Appeon for PowerBuilder Introduction PRESENTATION FOR NAME Appeon for PowerBuilder BRINGING THE POWER OF PB TO THE WEB™ Armeen Mazda [email protected]

Appeon for PowerBuilder IntroductionPRESENTATION FOR NAME

Appeon for PowerBuilder

BRINGING THE POWER OF PB TO THE WEB™

Armeen Mazda

[email protected]

1-877-3APPEON x621

mailto:[email protected]

2 04/18/23Armeen Mazda Appeon for PowerBuilder Introduction

Appeon Overview Live Demonstration Technical Details Conclusion

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About Appeon Corporation

Worldwide leader in providing PowerBuilder-based development products and IT outsourcing services

Patented technology in deploying applications built in PowerBuilder to J2EE and .NET platforms

Sybase distributes & supports Appeon worldwide. Over 600 customers using Appeon today!

Subsidiary of Shell Electric, a Hong Kong conglomerate founded in 1952 and publicly traded on the HKSE


PowerBuilder’s Relationship to .NET

.NET is any programming language deployed to a single framework/OS, for example, C#, ASP, etc.

Traditional 4GLs have become .NET languages, for example, VB, Delphi, etc.

PowerBuilder is the latest .NET language, following the likes of VB and Delphi


Appeon for PowerBuilder (APB) is …

Add-on for PowerBuilder to develop complex .NET or

Java Web applications rapidly and easily.

PowerBuilder Client/Server

Automatically Deploy

.NET/Java N-tier Web

What is Appeon for PowerBuilder?


More companies prefer to use Appeon for their Web projects because they find that Appeon delivers superior ROI by…

Shortest development time and lowest cost.Develop new Java or .NET Web applications 4X faster and migrate existing PowerBuilder applications in just a few months or even weeks.

Least project risk.There is no need to rewrite your entire code base, no need to re-architect your system, no need to retool your engineering team, and even no need to re-train your end-users.

Most powerful PowerBuilder Web deployment.Effortlessly handles the largest of applications (up to 600MB) with the most robust PowerBuilder feature support, and offers powerful desktop integration with the richest Web user interface.

Extraordinary performance and scalability.Delivers virtually the performance of client/server with the scalability of the Web – there is no faster or more scalable Web deployment option.

Why Choose Appeon?


The Appeon Technical Edge

Rich-Client architecture utilizing ActiveX and AJAX technology to deliver the power of PB on the Web

Most powerful and interactive Web user interface V6.0 optimized over 8 years and 1,000 engineering years

of R&D to handle real-life complex applications Technology agnostic: simultaneously deploys to .NET and

J2EE platforms with numerous integration options Performs under real-life load situations and features

numerous “automatic” performance boosting features Hundreds of successful deployments where all other

solutions failed, including Citrix, Web rewrites, and status quo


Just spending one week, one PowerBuilder engineer implemented the

PetShop blueprint application of Microsoft .NET, which took two .NET engineers four weeks to develop.

Item .NET PB/Appeon RatioLines of Code 2,213 564 1/4Time 4 weeks 1 week 1/4Cost 2 * 4 = 8 engineer-weeks 1 engineer-week 1/8

Appeon is able to implement the same .NET application with

1/4 of the lines of code;

1/4 of the time;

1/8 of the cost.

Case Study: Appeon Savings


Healthcare – Practice Management

HENRY SCHEIN (NASDAQ: HSIC)

CHALLENGE To grow their customer base further, the Dental Vision business unit

was forced to offer a standard Web solution and move away from Citrix.

Complicating matters worse, the Web solution must deliver all existing functionality, including X-ray, imaging, RichTextEdit and MS Word integration.

However, with 30 person years already tied up in the flagship Dental Vision client/server solution, budget and manpower to devote to rewriting Dental Vision a second time for the Web proved to be scant.

SOLUTION Appeon for PowerBuilder Appeon Global IT Services

RESULTS Successfully delivered a Web product that can seamlessly scale up

to 5,000 users (the largest customer size in the dental industry). Not only preserved all functionality of existing client/server solution,

but also UI remained unchanged eliminating complicated re-training. Project completed within 12 months and within limited budget.


