Speaker: Rob Lintern (rlintern@ca.ibm.com)

Lotus Forms Turbo on AWS

Cloud Computing for Developers Hosted by IBM and Amazon Web ServicesOctober 1, 2009

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Agenda

� AWS, EC2, and IBM

� Lotus Forms Turbo on EC2

� Demo - Step-by-step Turbo 3.5 instance launch

� Lotus Forms Turbo 3.5.1 Highlights

� Demo - Turbo 3.5.1 Extension Points

� Q & A

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IBM Software Available on EC2

� A partnership between IBM and AWS that allows you to develop and deliver your applications on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

� Easy to use. Start developing your applications on IBM software on Amazon EC2 in minutes

� No barriers. IBM is providing software at no charge for development & test ofcommercial applications on Amazon EC2. Pay only infrastructure charges - as little as $0.10/hour.

� Pay as you go. Run production versions of leading IBM software products and pay hourly only for what you need, when you need it.

� Portability. Use your existing IBM licenses for most IBM software products in the cloud or on premise - it’s now your choice.

� Products. Currently DB2, Informix Dynamic Server, WebSphere sMash, Lotus Forms Turbo, IBM Mashup Center, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere eXtreme Scale, WebSphere Portal Server and Lotus Web Content Management. We have announced our intent to offer others.

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$1.60$0.88Lotus Forms Turbo

$1.48$0.81WebSphere Application Server

$3.79$1.98IBM Mashup Center

Hourly Price (in USD)

IBM Production ready Amazon Machine ImagesStandard

Small (default)

Standard Large

Standard Extra Large

High CPU Medium

High CPU Extra Large

DB2 Express Edition $0.38 $0.65

DB2 Workgroup Edition $1.31 $2.50 $3.30

Informix Dynamic Server Express Edition $0.38 $0.65

Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup Edition $1.31 $2.50 $3.30

WebSphere sMash $0.50 $0.60

Lotus Web Content Management Server Standard Edition $2.48 $4.82 $8.71

WebSphere Portal Server and IBM Web Content Management Server Standard Edition

$6.39 $12.64 $24.35

IBM Production AMIs on EC2 http://aws.amazon.com/IBM

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How can you use IBM on EC2?

� Proof-of-Concept/Development. Many projects begin by creating development and test environments. Development AMIs are available at no additional fee beyond Amazon EC2 usage fees.

� Steady State Usage. Migrate your existing IBM software licenses to the Amazon cloud and only pay the normal hourly charges for EC2.

� On-Demand Usage. Cost-effective, pay as you go licensing for select IBM software allows you to scale up or down the number of instances to meet your workload demands. This model works well for unpredictable or variable workloads

� Hybrid. Use a combination of steady state licenses for the predictable low water mark and on-demand licenses for the variable workloads.

http://aws.amazon.com/IBM

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What are some of the challenges businesses are facing?

Key pain points:1. Operational inefficiency due to lack of

consistent process

2. Poor customer service due to lack of process and consistent feedback mechanisms

3. Slow / archaic paper based processes

In addition to this… a number of key challenges exist for resolving these issues…

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Key challenges facing organizations looking to address their issues

� Limited Funds : capital and operating budgets

� Need to do more with less –reduce current operating expense

� Difficult to start new projectsthat require upfront investment butwhich could potentially bring in new opportunities and revenue especially if project is transitory in nature

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� An intuitive web-based solution that allows any business user to quickly and easily automate part of their job

� A complete “out of the box” solution that comes “with all the batteries included”

– An intuitive, Web-based 2.0 form design experience

– A simple repository with a Web interface

– A zero-footprint viewing experience

– A simple form routing mechanism and one step approval process

– Reporting, graphing and export

� A Departmental or Small/Medium Business forms solution that can grow to accommodate the needs of the enterprise

– Turbo Forms can be used with full Lotus Forms implementations

What is Lotus Forms Turbo ?

