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A Path to an Enterprise Solution!
Advanced BusinessLink’s Strategi
Modernizing Legacy Applications!
Advanced BusinessLink
• Who is ABL?– Advanced BusinessLink, Founded in 1987.– Offices in Seattle WA, London UK, Sydney Australia,
Utrecht Netherlands.– Headquartered in Kirkland, (Seattle), WA.– Installed in hundreds of sites throughout the world.– Premier IBM Business Partner.
Strategi for iSeries
• What is it?– Enterprise Migration Path for Legacy Business Applications written in
RPG/COBOL!
– Strategi Architecture!
– A Complete Solution for Enterprise Web Deployment!
Strategi for iSeries
One Product - One Path - Present Skills
Green Screen/GUI Emulation
Spool File PrintingDB2 File Transfer
Web Application Serving
HSM RPG/COBOL/CL
GUI Styling
HSM JAVA
Strategi for iSeries
HTTP SERVER
SSL Digital Certificates
Emulation
Push
HSM
Site and User Management
– Host access in a browser,– Nothing to install per client desktop
(cost of ownership savings),– Deployed from server on demand
(no upgrade / software distribution),– Tiny applet size means fast download,– Fast performance screen to screen,– Includes full desktop client functionality (macros, cut &
paste, etc).
What is the Java 5250 Applet ?
ABL Strategi Products:
Strategi for iSeries
• Green Screen Emulation
Strategi for iSeries• GUI Screen Emulation
– Active delivery of content to the desktop,– Distribute reports, files, spreadsheets, etc to any user
internally or externally,– Programs can output directly to users,– Content is available only to the intended recipient,– Makes AS/400 output natural and intuitive to browser
users,– Output converted automatically for web deployment –
DBASE, XML, HTML, RTF, etc.
What is Push ?
ABL Strategi Products:
Strategi for iSeries
• Print/File Transfer Services
– Gives legacy applications a look and feel consistent with corporate web presence,
– No programming required on the host,– Does not require source code or change to the
underlying application,– No programming required on the client, – No parallel maintenance,– Administration Tool used to define Patterns for automatic
recognition,– Tiny applet size = fast download,– Original keyboard functionality, shortcuts, etc fully
preserved.
What is GUIStyle ?
ABL Strategi Products:
Strategi for iSeries
• GUI Styling
Strategi for iSeries - HSM
ABL Strategi Products:
• HSM (High Speed Messaging)– Front End User Interface (UI), HTML, WML, Developed
with any Industry Standard Tools, HomeSite, FrontPage, etc.
– Back End Server Program (Business Logic), Written in Industry Standard Languages: RPG/CL/COBOL/JAVA,
– Server Programs Now Run in Batch,– Interface is completely separated from business rules
which simplifies development and maintenance,– Middleware – Strategi HSM Engine, Strategi handles all
the infrastructure issues,– HSM Does not Utilize Interactive Cycles on the iSeries.
Strategi for iSeries• Application Partitioning - HSM
Strategi for iSeries - HSM
DB2/400
RPG
Application
Strategi
HSM
– Ties multiple hosts together,– Servers are distributed to multiple hosts, they act as
agents,– Only final results are sent across the data link,– Existing business rules on distributed platforms are
accessible, – Fast, Simple & Robust.
What is WebCluster ?
ABL Strategi Products:
– A unique wireless development tool,– Wireless applications very limited skill sets,– Browser interface available connected or disconnected,– Data transfer (fast, crash recovered, event driven
processing),– Can build completely stand alone applications on
handheld devices (includes HSM, Web server, Data transfer),
– Can build applications which are mainly online but do offline processing also,
– Fast, Simple & Robust.
What is Pocket Strategi ?
ABL Strategi Products:
Strategi for iSeries
• Runs Native on the iSeries!• Outstanding Performance!• Leverage Existing Customer Skill Sets, RPG/CL/COBOL!• Protects Investment in Business Application Software!• No Infrastructure Programming Required!• Highly Secure!
– SSL 3.0 Encryption, Supports Digital Certificates– User Login Controls Web Site Access– Printer & File Transfers Encrypted as well– TCP/IP Telnet Server Not Required
Strategi for iSeries
• Supports Modern Languages such as Java, C++!• Simplified Administration!• Flexible UI Support, HTML, XML, WML, VXML!• Multiple UI’s can Communicate to a single Server Program
Running on iSeries!• GUI Styling, One Style Applied to Many Display Formats!
Strategi for iSeries
• Shorter Development Cycle!• Spool File Printing Support!
– .DBF, MS Excel Format
– .HTM, HTML Format
– .RFT, Rich Text Format, MS Word
• Minimal Time Investment from Install to Web Deployment!• HSM Does not Utilize Interactive Cycles on the iSeries!• Industrial Strength!
Strategi for iSeries
• Product Demonstration