1. ® © 2008 IBM Corporation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation EGL International Conference Zurich Oct 20-21 2008 EGL Overview Stefano Sergi WW EM Solutions Manager IBM Rational software

2. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 2 Customers are asking, can we....  Leverage existing assets?  Leverage modern architectures?  Leverage existing skills and attract new skills?  Leverage a common development environment for all development teams?  Leverage my development spending better? ? ? Your current application programming environment is a key inhibotor

3. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 3 Enterprise Modernization – Solution Overview Leverage value in existing assets Drive innovation with SOA and web technology advancements Leverage existing and new staff on multi-platform projects Improve quality and flexibility with a consolidated team infrastructure Reduce maintenance costs For more information, visit: www.ibm.com/rational/modernization Invest resources in new opportunities System zIBM iLUW Investments Processes and Infrastructures Leverage modern processes, tools and middleware to reduce costs, improve quality and productivity Understand, transform, reuse and mange enterprise application assets AssetsArchitectures Discover new SOA applications, reuse existing application as services Skills Rapidly develop cross-platform applications using new and existing skills

4. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 4 Why EGL? Today’s key development challenges  Costly to maintain  Monolithic  Hard to repurpose   Skills silos  Skills mismatch  Skills erosion   Proliferation  Coexistence  Complexity Existing ApplicationsSkillsPlatforms / Middleware  High costsSlow response Compromise 

5. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 5 Why EGL? Because building applications today is not easy  Learn and master myriads of  programming languages and semantics  middleware interfaces  programming paradigms and styles  frameworks and libraries  Constantly emerging new technologies SWT JSP HTML CSS JavaScript Servlet Struts JSF JDBC TopLink AJAX EJB XML SQLJ JCA JMS SOAP JSE WSDL DOM EGL Spring Hibernate ! !  Code at a more abstract and simpler level  Easy to learn, modern and comprehensive language (not your father 4gl!)  Keeps up with emerging technologies  Inter-operates seamlessly with legacy ASP

6. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 6 Rapidly Deliver… Modern Innovative Solutions… With the people who know the business EGL and Rational Business Developer A simple, robust, unified approach to end-to-end construction of application and services that shields developers from intricacies of runtimes and middleware SOA Tools Generation Declarative Abstraction Language

7. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 7 The power of the Language Simple and familiar…. yet robust and complete  Rich data types  Primitive  Simple (int, string, boolean, etc.)  Complex (any, arrays, dynamic arrays, dictionaries, array dictionaries, etc.)  User defined Data Parts  Keywords  Case, if-then-else, while, for loop, for loop cycling through a database result set, etc.  High power language capabilities  Automated Casting (e.g. using AS operator)  Mixing data types in assignments and expressions  Exception handling  Rich libraries of built-in functions  Math, string, date/time, system, i5/OS objects APIs  Robust integration with existing investment or access to low level APIs  Call RPG, COBOL, C, etc.  Full Java interoperability  Invoke Java from EGL (map Java classes with EGL External Types)  Invoke EGL from Java Language

8. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 8 The power of Abstractions and Declarative programming  Data access:  “Records” provide access to:  SQL, Indexed, Relative, Serial, DL/I, Service data, Message Queues  Common Verbs for data access (Get, Add, Replace, Delete).  Allows complete access to SQL statement if needed.  Common Error Handling.  Remote Invocation  Call COBOL, RPG, C, Java.  Linkage information separated from code.  Data mapping, protocol invocation all resolved at runtime, NO code necessary  User Interface:  EGL “handlers” hide complexities of  Web (JSF) UI  Reports (BIRT)  Portlets  Rich Web (Ajax)  Validation/Editing Rules:  Via properties in “Data Items.  Define formatting & validation rules in a common place.  Reuse data items for Records, screens, web pages, reports. Declarative Abstraction

9. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 9 The power of tools  Web development  Integrate seamlessly with Page Designer and JSF tools  EGL native coding within JSF, mask all JSF complexity  Drag drop, code behind  Powerful IDE  Smart EGL editor, Code templates and snippets, Code completion  SQL visualization, editing, validation  References and declarations, Refactoring  Model Driven Development tools  Generate fully functional CRUD applications from UML models or Database schemas  including default JSF, and EGL or Web Services! Tools  Integrated interactive Debugger  State-of-the-art  No compile necessary, just click and aniimate execution as you define the code!  Full control, step, run, reposition, skip, change variables content, etc

10. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 10 The power of Services Built into the language  Service part:  a generatable part containing code that will be accessed:  from EGL code by way of a local or TCP/IP connection (EGL Service).  from any code by way of an HTTP connection (EGL Web service).  Interface part:  Used to access external services as EGL services or simply to provide separation of concern. At development time…  Focus on the business logic  Implement SOA design elements: services and interfaces  Leverage existing business developers for new SOA development  Ignore deployment targets/technology while coding/testing Deploy EGL services… To any platform ( Java to WAS/Tomcat, COBOL to CICS, i5/OS )  As a Web service (uses SOAP)  As a private service (uses CICS ECI or TCP) Leverage external web services…  EGL Interfaces  represent external web services  are created via import from WSDL  allow the EGL developer to stay within the context of EGL programming SOA

11. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 11 Respond to Broadest Application Needs   WebSphere  USS  Linux  Batch, CICS, IMS System z  WebSphere  Native i5OS System i   WebSphere  Tomcat  Native LUW   IE*  Firefox*  Safari* Browser* Portals Batch Processes Text UIRich UI* Reports Web/Native Services Generation Service/Interface Program User Interface Business Logic Control Logic Enterprise Connection Write application and control logic with EGL Encapsulate existing or create new resources  RPG  COBOL  C, C++  Java DB2 UDB SQL Server Oracle Derby Informix DL/I VSAM other… Web Java COBOL JavaScript

12. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 12 EGL Rich UI Transform Publish Edit EGL Source JavaScript Render Iterate Web 2.0 made easy SOA Tools Abstraction Declarative Generation Language  Why Rich Internet Applications (RIA)?  Applications are responsive and user friendly (user productivity)  Applications can leverage services “mush-up (business innovation)  Why is it hard to create RIA  Need to know many low level intricate technologies  Compound the slill/tool silos and fragmentation  Currently domain of “tech heads”  EGL and Rich UI  Includes visual composition, libraries of RUI widgets  Instant deploy/visualize while you code  Fully open and extensible  Easily integrate/consume any service (REST or SOAP)  Single language end-to-end  Brings legacy data and assets to Web 2.0

13. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 13 EGL Rich UI: Simplifying Innovation EGL Browser The Internet COBOL RPG Enterprise Data Partner Services and Data Internet Services Server * Tech Preview : http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/reglrwshttp://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/reglrws XML JavaScript JSON SOAP DOJO ExtJS PHP Ajax … Check out the RSDC Personal Planner for iPhone !

14. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 14 EGL Use Cases: New Systems  EGL end-to-end (web-to-backend logic and services)  EGL front-end to RPG (or COBOL) backend Rdi SOA Enterprise Data RDi SOA RPG EGL

15. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 15 EGL Use Cases: Modernizing existing systems 3270/5250 Business Logic Database Access RPG/COBOL Refactor Refactored Application Services UI Face lift Convert Extract Design Web UI Rich UI Portals Re-Build New Application UI Service rendering UI Services Re-Build EGL HATS/EGL bridge EGL Interfaces EGL Conversions

16. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 16 Modernizing your Development Investments Challenges  Cannot find skills in the market  Cannot motivate new hires to learn  No education available  Cannot target multiple platforms Solutions  Convert and refactor –Highly automated transformation –Single language breaks skills silos –Deploy to i5OS or Java runtimes (LUW) –Web 1.0 or Web 2.0 and SOA ready Deploy to: Linux AIX Solaris HP-UX System i System z Windows WAS Conversion Tooling HPS/AppBuilder Maestro PowerBuilder IDMS ADS/Online Ideal Enterprise COBOL RPG CSP i4gl VAGen

17. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 17 Accelerating Application Delivery Hand-Coded RBD 507 Hours 60 Hours  RBD is dramatically faster than traditional development*  RBD is more productive than MS VS 2005** Java/J2EE IDE 330 Hours ** Branham Study April 2008 * Internal benchmark using Sun PetStore application

18. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 18 Arkansas Data Services Deliver B2C retailer Web solution Challenge: Deliver a Web based B2B ordering system for wholesale men’s formalwear rental business with little to no web development experience Solution: Leverage existing Order entry system (RPG) core functionality with a completely new JSF based interface Results: In the time allocated for a prototype, ADS had the entire system up and running ready for final test “Our original estimate for this project using Java/JSF was 4-6 months and our client would never accept that. With EGL we were ready for test in 4 weeks! ” Rusty Gadberry - Arkansas Data Services

19. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 19 KBC Unify application dev across platforms and transaction managers Challenge:  High costs and low responsiveness to business: redundancy and duplication across IT groups, fragmentation of languages and tools Solution:  Leverage EGL to achieve the Cross-System components development, eliminate skills silos among their dispersed development teams, eliminate various platform specific languages and tools Results:  Enable component based architecture. Shift to component based architecture, product factories and multi channel.  Created interchangeable developers. Shift from monolithic (3270) applications to browser based and open systems. Transform 600 mainframe developers to multi platform developers (Unix, mainframe, WAS, IMS). “… We want to avoid the ‘skill silos,’ what we really need is a large group of general developers who should not worry about target platforms and focus on developing business components, and only a small number of technology specialists, so that we can swiftly allocate general developers to upcoming business needs… EGL is helping us achieve this goal…” - Lieven Gouwy, IT Architect, KBC, Redmonk Podcast

20. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 20 EGL Momentum Hundreds of new EGL users, growing EGL Partners Ecosystem Thousands of VAGen (previous version of EGL) users worldwide, now converting ot EGL Xact Inc ASIST eSmartSoft Morpheus PKS Synobsis ClearBlade MSystems Prologics Logicalis Provision WIPRO Troytech Optimus Advus GBS TCS DataExpressOnline QGroup Livinfo ValueSource CWI Oxford Intl. Metaware Nextel Informatika

21. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 21 Headlines IBM has announced EGL as the “newest business oriented language” Key role within Rational offerings in latest System z and System i Launches

22. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 22 The importance of EGL for Enterprise Modernization  Enables COBOL, RPG, 4GL developers to create Web applications and SOA solutions with minimum learning curve  Provides a modern programming paradigm for “legacy” platforms, attract new staff to your trusted box  Enables to easily connect to, wrapper and extend trusted valuable assets  Affords maximum flexibility of deployment options and architectures  Delivers a modern language that adapts more easily to changing technologies  Can be used as a target for legacy programs conversion System zIBM iDistributed Investments Processes and Infrastructures Assets Architectures Skills

23. IBM Software Group | EGL Simplify Innovation IBM Software Group EGL Simplify Innovation 23 Summary  EGL: IBM newest business language  Break the skill silos and leverage business know-how of all developers.  Build innovative state-of-the-art solutions without the bite of skill ramp  Lower risk and increase project success rate.  Lower costs of training.  Lower Cost of development.  Deliver Projects faster.  For More information  EGL: IBM newest business language  Break the skill silos and leverage business know-how of all developers.  Build innovative state-of-the-art solutions without the bite of skill ramp  Lower risk and increase project success rate.  Lower costs of training.  Lower Cost of development.  Deliver Projects faster.  For More information  EGL Café http://www-949.ibm.com/software/rational/cafe/index.jspa  RBD Product Page http://www-01.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/business/