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Frameworks for Application Transformation and SOA Enablement

ClearPath Core Business Transformation. Frameworks for Application Transformation and SOA Enablement. ClearPath Strategy & Directions. Client Current State. Client Future State. SOA Re-Factored COBOL/ALGOL/3GL Wrapped J2EE / .Net Services Java. Monolithic 3GL COBOL/ALGOL.

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Frameworks for Application Transformation and SOA Enablement

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  1. ClearPath Core Business Transformation Frameworks for Application Transformation and SOA Enablement Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only

  2. ClearPath Strategy & Directions Client Current State Client Future State SOARe-Factored COBOL/ALGOL/3GL Wrapped J2EE / .Net Services Java Monolithic 3GLCOBOL/ALGOL Client ClearPath Core Systems & Legacy Assets Next Generation Architecture ClearPath OS2200 & MCP NEXT GENERATION Operating Environments CMOS Intel ClearPath RoHS Compliant Platform ClearPath – all on board to the “Future State” Confidential to UnisysContent Subject to Change

  3. A Rapidly Changing Business Environment The Demands on IT are rapidly Evolving Due to Significant changes in Business Models, Business Requirements, and Business Processes • Economics: globalization demands flexibility • Business processes: changing quickly and sometimes outsourced • Growth: at the top of the CEO agenda • Reusable assets: Leverage what you have • Information: greateravailability for Decision Making • Cost Control: Do more with less *Sources: CBDi Marketing Business Review - Summary Template

  4. The business requires technology leaders to anticipate and respond to these market challenges with relevant initiatives in both areas Changes Business Expectations of IT Business dictates that IT executives manage IT as both a commodity service and for competitive advantage – two very different requirements! IT’s “Janus Effect”: Deliver Basic IT Services AND Competitive Advantage “Deliver new services!” “Lower my costs!” Commodity Service Basic IT Services Keeping the “Lights On” Offshore / Outsourcing Competitive Advantage Business Agility IT Innovation Emerging Technology New Solutions must support both of these Business Objectives Simultaneously Marketing Business Review - Summary Template

  5. It’s an asset! Functional Customized Well-tuned Supports mission critical operations Robust Secure It’s a liability! Uses old technology Requires hard-to-find skills Lacks documentation Is hard to maintain Resists change, integration, and replacement Inhibits organizational agility Two Sides of Legacy Applications Confidential to UnisysContent Subject to Change

  6. Legacy Systems SOA-Enabled Integrated Enterprise Mainframe Client-Server SOA Enabled Components SOA Wrapper SOAWrapper Mainframes Client - Server Enterprise Service Bus Re-defining terms…. Confidential to UnisysContent Subject to Change

  7. Some Definitions Legacy Systems: “Software systems become legacy when they begin to resist modification and evolution” Seacord, Plakosh & Lewis “Modernizing Legacy Systems” Addison Wesley 2003 Core Business Systems: “Ones that support revenue generating transactions or are otherwise strategic in nature” Unisys 2007 Marketing Business Review - Summary Template

  8. Forrester Paper SOA and Mainframe Users • Interviewed 20 mainframe users around the world • Identifies SOA best practices • Strongly communicates that you do not have to replace your mainframe applications to achieve the benefits of SOA • Supports 3D Blueprints initiative • External release May 15th eCommunity link to Paper Marketing Business Review - Summary Template

  9. What are businesses doing? • Forrester research commissioned by Unisys: • ‘Using incremental development and delivery strategies and avoiding big bang investments, organizations can leverage their mainframe legacy assets and achieve strong business value as they evolve from yesterday’s architectures to tomorrow’s SOA-based foundation’. • Key criteria used to determine approach: • How well do existing applications fit future business needs? • Is there on-going support for the platform? • How does the application fit within the overall portfolio? • What are the costs, risks, and elapsed time to replace? • In most cases businesses opted to adapt/evolve applications through SOA technologies rather than replace Marketing Business Review - Summary Template

