Software Announcement March 28, 2006
IBM Workplace Dashboard Framework V2.6 and Workplace dashboards
Overview Application integration extensions leverage the portal framework to At a glance Workplace Dashboard Framework deliver a common infrastructure that delivers reusable service-oriented supports the real-time integration of Workplace Dashboard Framework components, robust administration multiple, disparate data sources. As and Workplace dashboard tools, and dashboard-specific a result, dashboards built with products: Workplace Dashboard Framework features that help speed the creation • of standards-based, active help users to monitor and interact Deliver a service-oriented dashboards. This offering, which with the operational data and framework and prepackaged augments the capabilities of IBM processes from all the applications solutions to help companies to WebSphere Portlet Factory, can that are running the business. rapidly deploy portal-based help dramatically reduce the dashboards that provide development costs and speed the The portal infrastructure supports role-based, composite views of time-to-value for a company′s real-time collaboration. As such, their overall business activity dashboard initiatives. Workplace dashboards let decision • makers take immediate action via Display highly customized and dynamic operational Dashboards built with Workplace integrated collaboration features, information, giving decision Dashboard Framework provide a including instant messaging, e-mail, makers the real-time visibility level of adaptability not found in and e-conferencing. they need to understand status many other dashboard solutions. of business operations and They automatically adapt to the Key prerequisites market activity, which needs and roles of each user, ultimately helps drive overall presenting only the appropriate and Workplace Dashboard for Sales and corporate performance desired Key Performance Indicators Workplace Dashboard for Executives (KPIs), processes, alerts, and require the following software: • Complement IBM Workplace for competitive information. This helps • Business Strategy and ensure that users are not WebSphere Portlet Factory V5.12 Execution product. Together, overwhelmed with irrelevant data and WebSphere Portlet Factory they ensure that all employees and that the metrics are properly Designer V5.12 understand their organizational ′ aligned with each user s individual • Workplace Dashboard Framework objectives and can then act performance goals. V2.6 upon those objectives via highly personalized, role-based In addition, unlike some other Workplace Dashboard Framework dashboards dashboard solutions, Workplace requires WebSphere Portlet Factory • dashboards such as Workplace V5.12 and WebSphere Portlet Factory Link metrics to the underlying Dashboard for Sales and Workplace Designer V5.12. business processes, which Dashboard for Executives come with empowers users to take built-in, browser-based configuration Refer to the Hardware requirements immediate and effective action wizards that enable business users and Software requirements sections based upon changes in to dynamically tailor their own for additional details. thresholds or important dashboards — without involving IT. business events. Help Through these easy-to-use wizards, Planned availability dates executives and managers to business professionals can change proactively monitor business the display of fields, data sorting, • March 30, 2006, (electronic performance, make more data filters, chart colors or types, software delivery) English only informed decisions, and quickly alerts, and performance thresholds, resolve business issues • April 14, 2006, (media and ultimately creating “personalized” documentation) English only dashboards. Program number Because Workplace dashboards are built on top of WebSphere Portal, For details, refer to the Program Workplace Collaboration Services number section in this and Workplace Services Express, announcement. they offer a level of functionality and extensibility that is not available in stand-alone dashboard applications.
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To all Asia Pacific countries for release Workplace Dashboard for Sales. Workplace Dashboard for Sales arms sales executives with the information and Country/Region Announced Announcement Date insight they need to effectively manage their sales teams Asean * Yes 03/28/06 and close deals. This adaptive dashboard displays the Australia Yes 03/28/06 appropriate information according to the roles of the user. Hong Kong Yes 03/28/06 Out-of-the-box roles include Sales VP, Sales Manager, and PRC Yes 03/28/06 Sales Representative. Best practice KPIs include top Macao Yes 03/28/06 opportunities, rep performance, opportunities by stage, Taiwan Yes 03/28/06 Korea Yes 03/28/06 and customer satisfaction. Japan Yes 03/28/06 New Zealand Yes 03/28/06 Key features • Repository of reusable design components — Captures * Bangladesh, Brunei, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, specific dashboard design patterns, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Laos, chart-to-table drill-down, gauge charts, summary rows, Cambodia, Vietnam and hierarchical drill-downs, making it extremely fast and easy for companies