Library

Module

Routing

Module

Composer

Module

Reporting

Module

ACL

Module

View

Module

Turbo

Solution

IBM W

ebSphere

®Applica

tion Server

IBM DB2®

IBM Lotus® Forms Services Platform

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Lotus Forms Turbo on AWS

� On Demand:

– Need to start quickly

– Have a short term lifespan

– Companies do not have bandwidth/budget to address in-house

� Example eForms in the Cloud:

– Surveys

– Request for Proposals

– Customer/Supplier processes

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ls/lsforms

Lotus Forms Turbo is easy and quick to deploy, requires no training and is designed to help customers address basic form software requirements such as surveys, applications, feedback, orders, request for submission, and more – without involvement from the IT department.

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A quick introduction to Lotus Forms

“More than 80% of the processes in public and private businesses depend on forms.” -IDC

Lotus Forms Designer

Lotus Forms Webform

Server

Lotus Forms Viewer

Lotus Forms Services Platform

Lotus Forms API

Lotus Forms Turbo

Lotus Forms is a complete solution for both busines s and it to extend, streamline and automate business processes.

Improves Organizational Efficiency� A forms-based human interface for business process automation and SOA� Deploys without the expense of client software � Captures complete and accurate data at the source

Improves Customer Service� Simplifies forms for users, saving time and effort� Uses portal and forms technology to provide a single point of contact for customers and partners

Increases Corporate Agility� Helps develop new applications quickly and easily� Facilitates business-to-business commerce using standard data formats� Eases regulatory compliance by creating auditable transaction records

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2. Approval – A document is routed through one or more decision makers in an approval/rejection process:

• Vacation request• Expense report• Purchase request

• Change request

• Request for transfer

• Request for promotion

5. Notification/Report/Filing - A means of delivering notification and recording information when a business event occurs or information changes:

• Court filing• Change of address

• Notice of separation

• Performance appraisal

4. Application - A set of documents are submitted and one or more selections are made from amongst them:

• Employment application• Grant application• Bid or proposal

6. Transaction Records – A record of an agreement between parties usually involving the exchange of value:

• Receipt of payment• Purchase Agreement• Land title

• Employment contract

• Non-disclosure

• Record of employment

1. Request for Submission – An invitation to submit a proposal on a specific opportunity:

• Request for proposal• Request for quote• Request for information

7. Feedback/Review - A process of disseminating and collaborating on information, observations or opinions:

• Policy and procedure development• Status report• Trip report

• Clinical study

• Technical note

• Meeting minutes

3. Survey - Collecting structured information from a group of respondents:

• Market survey• Employee satisfaction survey• Census

• Site visitor survey

• Service quality audit survey

• Instructor assessment

Lotus Forms Scenarios

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Get started on AWS today - 1…2…3

1. If you’re not already signed up to AWS go to http://aws.amazon.com and sign up

2. Start up your Lotus Forms Turbo AMI:

a) Start either Development or “Production Ready” AMI: http://bit.ly/eform

b) See Getting Started Guide here: at URL above

c) Watch this: http://bit.ly/formvid

3. Start using Lotus Forms Turbo – Now!!!

Once you’re signed up and connected to AWS, it should take you about 10 - 15 mins to get your Lotus Forms Turbo server up and running!

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Turbo 3.5 Development AMI

Demo

� Launch Turbo 3.5 instance (ami-4736d02e)

– Instance Type: Small or High-CPU Medium

– Security Groups: need ports 22, 9080 and possibly 9043

� Initialization

– Access with SSH and key only

– Elastic Block Storage (EBS) – persists important data

� Post Initialization

– Fonts

– Email SMTP server

– LDAP

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Lotus Forms Turbo v3.5.1 Highlights

� Turbo in IBM Mashup Center– iWidgets focused on Turbo, but compatible

with enterprise offering

– Extends Mashup Center to document-centric processes

– Turbo feeds REST API

� Turbo in Portal– Composer, Library and Report components

delivered through Portal Web Application Integrator (WAI)

� Turbo Life-Cycle Extension Points– Pre-populate forms

– Handle Submissions

� Turbo Composer REST API– Embed Turbo’s Composer in your own

application

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Turbo 3.5.1 Development AMI

Demo

� Turbo in IBM Mashup Center

– Turbo Feed Widget

� Turbo Life-Cycle Extension Points

– Pre-populate forms

– Handle Submissions

� Turbo Composer REST API

– Embed Turbo’s Composer in your own application

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