IBM System Builder Overview.020607

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IBM SystemBuilder™
IBM SB+ for UniData and UniVerse
IBM SBClient for UniData and UniVerse
Technical Overview
© 2007 IBM Corporation

IBM Software Group | Information Management software
Trademarks and Acknowledgements
The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of the IBM Corporation: AIX®,
DB2®, DB2 Universal Database™, Dynamic Connect™, RedBack®, SystemBuilder™,
U2™, UniData®, UniVerse®, wIntegrate®.
Java and all Java-based trademarks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the
United States, other countries, or both.
Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and the Windows logo are trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.
Intel, Intel logo, Intel Inside, Intel Inside logo, Intel Centrino, Intel Centrino logo, Celeron,
Intel Xeon, Intel SpeedStep, Itanium, and Pentium are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other
countries.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States, other countries, or both.
Other company, product, or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.
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SystemBuilder Overview
IBM SystemBuilder™ enables rapid application development with flexible
deployment options for the IBM UniVerse® and IBM UniData® (U2™)
MultiValue data servers. SystemBuilder includes both IBM U2 SB+ for
UniData and UniVerse (SB+), a powerful rapid application development
environment for host-based and client/server development, and IBM U2
SBClient for UniData and UniVerse (SBClient), a presentation layer.
 Enables development of mission-critical business solutions

optimized for MultiValue data servers
 Promotes application maintainability and portability
 Enables rapid, flexible development and deployment
 Simplifies application management with reusable processes
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SystemBuilder Value
 Sophisticated 4GL native to MultiValue databases
– Definition Based User Interface
• Enables flexible presentation choices
– Definition Based Business Logic
• Enables non-programmers to build programs by defining business rules
• Allows complex business applications to be built quickly without a single line
of code
 Easily and quickly revamp existing mature, functional applications
 Used in 20% of all U2 partners
 Leveraged for development across all industries and geographies
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SystemBuilder Industry Leverage

 Cross Industry
 Distribution
 Energy
 Finance
 Healthcare
 Insurance
 Manufacturing
 Not for profit
 Retail
 Systems Integration
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/data/u2/solutions/find.html
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SystemBuilder Use Case

 Membership Solution; 93 sites; 2400 seats
 Example Wins
– Single site – 300 users U2, U2 Web DE, STDBY
• Membership system in UK
• Win over Oracle
• IBM Solution including BI, CM, IM
– Single site – 30 user UniData, U2 Web DE
• Case study presented at 2006 IOD Conference
 Example Losses
– Small site – 30 users
– Small site – 50 users
• Both due to “aged look of cosmetics”
• Inquired about screen shots, beta program to help stem loss
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SystemBuilder Components
U2 Data Server SBClient
 Data store  Presentation layer
SB+ Screen Designer

 Application server  Design SB+ screens,
logic
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SB+

SB+ Overview
 4GL Multiplatform MultiValue Rapid Application

Development Environment
 Character & graphical development of Client/Server
applications with automatic generation of source code
and documentation
 The most respected and proven 4GL in the MultiValue
marketplace for on-line transaction processing
applications
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SB+ Developer Value

 SB+ shields developers and users from operating system
commands and data server commands
– Developers do not need to know commands and syntax for
every platform
– Not limited to the SB+ Application Development Environment
– Still can execute OS commands and native OS functions, and
procedural languages
– Develop applications based on business rules and logic
 SB+ provides open systems connectivity, GUI presentation,
platform independent coding, and Windows application linking
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SB+ Value Proposition

 Complete and proven application development suite of tools for enterprise-wide
development of host based, client/server and stand alone business applications
 Provides incremental migration to latest technologies and leverage on existing
development
 Increased productivity: Most productive toolset in the marketplace
– Requires a significant less number of programmers to develop and maintain
software applications
 Intuitive: Complementary suite of tools to cater technical and non-technical
individuals
 Scalable: Allows development of single and multi-user applications in standalone
or multiple client/server configurations
– Supporting CRTs and Desktop PCs in one environment
– Coexistance strategy for U2 Web DE and the Web
 Cost-effective: SB+ automates the most tedious tasks of the software
development cycle, including revision control and documentation, and multi-
language support
 Low cost of ownership: Application maintenance and GUI/Active X deployment
is as easy as it gets
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SB+ Applications Development Environment
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SB+ Tools
 Field Definition
 Screen Painter
 Report Writer
 Processes:
– Building Blocks of SB+
– Global or Local Processes

– Used to build the Application
– Processes can call other Processes
– Many ‘hooks’ from many Processes types
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SB+ Tools
 Automatic User and Technical
Documentation
 Revision Control
 Language Translation
 ActiveX, OLE and DDE Support
 Many other application
development features
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SB+ Expressions
 Used to derive values for
– field assignments
– defaults
– validations
– updates
– selections
 Standard syntax throughout SB+
 Supports Dictionary names and Equates
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SB+ Applications
 SB+ Code is portable across many platforms