to create custom dashboard portlets for their specific KPIs. Description • Business user configuration — Enables developers to easily extend the configuration of portlets to business ′ In today s competitive landscape, smart companies are users, including the portlet′s look and feel, data, deploying role-driven dashboards in order to improve thresholds, process flow, and chart types. With this decision making and speed the response to business capability, companies can increase the flexibility of events. Unfortunately, deploying custom dashboards can their dashboards and help reduce IT maintenance be a challenge. Companies often struggle trying to costs. access the data needed to drive the dashboards, because it usually resides in multiple, disparate systems, including • Hi-fidelity charting — Enables the creation of spreadsheets, data warehouses, and operational systems. configurable charts that dynamically adapt based upon users′ actions, including drilling down into related If companies can overcome their data issues, they often portlets. Includes support for a wide range of chart end up creating dashboards that display relatively static, types (pie, dial/gauge, bar, and line), file formats read-only data. As a result, business users might be able (Flash, PNG, JPG, and BMP), and back end-data to identify problems, but they can not take action to sources (SAP solutions, Siebel systems, Lotus resolve these problems from within the dashboard. And, Domino , PeopleSoft systems, databases, Web finally, many dashboard vendors only offer their products services, and spreadsheets). on top of proprietary infrastructures. This can significantly increase a company′s cost of building and • Robust alerting module — Proactively alerts users, in maintaining dashboard solutions. real time, to important issues and events that affect their business. Provides support for a number of Workplace Dashboard Framework addresses these different types of alerts, including event-based, challenges by providing reusable components, robust asynchronous, and basic threshold alerts. Also administration tools, and dashboard-specific features that supports alert escalations and business user creation help speed the creation of standards-based, active of alerts. dashboards. This offering, which augments the • capabilities of WebSphere Portlet Factory, can help Intuitive, browser-based administration console — dramatically reduce the development costs and speeds Enables global changes to all portlets within the the time-to-value for a company′s dashboard initiatives. dashboard, making the dashboards easier to configure and maintain. Includes a set of administration portlets In addition to Workplace Dashboard Framework, IBM for making all-encompassing changes to various offers Workplace dashboards that accelerate your capabilities in dashboard portlets, such as logging, dashboard deployments with prebuilt portlets that display people awareness, and the page templates that drive best practice KPIs. These Workplace dashboards are the portlets′ look and feel. ideally suited for companies that are interested in an • Flexible filtering capabilities — Dynamically filter out-of-the-box dashboard solution tailored to a specific dashboards based upon your company′s criteria, which function and industry. can include product family, time frame, and market In addition to including best-practice portlets, each sector. Adaptive filtering technology displays only the Workplace dashboard comes with built-in filtering filters appropriate to the user′s characteristics and capabilities, browser-based configuration wizards, role. collaboration, and alerting. The packs are also all fully localized and include sample users and roles. And, finally, the dashboards within these packs are built on a Statement of direction clean service oriented architecture, which allows a clear separation between the presentation layer and the data Workplace dashboards and Workplace Dashboard integration layer. As such, the back-end of the Framework complement the WebSphere Portal, Lotus dashboards is pluggable to fit into your environment. Domino, and Workplace software product family whose IBM currently offers the following Workplace dashboards: goal is to bring people, processes, and technologies together to provide greater business value to IBM clients. Workplace Dashboard for Executives. Workplace By helping companies more easily and efficiently Dashboard for Executives provides key executives with integrate their business systems, Workplace, Portal, and insight into the metrics and KPIs so they can align their Collaboration Software is fulfilling a critical part of IBM roles and responsibilities. This dashboard includes On Demand Business strategy. portlets that represent best practice KPIs, such as
AP06-0065 -2- Specifically, Workplace Dashboard Framework and Workplace dashboards are an important part of Workplace, Portal, and Collaboration Software′s strategy to deliver portal-based composite products that address specific business needs. In addition, Workplace Dashboard Framework and Workplace dashboards play an important role in the IBM commitment to service-oriented architecture (SOA). All statements regarding IBM′s plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice.