Health Care - Human Resources

RES-Q HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS

CHALLENGE Customers demanded RES-Q expand their HR solution to offer

hospital staff the ability to schedule themselves from anywhere and at anytime (i.e. Web-based self-scheduling).

However, RES-Q staff and resources were full committed to maintaining their existing HR solution in PowerBuilder.

The complexity and cost to add any new skill set or maintain an additional product line made it prohibitive for RES-Q to appease their customers.


RESULTS Web-based self-scheduling delivered in just 60 days. Integrated into existing product such that RES-Q staff is required to

only maintain a single application. Existing RES-Q staff/skill set adequate for on-going maintenance of

the integrated solution.


Healthcare - Procurement

LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITAL

CHALLENGE Improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of supply procurement Provide management with real-time visibility into the procurement system

SOLUTION Appeon for PowerBuilder

RESULTS Overall cost savings of ₤2.6 million to date 92% reduction in total processing cost per order Reduction in time spent on supply issues from 20% to less than 5% Time between requisitions and purchase orders has been cut from 7 to 10

days to 3-4 hours Improved financial control to comply with audit requirements and

management information, including key performance indicators (KPI) reporting

Improved requisitioning capability and with integration to multiple systems


ISV – Contract Mgmt

INTELLISOFT GROUP

CHALLENGE Intellisoft Group, after much success with it’s medical

credentialing software (IntelliContract) was looking to expand its business beyond healthcare and offer a horizontal solution

Wading through uncharted waters was a significant concern, and as such, IntelliSoft wanted to quickly validate the opportunity with minimal investment (potential loss).

However, to be successful in this crowded market, needed to offer radically superior and technically advanced product.


RESULTS Successfully brought IntelliContract to market in 6 months Venture profitable within 2 months of being on the market Have won accounts against SalesForce.com and other strong

competitors


Telecommunications - CRM

CHINA UNICOM INTEGRATIVE ACCOUNT SYSTEM

CHALLENGE As China Unicom’s subscriber base had rapidly grown in recent years,

the legacy CRM system had become outdated and difficult to maintain Off-the-shelf CRM solutions did not match China Unicom’s business

processes and departmental workflows or proved to be cost-prohibitive Time-to-market was essential since customer accounts were in

jeopardy


RESULTS System developed and successfully rolled out to China Unicom

customers in just 8 months Subscribers empowered to view account information and perform

various account modifications without calling customer service China Unicom engineers able to perform the ongoing maintenance the

Web application using familiar PowerBuilder skills and toolsets System runs stably at the rush hour when more than 1,300 online users

are accessing the system



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Secret to Automated Web Deployment

All DataWindows styles All Windows types for

both SDI and MDI All UI controls and 27

common system objects Menus/Toolbars, all

User Objects & NVOs OLE/OCX/DLL Most PowerScript PFC Framework

Appeon replicates most powerful PB features such that existing PowerBuilder code can be readily mapped to the Web


Based on AJAX, Appeon precisely replicates the source PB application resulting in the most productive UI for your users that beats current offerings in JSF/J2EE and Web Forms/.NET

Web

Click n’ Deploy

PowerBuilder

Preserving Rich GUI on the Web


Appeon Developer – deploys to the Web using only PowerBuilder skills and IDE

Appeon Server for J2EE – implemented 100% in Java providing runtime services

Appeon Server for .NET – implemented 100% in C# providing runtime services

Standard N-tier Architecture – HTML, XML, JavaScript, ActiveX, Java and C#, HTTP/HTTPS, default IE browser settings and firewall friendly, seamless Web loading

N-Tier Platform for Web Apps


Web App

App Server

Presentation Tier?

Business Logic?

Client/Server Architecture

Distribute

Database

Database

Web Browser

Client

PB Client

Client

Consolidate

Consolidate

Application Partitioning

Where does the Presentation & Business Logic run?• Distributed to Web Browser Client & App Server vs. Consolidated on

App Server?

