications
 XPages technology has allowed organizations to rapidly modernize at a significantly
lower (25-40%) cost
 Faster time to value with XPages versus a re-write
 Allows end user desktop simplification by minimizing client deployment needs
delivering apps via web browsers and mobile devices
• Far less expensive to transition to XPages than to rewrite
 Existing business logic preserved
 XPages brings specific mobile controls at no addional cost that are not present in for
competitive platforms like .NET and Force.com
 Delivers offline for rich client usage (not possible on alternate platforms)

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What To Do With What You Already Have
 Bring your Notes/Domino client applications to the Web with XPages!
• Preserves the investment in your current application's data and business
logic while providing a modern Web 2.0 user experience
• Provides browser and mobile access and still allows you to take that
application securely offline with all application logic available using the
Notes rich client
• Expands the reach of your Domino applications to other IBM platforms
like WebSphere Portal and IBM Connections thru iWidgets and Activity
Streams
• Integrate Xpages apps with Sharepoint for Create, Replace, Update,
Delete (CRUD) through web services and Open Data Protocol (oData)

© 2013 PSC Group, LLC
F O U N D E D I N 1 9 9 0

Our Partners

PSC’s real world
experiences
with XPages
“The impact of a consumer
economy on the business
and enterprise
application space”

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2013 State of the Application
• We are at an application crossroad
- Email has become a commodity
- Domino or Exchange or Google
- Cloud or On Premises or Hybrid
Email and application platforms being broken apart
- New Platforms
- Smartphones are common place
- Tablets are outshipping laptops
The Burning Questions – “What about the Applications?”

What Applications are Your Users Using?
Your users are using this at home …

What Applications are Your Users Using?
And this …

Do you think they really want to use this?
Do you think they want to use this?

Do you think they really want to use this?
Or this?

Many Companies believe …
The average business person
uses applications provided to
them by their internal IT
organization.

They are wrong.
More than 50% of business users bypass
internal applications for public tools.

Because the internal tools are:
Too slow
Too restrictive
Not accessible at home
Not on the mobile device
Not Sexy!

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End Users Expect Modern Applications
• End User expect consumer Web 2.0 Experiences at work
• End Users will find their own solutions if applications are
not updated
• Corporate IT must modernize or become irrelevant

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How modern are your applications?
• PSC’s experience is that once a business application is
put to use, it is rarely updated.
• The more line of business the app is, the less care it
has gotten.
• Many companies using the same app since late
90s/early 2000s with NO changes.
• Have you done an internal application audit?

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Documents &
Discussions
40% of total apps
Based on Templates
that come with
Domino
Recommendation:
Move to standard
platforms/apps
Update with new
XPages Templates
from IBM (2011)
Use third party
tool(s)
SmartCloud Engage
Other Offerings
Enterprise
Applications
Highly transactional
or huge volumes of
data
Recommendation:
Rebuild on top of
Enterprise Java,
.NET or other
technology
Business
Applications
Mission Critical
Organizational
Unique
Heavy use of custom
workflow and/or
security
Recommendation:
Move to the web via
XPages
Taken from PSC's Application Modernization White Paper and Presentations
Existing Domino Application Types

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What is IBM XPages?
• Java Application Server
• Uses Java Server Faces
(JSF)
• Uses Modern Web
Development Standards
 HTML
 CSS
• Allows developers to use
 Java
 JavaScript
• Built in Web Library
 Dojo
• IBM customizations to
speed RAD
 SSJS Libraries
 @Function language
 Extension Library toolkit
 Social Business Toolkit
 Mobile toolkit

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What is IBM XPages? Really …
• Server task running on a Domino Server
• Inherits all of the security from Domino
 Server Access
 ACLs
 Roles
• Allows for External Web Toolkits
 CSS (EXTSJ, jQuery, BluePrint, Twitter Bootstrap, etc.)
 Java Beans

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Where does IBM XPages Work?
• From a web browser
 Any browser that supports HTML5
• From a mobile device
 Supports mobile profiles for different screen sizes
 Phone
 Tablet
• From the Notes Client from the server
• From the Notes client as a replica - disconnected

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XPages Advantages over Notes Development
• Allows reusable controls and toolkits
• Support for Source Code Control
 Mecurial, SVN, GIT, etc.
• OneUI Look and Feel
• Custom Theme for Consistent Corporate Branding

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XPages Community
• Extensive Custom Code Libraries on OpenNTF.org
 200+ open source projects specific to XPages
 500+ code snippets
 Contests
• Numerous Free Training Sources
 Notesin9
• 200 bloggers providing free content and guidance

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Notes Application
• Opening on Server thru
VPN
• ~ 30 to 60 seconds
• Opening Replica
• ~20 seconds
XPages Application
• Opening on Server thru
VPN
• Opening Replica
• Open in Web Browser
• ~ under 2 seconds
Performance of modern web applications brought
to the platform*
Why XPages?
*results may vary depending on bandwidth, application, and server location

