snap is a series of packaged solutions consisting of looksoftware products and services aimed at creating components from existing IBM back-end applications that can be easily snapped into selected front–ends, such as Microsoft Office and SharePoint, Lotus Notes, Websphere Portal and Google.

looksoftware’s snap enables reuse of the robust existing back-ends and integration with modern front-end technologies quickly and painlessly, without requiring any changes to the back-end. As business users become more productive by accessing all applications through a modern common front-end, the back-end (which can be insulated from the front-end with a services layer), can be replaced or redeveloped at the customer's convenience.

snap solution pack series includes:

• looksoftware middleware
  - newlook UI widgets
  • rich, thin and mobile UIs
  - soarchitect web services
  
• Specialized connectors
  - Eg Google Gadgets, SharePoint webparts
  
• Implementation Consulting
  

Benefits include

• Reuse of existing i investments, thereby:
  - reducing the risk associated with change
  - reducing training costs
  - increasing productivity
  - reducing implementation times
  - improving project success
  - reducing carbon emissions
  
• Easy integration with:
  - leading front-ends, MS Office, SharePoint, Lotus Notes, Websphere Portal and Google
  - other apps like SAP, MS Dynamics and any application that supports web services
  - web service compliant systems and devices like Unified Communication Systems
  
• Reuse snap components in any web services compliant development environment including .NET and J2EE
  
• Improve acceptance of i applications
  
• Unified view, improved UX
  
• Streamline workflow and automate business processes