• This impacts the number of round trips across the Network or Internet

• This impacts the performance and scalability of the application


Appeon Partitioning Approach

Web App

HTML,XML,JavaScript

Web browser

Application Server

Appeon Server

Presentation Tier

Business Logic

Export

Retain

Replicate

Convert

Deploy

Database

Database

PowerBuilder App

Client

Database

Database

DW, NVO

Appeon Utilizes a “Balanced” Architecture• Preserve business logic and UI of the original PowerBuilder application

as a rich-client in standard Web browser

• Deploy DataWindows, Embedded SQL, and heavy business logic to the J2EE or .NET application server

• Re-use database and stored procedures via JDBC or ODBC


Rich Client Architecture

Performance Supercharge Web performance/scalability through a “balanced”

N-tier architecture ideal for complex functionality Compiled language is 10X faster than interpreted (e.g. JavaScript) Eliminate unnecessary, timely, and costly server roundtrips that

frustrate end users (customer, partners, employees, etc.)

Features Go beyond the browser and integrate seamlessly with any

application, Windows OS, or hardware (scanner, printer, etc.) Bring the rich functionality of traditional PowerBuilder applications

into the standard Internet Explorer Web browser (OLE/OCX/DLL) Desktop look n’ feel with multi-tasking floating windows, toolbars,

menus, drag n’ drop, hot keys & shortcuts


Automatic Performance Boosting

Numerous functionalities built-in to boost Web performance under real-life situations Download manager offers Just-in-Time (JIT) or Preload options

for running the Web application ActiveX optimized to be only 2MB in size yet virtually deliver

same power as 8MB PBVM 10X data compression to compress DataWindow result sets 3-level DataWindow caching technology caches at the

application server, Web server, and Web browser Micro-refresh (via AJAX) eliminates all redundant generation and

downloading of data, such as in commonly and frequently-used “Master-Detail”

Application server connection pooling can boost database scalability by several folds through “shared” connections


Complex Application Optimizations

Automatic conversion up to 95% in many cases. Without doing any coding work, click deploy and see majority of

your application Web-enabled Occasionally, a line of PowerScript in an event handler that is not

supported will prevent the launching of the functionality Work around the unsupported feature using standard PB

programming, perform an incremental deploy, and voila!

Not an all-or-nothing deal! An application with known unsupported features or errors can still

be Web deployed allowing you to explore the app Problematic (Web) code is automatically commented out Utilize Appeon Debugger to real-time debug the resulting Web

application tracing back to specific line of PowerScript


New Web Development with Appeon

Step 1 – Analyze Define the scope Define

requirements Produce detailed

functional specs

Step 2 – Design Design

architecture Design UI layout Produce design

doc and pseudo code

Step 3 – Implement

Code and test using PB IDE and skills

Re-use tools (PB Delta, Winrunner, etc.)

Re-use processes


Automated Web Migration with Appeon

Step 1 – Analyze Analyze

application using built-in tools

Unsupported PB features?

Inefficient code?

Step 2 – Design Devise

workarounds for unsupp. features

Optimize and/or package some logic for Internet/WAN

Step 3 – Implement

Code and test using PB IDE and skills

Re-use tools (PB Delta, Winrunner, etc.)

Re-use processes


Major Unsupported Features

PowerScript Statements: GOTO, THROW, THROWS DataWindow: TableBlob Control for DataWindow System Functions: Class Definition functions, DDE Server functions, Garbage

Collection functions, Help functions, Library functions, Shared Object functions, Tracing functions