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Program number Program name 5724-O00 IBM Workplace Dashboard Framework 5724-O02 IBM Workplace Dashboard for Executives 5724-O01 IBM Workplace Dashboard for Sales
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March 28, 2006
Software requirements Offering Information Supported software configurations Product information is available via the Offering Information Web site Operating systems http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional • Microsoft Windows XP Professional Also, visit the Passport Advantage Web site Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage • IBM Rational Application Developer 6 • IBM Rational Software Architect • IBM Rational Web Developer Publications • Eclipse 3.1 No publications are shipped with these products. Note: Eclipse SDK versions only The IBM Publications Center Deployed applications http://www.ibm.com/shop/publications/order Operating systems The Publications Center is a worldwide central repository • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server for IBM product publications and marketing material with • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server a catalog of 70,000 items. Extensive search facilities are • Sun Solaris 8 (Latest patch level required) provided. Payment options for orders are via credit card • AIX V5.1 (in the U.S.) or customer number for 20 countries. A large • OS/400 V5.2 (on iSeries hardware) number of publications are available online in various file • Red Hat Linux 7.1, 7.2, 8.x formats, and they can all be downloaded by all countries • SUSE Linux 9.2 free of charge. Application servers For news of publications, you can subscribe to Mysupport at • WebSphere Application Server V.5.1, V6.0 • Apache Tomcat 5.5.7 (development use only) https://www-1.ibm.com/support/mysupport/us/ en/?OpenDocument Portal servers • Workplace Services Express V2.5 • WebSphere Portal V5.1, V5.1.0.2 Technical information • Portals complying with JSR-168 (support for JSR-168 Specification only, there is no explicit support for specific JSR-168 portal containers other than Specified operating environment WebSphere Portal) Hardware requirements Web browsers
Recommended hardware configuration • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5, 6.0 • Netscape Communicator 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.23 • CPU: Pentium II at 500 MHz (Pentium III at 500 MHz, • Mozilla Firefox 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 or higher recommended) JDK support • Disk: 1 GB (plus space for development resources) Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition V1.4.1, 1.4.2 • Memory: 512 MB RAM (768 MB recommended) Enterprise integrations: Deployed portlets Databases There are no specific hardware requirements for deployed portlets. Portlets will run on all configurations approved • Oracle 9i Release 2 V9.2.0.1.0 for the particular operating system and application server • or portal server used. Oracle 8i Enterprise Release 3 V8.1.7 (With thin driver for 8.1.7 and/or classes12.zip) • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (with msbase.jar, mssqlserver.jar, msutil.jar) • DB2 Enterprise Edition V8.1
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IBM Asia Pacific IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. AP06-0065 • DB2 Enterprise Edition V7.2 (FixPack 7 required • Softcopy product documentation including README w/db2java.zip) files are included on the product CDs. • Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5 (requires The LI form number for Workplace Dashboard for version 5.5 of jConnect for JDBC with EBF/Patch 11937, Sales is L-JNEN-6LRLQ5. dated April 30, 2004) Workplace Dashboard for Executives is distributed via a Lotus Domino — Lotus Domino V5.x, V6.0, V6.5, V7.0 media package and ESD. (requires version 6, or later NCSO.jar) Workplace Dashboard for Executives media package is SAP distributed in one package with the following: • SAP R3 V3.1h, or later (requires SAPCO.jar) • Workplace Dashboard for Executives Product CDs. • SAP BW • Soft copy product documentation including README PeopleSoft — PeopleSoft 8.x Systems (requires PSJOA.jar. files are included on the product CDs. Any PeopleSoft 8.x, or later system that supports access to Component Interfaces via this jar is supported) The LI form number for Workplace Dashboard for Executives is L-JNEN-6LRLQ5. Siebel systems — Siebel 7.5.2, 7.5.3 (requires version appropriate JAR files: SiebelJI.jar, SiebelJI_Common.jar, Security, auditability, and control and SiebelJI_enu.jar) The customer is responsible for evaluation, selection, and Planning information implementation of security features, administrative procedures, and appropriate controls in application Software Maintenance, previously referred to as Software systems and communication facilities. Subscription and Technical Support, is included in the Passport Advantage Agreement. Installation and technical support is provided by the Software Ordering information Maintenance offering of the IBM International Passport Advantage Agreement. This fee service enhances This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It customer productivity, with voice and electronic access is not available as shrinkwrap. into IBM support organizations. Product information A services engagement or authorized training is strongly Product recommended for customers planning to build and deploy Licensed function title Product group category dashboards using Workplace Dashboard Framework or Workplace dashboards. Workplace Dashboard IBM Workplace Dashboard IBM Workplace Workplace Framework and Workplace dashboard offerings always Framework Dashboard Framework require integration and configuration and typically require IBM Workplace Dashboard IBM Workplace Workplace customization and modification to deploy dashboards in for Executives Dashboard for a production environment. Only defects in out-of-the-box Executives portlet code and sample data connectivity are warranted IBM Workplace Dashboard