 Optimize code with Generated Source
 Run same application with GUI and ASCII terminals
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Multi-Language Support
 Main features and Setup requirements:
– Design and implement applications using the base language
– Set up language tables in SB for target users
– Perform the translation of text used in the application
– Add translated text for each language to the application
– Enable the application's multi-language flag
– Set the default language for the module
– Set user's language flag to the appropriate language (each user
can use different language provided it was already set)
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SBClient

SBClient Value Proposition

 Provides a graphical user interface for PC emulation users
 Leverages existing development by providing incremental migration from
character via terminal emulation to full event driven Windows GUI
 Provides connectivity capabilities (Serial, TCP/IP, IPX)
 Delivers Host/PC Windows integration including DDE, file transfers
 Contains enhanced reporting query system: Smart Query
 Provides integration with third party object components such as VBX and
ACTIVEX
 Supports standard e-mail application program interface (MAPI)
 Enables interoperability with other databases via ODBC
 Adds secure connections with SSL
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SBClient Functions
 Automatic conversion of SB+ character-based applications to
Windows GUI
 Systematic migration of BASIC applications to Windows GUI
 Terminal emulation
 Connectivity
 Data transfer capabilities
 Graphical desktop
 PC/host integration
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SBClient Main Features

 Automatic GUItization of SB+ character based applications
 Incremental migration of legacy applications to GUI and Client/Server
 Feature rich terminal emulation and file transfer support including FTP, passive
FTP, XY Z modem, Samba
 Object oriented environment for legacy application enhancement
 Windows interoperability
 DDE, OLE and VBX support
 Host Library (MAPI, WORD, EXCEL)
 Data Transfer (NCP, FTP, SBZ, Samba)
 Smart Query
 Creating Scripts
 SB OLE (Call SB+ process from VB Application)
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U2 Web Designer
 Feature-rich environment for creating and modifying Web pages
 Eclipse-based
 Introduced in U2 Web DE 4.3
 Automates conversion of existing SB+ input and output processes to Web pages
 Enables Web page design
– Data driven Web pages
– No knowledge of HTML required
– No Web programming knowledge required
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U2 Web Designer
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Operating Environment
 Data servers
– IBM UniVerse, or
– IBM UniData
 Supported platforms (SB+)
– Microsoft® Windows®
– IBM AIX®
– Sun™ Solaris™
– HP-UX
– Linux®
 Supported platforms (SBClient)
– Microsoft Windows
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SystemBuilder Configuration
 IBM SystemBuilder includes the following orderable components:
– IBM SB+ for UniData and UniVerse
• Priced per concurrent session
• Previously sold as SB+ Runtime and SB+ Developer
– IBM SBClient for UniData and UniVerse
• Priced per concurrent session
• Device licensing capable
– SB+ Bundles
• SB+ U2 Value Pack bundle includes 1 SB+ license, 1 SBClient license, and
1 database license (either UniVerse or UniData).
• SB+ Client Value Pack bundle includes 1 SB+ license and 1 SBClient
license
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SystemBuilder Futures
 Architecture
– Separation of UI from business logic
– Multiple user interfaces, (e.g. Browser, GUI, mobile)
– Interoperability (i.e. SOA.)
 Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
– Definition based UI, similar to SB+ definition based
environment.
– Support for Internationalization and accessibility.
 Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
– Provides security and recoverability between the clients and
middle tier.
– Simplify deployment and management of large numbers of
users.
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SB 6.0 Architecture
Host U2 Data Server
SBClient
SB+ Runtime
5.4
Application
2-way Communication
Middle .NET Framework
Tier Proxy Server
SB+ SB+
Middle Tier Web
Framework Services
HTTP,
HTTPS, or
Sockets
Web Services
Client .NET Framework Browser Mobile Device
Consumer
SBClient 6.0
SBClient 6.0 GUI SBClient 6.0 Mobile
Browser GUI
Application GUI Application Browser Application

Client (WPF) GUI Client (WPF) Mobile Client
GUI Browser Mobile Web

Services
IBM statements of direction are not a commitment. IBM plans are subject to change at IBM discretion.
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Additional Information
 IBM U2 home page
– ibm.com/software/u2
 Information Management Today Newsletter
– ibm.com/software/data/db2infonews
 U2 Users Group www.u2ug.org
 Email U2AskUs@us.ibm.com
Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 All Rights Reserved.

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Trademarks and Acknowledgements

 Enables development of mission-critical business solutions

SystemBuilder Industry Leverage

SystemBuilder Use Case

U2 Data Server SBClient

 Data store  Presentation layer

SB+ Screen Designer

© 2007 IBM Corporation

 4GL Multiplatform MultiValue Rapid Application

SB+ Developer Value

SB+ Value Proposition

SB+ Applications Development Environment

– Global or Local Processes

 SB+ Code is portable across many platforms

© 2007 IBM Corporation

SBClient Value Proposition

SBClient Main Features

Middle .NET Framework

Tier Proxy Server

Application GUI Application Browser Application

GUI Browser Mobile Web

Copyright IBM Corp. 2007 All Rights Reserved.

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