System Objects: ADOResultSet, ArrayBounds, ClassDefinition, ClassDefinitionObject, ConnectionInfo, ConnectObject, ContextInformation, ContextKeyword, CORBA (all), CPlusPlus, DivideByZeroError, DWRuntimeError, EnumerationDefinition, EnumerationItemDefinition, Error, ErrorLogging, Exception, ExtObject, JaguarORB, NullObjectError, OLERuntimeError, OLEStorage, OLEStream, OLETxnObject, OMControl, OMCustomControl, OMEmbeddedControl, OMObject, OMStorage, OMStream, ORB, PBTocppObject, Pipeline, ProfileCall, ProfileClass, ProfileLine, ProfileRoutine, Profiling, RemoteObject, ResultSet, ResultSets, RuntimeError, ScriptDefinition, Service, SimpleTypeDefinition, Throwable, Trace (all), TransactionServer, Transport, TypeDefinition, VariableCardinalityDefinition, VariableDefinition*Nearly all major unsupported features can be commonly worked

around utilizing server-side PowerBuilder NVOs

**Many unsupported features can be readily worked around at the client-side without utilizing server-side PowerBuilder NVOs


Unsupported Features Analyzer

Identifies unsupported features based on keyword, providing you with location, line number, and code snippet


Appeon Code Insight

Keeps future development Web-compliant by listing only supported PowerScript at your fingertips


Appeon (Web-to-PB) Debugger

Utilize Appeon Debugger to real-time debug the resulting Web application tracing back to specific line of PowerScript


System Requirements

Web Browser: Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on Windows XP/Vista/2003/2008

Web & Application Server: Microsoft IIS 7.0/6.0, Apache 2.x, Sybase EAServer 6.1/5.5,

IBM WebSphere 6.1/5.1, BEA WebLogic 10.0/9.2 Windows 2008/2003, Red Hat Linux 5.0/4.0, IBM AIX 5.3/5.2

Database Sybase ASA 10.0/9.0/8.0, ASE 15.0/12.5, IQ 12.7 Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2000 Oracle 10g/9i/8i Informix 9/7 IBM DB2 9.5/8.2



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Proven PB Web Migration Paths

•Java/.NET Web App•Any Vendor Server•Java/.NET EAI•Java/.NET Developers•Any Vendor Tools•Open Web Source

Java/.NET Rewrite

By Hand

Highest TCR

Power Builder

Appeon Java/.NET

Web Deployment

Lowest TCR

Automated•Java/.NET Web App•Any Vendor Server•Java/.NET EAI•PB Developers•SY Standard Tools•Closed Web Source

Time: 1.5-2 YrCost: 4-10XRisk: >70%

Time: 3 MthsCost: XRisk: <5%


PowerBuilder and Appeon empowers enterprises to build .NET and Java applications that are device & technology agnostic, deploying to many platforms at virtually the click of a button.

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Future-proof Your Investments


Modernize PowerBuilder – Automatically convert existing PowerBuilder applications to Web applications in just months or even weeks.

Develop 4X Faster – Instantly begin building new Web applications that deploy to .NET or Java platform at a speed that is at least 4 times faster than typical .NET or Java development.

Satisfy End-users – End users productively work with the world’s richest Web user interface!

Real Tangible Benefits


Preserve Existing Customer Base – There is risk of losing segment of existing customer base due to lack of Web solution.

Upsell Existing Customer Base – Customers view Web solutions as providing higher value than client/server solutions, and as such are willing to pay higher license fees to purchase Web solutions.

Expand Customer Base – Now your company is well positioned to go after prospects that demand enterprise-class Web solution.

Stay Ahead of the Competition - Agility to respond to changing business requirements 4 times faster than your competition.

Competitive Advantage for ISVs


Differentiate your Product – Competing solutions lack the rich UI and functionality of your Web solution Web-enabled with Appeon.

Lower your Cost - Achieve the absolute lowest cost position. At least 4 times fewer headcount and even greater savings for automated migration of existing product portfolio.

Transition Seamlessly – Your existing customers won’t have to undergo retraining and your existing user guides, training program, and sales collateral will continue to be useful since the UI is unchanged

Competitive Advantage for ISVs (cont.)

Thank You!

Appeon for PowerBuilder

BRINGING THE POWER OF PB TO THE WEB™

Armeen Mazda

[email protected]

1-877-3APPEON x621

mailto:[email protected]

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