looksoftware makes it a SNAP to plug System i
applications into any leading front-end!
Melbourne, Australia
– March 31, 2008. - looksoftware
today announced their SNAP solutions, designed
to allow traditional applications to be plugged
into popular front-ends including Microsoft’s
Outlook and SharePoint, IBM’s Notes and
Websphere Portal, and open portals like Google.
SNAP provides rapid integration of back-end RPG
and COBOL with the business user’s preferred
front-end, thereby delivering streamlined business
processes and reduced operational costs.
The first SNAP solution pack for Microsoft Office
and SharePoint, allows entire applications, or
specific transactions from classic System i applications,
to be accessed seamlessly from within Office 2007
and SharePoint. All this, with no changes required
to the RPG/COBOL 5250 back-end. SNAP supports
two types of connections – UI components
and web services – providing the flexible
component-level support required to integrate
the front-end with the back-end to improve workflow.
adidas IT team leader B.H. Lee, who used looksoftware’s
SNAP functionality to integrate its RPG back-end
with Microsoft said, “Our end users are
very happy with the improved user experience and
additional functionality we have provided. They
love the seamless integration with Microsoft Office
and now think the System i is wonderful!”
“adidas is leading an important new trend
started by Microsoft and SAP with their very successful
Duet product when they connected SAP back-end
functionality to the Office front-end”,
said Marcus Dee, Managing Director, looksoftware.
“We’ve built SNAP to provide the System
i marketplace with an easy plug and play capability
with all the leading front-ends, resulting in
increased acceptance of IBM mid-range back-end
applications. SNAP also supports rich and thin
clients enabling a single SNAP project to be deployed
as rich clients for internal users and as zero
deployment, AJAX-based thin clients where required
for external users.
Solution provider Agilysys is also interested
in SNAP for its Material Management System (MMS)
which is used by 80% of the casinos on the strip
in Las Vegas, including MGM properties like Mandalay
Bay and New York New York, Boyd’s casino
properties, the Gold Nugget and the Venetian.
Arjen Verkerk from Agilysys said, “Around
70% of users of MMS actually spent most of their
day in Microsoft Outlook, so providing MMS integration
with Office means our customers can cut costs
through streamlined workflows.”
looksoftware’s SNAP for
Microsoft Office and SharePoint is scheduled for
general availability in June 2008.
Learn more about SNAP.
Read in detail how adidas
connects its RPG back-end to Office front-end.
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