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XPages is developer friendly
• Notes developers w/ web skills can transition easily
• Notes developers w/o web skills must acquire web
development skills first
• Web developers can pick up XPages with basic
Domino training
• New Hires / College Grads can pick up XPages
development with a week of training*
*results may vary

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XPages and Java
• Domino server is just a java server
• Java beans allow for leveraging existing knowledge of
Java packages. For example
 Relational Data (JDBC)
 Document generation (iText)
• Eclipse based client with Java debugger
• Write logic in Java beans and leverage via expression
language

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XPages and jQuery
• Most popular JavaScript library
• Use it seamlessly along side dojo which is provided on
your XPage automatically
• Nearly all our project combine both dojo and jQuery
• Leverage jQuery plugins for a world of new capabilities
• REST services, which you are not required to write,
provide the mechanism for disconnecting the server and
client side jQuery plugins

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IBM XWork Server to the Rescue
• Companies who left Notes & Domino for other email
platforms are a perfect target for the IBM XWork server
• Purchase a new IBM XWork server license. No mention
of ‘Lotus’ or ‘Notes’
• Focus on the apps, not how or where the system is run
• Success Story

Samples of PSC’s
XPages Development
These are real world applications

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What most people think of XPages

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App #6: XPages Application
PSC XPages Samples

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PSC XPages Samples - iPad

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PSC XPages Samples - iPhone

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XPages out of the Domino 9 box

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XPages with Twitter Bootstrap

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PSC XPages Intranet

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PSC XPages Dashboard

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XPages Query Builder

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Transformation after XPages

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Transformation with XPages

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PSC XPages Samples

In Summer of 2010, IBM asked PSC
to review a Notes application and
compare modernizing the
application with both
XPages and Microsoft SharePoint.
This is the result of that effort.

Notes Client to XPages – PSC’s Process
1. Take an existing Notes Client Application
2. Catalog the Notes Client Assets
3. Create XPages Application
4. Create Custom Theme
5. Build Mobile Interface
6. Compare with SharePoint application

Existing Notes Application
Document Workflow App

Existing Application Details
• 1 User Form – Agreement
• 4 Dialogs
• 5 System Forms – Keywords, Lookups
• 30 User Views
• 17 System Views
• Workflow & Business Logic
• 20 Agents
• 2 Script Libraries
• Export to Excel for Reporting
• User Interface Elements

XPages Version

XPages Version - Mobile
• Uses the OpenNTF.org
Mobile Controls
Project
• Provides Custom UI for
iPhone and other
mobile devices

XPages User Interface Details
• Created a New XPages Interface
• Created Custom Theme with custom branding
and color scheme
• Only Interface Changes
• Home Page
• Document Workflow Form
• Views
• No changes to Workflow or Business Rules
• Used the XPages Mobile Controls on
OpenNTF.org for iPhone interface

XPages Development Details
• Notes:
• Custom Theme is a one time effort. Can be reused by all
future XPages Applications
• Mobile Controls were created as Custom Controls that can
be reused

Comparing XPages to SharePoint
• Same Notes Client application
• Document tasks to build feature comparable
SharePoint application
• Use SharePoint development best practices
that PSC uses with our customers
• Estimate development costs

SharePoint Development Details
• Create SharePoint Site
• Create Agreement Form & Dialogs
• Create Web Parts & Reports
• Create Keyword Lookup Lists
• Build Windows Workflows (not SharePoint Designer)
• Implement Security – Groups and Building Form Filters
• Build Excel Export
• Move Data using Third-Party Tool
• Create Master Page
• Create iPhone on top of SharePoint Mobile
Extension

SharePoint Development Estimates

SharePoint Development Estimates Notes
• PSC recommends Windows Workflow over
SharePoint Workflow using SharePoint Designer
due to it’s quality and support
• iPhone development would be ASP.NET
development talking to SharePoint Web Services
• Security would use Active Directory Groups and
function by applying Filters to parts of the Form
• Data Export using Third Party tools would include
documents, field data, and attachments
• Master Page Estimate includes colors, corporate
branding, logo, and simple menu changes

Estimates Side by Side
XPages Task Hrs. SharePoint Task Hrs.
XPages User Interface 64 SharePoint Site 4
Custom Theme 16 Main Form 24
Excel Export 8 Web Parts & Reports 16
Mobile XPage 16 Windows Workflow 24
Implement Security 40
Excel Export 8
Move Data 16
Create Master Page 16
Create iPhone Interface 40
Offline ??
Total 104 Total 188

Application Modernization in 2013
• Your users are demanding modern
applications in the workplace
• Smartphones and Tablets will force you to
embrace modern and consumer driven
development platforms and techniques
• XPages is ready to build real-world
production applications
• You don't have to migrate to get Modern and
Mobile

Application Modernization with PSC
PSC views the process of
modernizing application platforms
from a holistic, enterprise
perspective. Building from our Hub
Services, our AMC provides
extensive services in each of three
critical areas – providing our clients
with a 360o View of the process.