IBM Workplace Workplace and supported. For more information, visit the following for Sales Dashboard for Sales IBM Software Services for Lotus Web site Program name PID Charge unit http://www.ibm.com/lotus/services number description Software Maintenance does not include assistance for the IBM Workplace Dashboard Framework 5724-O00 Processor design and development of applications, consulting IBM Workplace Dashboard for 5724-O02 Processor services for customization or modification of your Executives IBM Workplace Dashboard for Sales 5724-O01 Processor software, your use of programs in other than their specified operating environment, or failures caused by products for which IBM is not responsible under this Charge metrics definitions agreement. Processor Packaging: Workplace Dashboard Framework is distributed via a media package and electronic software In Full Capacity charging, Proof of Entitlements (PoEs) distribution (ESD). must be acquired for all activated processors (available for use) that are on the server where the program or a Workplace Dashboard Framework media package is component of the program is run. distributed in one package with the following: • If there are program components included in the • Workplace Dashboard Framework Product CDs. offering whose function is not to be included in the • charge metric, these must be listed in the Softcopy product documentation including README program-unique terms of the License Information. files are included on the product CDs. • IBM defines a physical processor in a computer as a The LI form number for Workplace Dashboard functional unit that interprets and executes Framework is L-JNEN-6LULVN. instructions. A physical processor consists of at least an instruction control unit and one or more arithmetic Workplace Dashboard for Sales is distributed via a media and logic units. package and ESD. • Multicore technology allows two or more processors Workplace Dashboard for Sales media package is (commonly called cores) to be active on a single distributed in one package with the following: silicon chip. Unless otherwise announced, with • Workplace Dashboard for Sales Product CDs. multicore technology, IBM considers each core to be
AP06-0065 -2- a physical processor. For example, in a dual-core chip, Entitled maintenance Media packs description Part there are two physical processors residing on the offerings description number single silicon chip. Workplace Dashboard for Sales V2.6.0 • In the zSeries Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL) IBM Workplace Dashboard Wkplc Dashboard for Sales BU01PNA environment, each IFL engine is considered a single for Sales per Processor English U.S. Windows 2000, physical processor. SUSE Linux, Windows XP, Solaris (Sun Microsystems), • Threading, a technique which makes a single OS/400 V4.x, AIX 5L, V5, processor seem to perform as two or more, does not Red Hat Linux CD ROM Digital Disk — ISO 9660 affect the count of physical processors. Standard • Where blade technology is employed, each blade is Workplace Dashboard for Execs V2.6.0 considered a separate server and charging is based upon the total number of processors on the blade on IBM Workplace Dashboard Wkplc Dashboard for Execs BU01QNA which the program is run. for Executives per English U.S. Windows 2000, Processor SUSE Linux, Windows XP, Solaris (Sun Microsystems), Passport Advantage program licenses OS/400 V4.x, AIX 5L, V5, Red Hat Linux CD ROM — Part Digital Disk ISO 9660 Part description number Standard IBM Workplace Dashboard Framework Workplace Dashboard Framework V2.6.0 IBM Workplace Dashboard Wkplc Dashboard Framework BU01NNA IBM Workplace Dashboard E02GGLL Framework per Processor English U.S. Windows 2000, Framework Processor ANNUAL SW MAINT RNWL SUSE Linux, Windows XP, IBM Workplace Dashboard D57SLLL Solaris (Sun Microsystems), Framework Processor LIC+SW MAINT 12 MO OS/400 V4.x, AIX 5L, V5, IBM Workplace Dashboard D57SMLL Red Hat Linux CD ROM Framework Processor SW MAINT REINSTATE 12 MO Digital Disk — ISO 9660 IBM Workplace Dashboard for Executives Standard IBM Workplace Dashboard for Executives E02GILL Processor ANNUAL SW MAINT RNWL IBM Workplace Dashboard for Executives D57SQLL Terms and conditions Processor LIC+SW MAINT 12 MO IBM Workplace Dashboard for Executives D57SRLL Processor SW MAINT REINSTATE 12 MO This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is not available as shrinkwrap. IBM Workplace Dashboard for Sales Licensing: IBM International Program License IBM Workplace Dashboard for Sales E02GHLL Processor ANNUAL SW MAINT RNWL Agreement. PoE are required for all authorized use. IBM Workplace Dashboard for Sales D57SNLL Processor LIC+SW MAINT 12 MO Part number products only, offered outside of Passport IBM Workplace Dashboard for Sales D57SPLL Advantage, where applicable, are license only and do not Processor SW MAINT REINSTATE 12 MO include Software Maintenance. This software license includes Software Maintenance, Passport Advantage supply previously referred to as Software Subscription and Technical Support. Part Program name/description number License information form number(s) Workplace Dashboard Framework V2.6.0 Program Media Pack English U.S. Windows 2000, SUSE Linux, BU01NNA Program name number Form number Windows XP, Solaris (Sun Microsystems), OS/400 V4.x, AIX 5L, V5, Red Hat Linux CD ROM IBM Workplace Dashboard Framework 5724-O00 L-JNEN-6LULV Digital Disk — ISO 9660 Standard V2.6.0 IBM Workplace Dashboard for Executives 5724-O02 L-JNEN-6LRLQ IBM Workplace Dashboard for Sales 5724-O01 L-JNEN-6LRLQ Workplace Dashboard for Execs V2.6.0
Media Pack English U.S. Windows 2000, SUSE Linux, BU01QNA On or near the planned availability date, the license Windows XP, Solaris (Sun Microsystems), OS/400 V4.x, AIX 5L, V5, Red Hat Linux CD ROM information will be available for review on the IBM Digital Disk — ISO 9660 Standard V2.6.0 Software License Agreement Web site Workplace Dashboard for Sales V2.6.0 http://www.ibm.com/software/sla/sladb.nsf
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