Simon Barratt

IBM Lotus and SAP Applications

Companies tend to think that they can live on ERP solutions only!

Integrating Lotus and SAP will extracr more value from your investments.

60% of SAP customer are Lotus customers


With NetWeaver SAP has moved into the middleware space which creates new integration options.

Some SAP customers are still suspiciios about NetWeaver, and are holding off on more SAP upgrade!

Strategic direction is to establish and provide own middleware stack for SAP Apps.

Overlap between NetWeaver and WebSphere portfolio

NetWeaver is not as open as SAP would lead you to believe - 3rd party solution are often required for integration.

SAP EP  is a UI component for SAP, as soon as other application integration is required partners or self made apps are required.

Domino integration options with SAP:

• Lotus connector for SAP R/3 -  FMC currently uses this
• LEI - FMC currentl uses this.
• DECS
• LCLSX - used in the modified mail file to support SAP workflow
• Java (SAP JCO(Java Connector available from SAP)
• Web Services

LCLSX allows Lotus application to directly interact with SAP (Read/Write) - very powerful!
DECS provide point and click real time access into SAP
LEI allows for scheduled large transfers of data, allows you to replicate from SAP to Domino - Used in FMC to create Organisation information within BioPolymer's eSales application.
SAP MTA allows for the bi-directional routing of email between SAP and Domino

Domino and SAP BW (example)

• Transfer of BW reports (>1GB) into Domino Applications
• Selective replication to top executives
• allows for off line access to the reports

WebSphere Portal Server appears to have an access method to suit any requirements type for SAP, wether you want to utilise the ABAP or J2EE options that SAP provides.

HTML GUI Portlet
iView Integration
BW Portlets for SAP BW Systems (Web Services)
SSO
Direct access to SAP Transactions
Out of the box portlets, just deploy and configure.

Presentation Layer Integration
Web Service for Remote Portals (WSRP) allows for greater control of the content of data from one portal, being displayed in another portal.
WebSphere supports this today
SAP have announced their intention to support it

Application Layer Integration
WS Portal Application Integrator (WPAI)
Bowstreet Portlet factory
or pure custom J2EE code