PSC’s Application Modernization
Roadmap
Inventory
Existing
Application
Portfolio
Categorize and
Prioritize
Estimate
Modernization
Costs
Determine
Landing Platform
Network Impact
Analysis
Data Center
Impact Analysis
Define Security
Model on
Landing Platform
Establish
Tools &
Standards
Application
Transformation
Data
Transformation
Sunset
Legacy
Environment
Develop Support
and Staffing Plan
Application
Modernized!
Reduce Licensing
of Legacy
Environment
Define
Governance
Model
Modify
Infrastructure
Establish
Development
Environment
Specify and
Procure
Production
Hardware and
Software
Analysis & Design
Prepare for a more data driven,
mobile, social and dynamic future
Identify opportunities to enhance
processes, workflow and security
Technical
Analysis
Business Value
Analysis
Cultural Change
Analysis
Develop Training
Plan and
Materials
Train End Users
on Modernized
Application
ANALYZE
MODERNIZE

Your users will work with
applications that match the
experience they have at
home.
You have to decide if they
use your apps
or something else.

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Notes/Domino Social Edition – Application Development
Domino Designer 9.0 Social Edition beta
 Server-Side JavaScript debugger
 XPages source editor Content Assist
 New Home Page/Welcome Experience
 New XSP Properties editor
 Xpage source editor Hyperlink navigation
with CTRL key
 XSP source editor hover help
XPages runtime in 9.0 Social Edition beta
 8.5.3 Upgrade Pack 1 plus more
integrated to Notes/Domino 8.5.4
 Dojo 1.7.2 with improved support for
mobile web applications
 CKEditor 3.6.3 includes support
for iOS 5
 XPages in Notes client (XpiNC)
performance enhancements

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Notes Social Edition Public Beta - Work smarter with embedded experiences

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Extend your Xpages apps to Mobile and Social

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XPages in Activity Streams

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Domino + XPages = OPPORTUNITY
Let me leave you with the following:

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An extensive ecosystem of skilled partners
 OpenNTF
 77K Registered users
 670K visits in '12
 221 Contributions & 132K Downloads in '12
 >100K video views on YouTube
 Reaching out – Stack Overflow & GitHub
 OpenNTF Contests
 3 contests complete; 73 contributors & 102
contributions
 4th
Contest underway
 XPages integration with Connections
 Quicktstart Domino & Connections image
 Collaboration Today
 Compilation of current and relevant news for IBM
Collaboration Solutions
 Community curated content
 Community developed XPages app
 REST API for embedding in your own site
 Template source coming to OpenNTF
soon

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Next steps for Notes/Domino developers
• Learn to use XPages
• It is the strategic direction for N/D application development
• Start from http://xpages.info
• Download ready-to-use libraries and components from
openNTF.org
• XPages Extension Library, Mobile controls, Connections
components...
• Invest in learning
• HTML5, CSS
• Mobile platforms
• JavaScript, Dojo, jQuery, Sencha
• Gadgets, iWidgets, OpenSocial

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More next steps....
• Start to use Java pervasively
• XPages business logic, agents...
• Discover the power and flexibility of OSGi
• Java tasklets from openNTF, XPages Extensibility API
• Join the IBM Social Business Toolkit Community
• https://greenhouse.lotus.com/communities/community/ibmsocialbusinesstoolkit
• Download the Social Enabler Project
• http://socialenabler.openntf.org/

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 IBM Connections App
Dev - Prizes: $5000
 IBM XPages App Dev -
Prizes: $5000
 Anything leveraging
Connections (social SDK,
OpenSocial, iWidgets,
REST APIs,
customization,
WebSphere, PHP,
XPages, etc.) will be
accepted.
http://appathon.openntf.org
OpenNTF Appathon (Starts Feburary 2013)

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Summary
• Social Business applications build on our heritage...
• ...but Social Business today demands new types of applications
• Beyond the firewall
• Systems of systems
• Both Cloud and on-premises
• The IBM Social Business Framework enables IBM customers and
partners to capitalize on Social Business opportunities
• All IBM collaboration products are part of the framework
• Big opportunities for general web developers and established Lotus developers, building on
their existing skills
• The new IBM Social Business Toolkit are planned to enable a new class
of unified social capabilities based on the latest born-on-the web open
standards
• Consistent extensibility across products, deployment models and user experiences
• Easy to get started with today's products and cloud developer options

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Some Additional Resources
• DeveloperWorks
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/lotus/community/wikis.html
• Greenhouse
• https://greenhouse.lotus.com
• openNTF.org
• http://www.openntf.org
• xpages.info
• http://xpages.info
• Videos – Youtube, VideoFest...
• https://greenhouse.lotus.com/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/W6696b8ac7465_4a5f_9327
_94f1a5d82132/page/VideoFest
• Resources also provided by the community
• http://xpages.tv/, http://xpagesblog.com/..

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How to reach John:
John Head
jhead@psclistens.com
www.johndavidhead.com
www.pscgroup.com
Facebook.com/johndhead
Twitter.com/johnhead
LinkedIN.com/in/johndhead
Slideshare.com/johnhead
Youtube.com/johnhead
How to reach tall John:
John Beck
john_beck@us.ibm.com
Twitter.com/jhnbck
LinkedIN.com/in/jhnbck
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