  10. ClearPath Strategy - An Evolution that Makes Sense Transforming core business systems into modern, flexible business applications and processes Building on strengths of the past • Reduce development costs through reuse • Process efficiencies • Improve system maintainability • Business agility • Rapid response to new business challenges • Cost efficiencies in system management • Retain and extend the value of applications to maximize business value “As-is” Future Application State “To-be” with SOA Adoption Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only

  11. Service Oriented Architecture SOA is about business value and productivity, not technology SOA is about enabling business change Speeds business change Facilitates business connections Enhances business control SOA is about business design Identifies a strategic set of business services Creates a digital model of business capabilities that is a foundation for business flexibility Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only 3/13/2014 Page 17

  12. “Open Account” “Transfer Funds” “Execute Trade” “Get Portfolio Balance” “Authenticate Users” SOA is Based on “Business Services” A business service is a common unit of work • Maps to business processes • Defined in business terms • Coarse grained BusinessLogic BusinessLogic BusinessLogic BusinessLogic Back Office ERP CRM FINANCE Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only

  13. Unisys and Service Oriented Architecture 3D-Blueprinting provides a framework and methods to model services at the Business Process, Application, and Infrastructure layers, creating a robust and aligned SOA implementation across the enterprise 3D-Blueprinting provides the visibility to identify and define services at the Business and Technology layers Confidential to UnisysContent Subject to Change Page 19

  14. Unisys 3D-Blueprinting EAM ApproachApplies Concepts of Traceability and Visibility to Challenge of Modernization New business needs As-Is Business Model To-Be Business Model Business Domain IT Domain As-Is Applications To-be applications Marketing Business Review - Summary Template

  15. 3D Blueprints for ClearPath SOA5 Step Process: Confidential to UnisysContent Subject to Change

  16. ClearPath Application Transformation Process Rationalize Sustain Rationalized Portfolio Rationalization Roadmap Assess Roadmap to SOA Transformation Discover Refactor Translate Wrap Replace Orchestrate App Hosting App Develop App Planning App Manage Applications Portfolio Assessment Transformation Management Transformation Unisys and Partner Services and Solutions Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only

  17. Discover + 5 Transformation Styles “As-is” to ‘To-be” application Rationalize Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only

  18. ClearPath Reference ArchitecturesUnisys 3D Blueprints for ClearPath SOA • Provide concise and client-specific navigation of the pathways to SOA enablement • Integrated with the 3D Visible Enterprise approach to use models to drive visibility and additional agility • Create visibility to the options so that choices can be made • Provide best practices models for ClearPath SOA application enablement • Provide progressive, incremental, low risk solutions for an evolving SOA architecture plan Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only

  19. Unisys 3D Blueprints for ClearPath SOA ClearPath Structured Methodology Future Application State “As-is” “To-be” Technology Depth and Alignment withRA ClearPath Reference Architectures (RA) for SOA Enablement Services Delivery Framework Integrated with Product Choices • Assessment • 3D-Blueprinting Experiential Workshop to input business requirements and focus on a single project • ClearPath Application Assessment • Implementation views of ideal end point states for selected SOA transformation • Simplify choices • Leverage Unisys experiences and expertise • Web Services automation • XML export/import • Java EE service • .NET service • Adapters and connecters for integration • Unisys services portfolio for SOA enablement • Unisys Solution Delivery Framework (SDF) Holistic framework for ClearPath SOA enablement Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only

  20. ClearPath Reference ArchitectureWeb Services Example (OS2200) Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only

  21. Increase COMPETITIVE AGILITY by supporting new business goals and processes Ensure UNINTERUPTED OPERATIONS by allowing old and new applications to coexist during an evolutionary transition period Provide COST REDUCTION for application operations and maintenance Provide RISK REDUCTION related to loss of legacy skills Discover and preserve INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY hidden in existing applications and enables its REUSE Provide a COMPREHENSIVE END-TO-END SOLUTION by leveraging Unisys and its partners’ innovations and skills Client Benefits -- Core Business Transformation and SOA Enablement Marketing Business Review - Summary TemplateConfidential to Unisys – INTERNAL Use Only

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