IBM Canada Ltd. Software Announcement A08-1387, dated October 14, 2008 IBM Lotus Forms 3.5 lets users easily automate forms-based processes Table of contents 2 Key prerequisites 6 Publications 2 Planned availability dates 6 Technical information 2 Description 14 Software Services 3 Statement of direction 14 Ordering information 3 Reference information 18 Terms and conditions 5 Program number 20 IBM Electronic Services 5 Education support 21 Prices 6 Offering Information 21 Order now At a glance IBM® Lotus® Forms 3.5 delivers: • Streamlined business processes within the firewall and beyond • Exceptional ease of use • Industrial strength security and scalability Overview IBM Lotus Forms 3.5 enables line-of-business (LOB) users as well as IT in enterprise, to easily automate forms-based processes. Benefits • Streamlined business processes within the firewall and beyond – Delivers a security rich, easy-to-use front end for business process automation that can be accessed both inside and outside an organization without additional software download – Integrates with market-leading Business Process Management, such as WebSphere® Process Server and Filenet, to provide end-to-end process automation • Exceptional ease of use – New browser-based, out-of-the-box forms solution enables users of all skill levels to design, view, and send forms and analyze results, quickly and easily, without IT involvement – Eclipse Designer enables beginners as well as IT to create sophisticated forms through an Eclipse-based toolkit – New eForms sample catalogue helps quickly demonstrate forms return on investment and provides an easy starting point for users of all skill levels • Industrial strength security and scalability – Advanced, zero footprint digital signing and authentication with standards such as XMLDsig helps organizations to address security and compliance concerns – Scalable eForms solution powers the world's largest eForms implementation with 1.5M users and now provides easy entry point for smaller organizations • Accelerated data integration – Integrates with market-leading Business Process Management, such as WebSphere Process Server and Filenet, to provide end-to-end process automation • Open standards-based flexibility IBM Canada Ltd. Software Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 1 A08-1387 – Based on open standards such as XForms and XML, Lotus Forms provides flexibility and helps organizations reuse data and integrate with service oriented architectures. • Extended support – Create eForms in 28 languages on a broad range of platforms and operating systems including IBM System i® and Microsoft® Windows® Vista This browser-based out-of-the-box forms capability is also available as a stand-alone offering, IBM Lotus Forms Turbo. Deployment server feature of Lotus Forms server will be withdrawn in Lotus Forms 3.5. Key prerequisites Refer to the Hardware requirements and Software requirements sections for details. Planned availability dates October 31, 2008: Electronic software delivery November 24, 2008: Media and documentation Refer to the complete letter for globalization details. Description New functions: • Simple Web-based eForms solution for line-of-business users – Beginners can compose and distribute eForms then analyze results. For example, they can conduct surveys, submission requests, approvals, applications, notification, orders, and feedback and review -- all without the help of IT or extensive training. • Simplified Eclipse Forms Designer – Beginners get an ability to collaborate with IT in Eclipse toolset. Non-technical users begin composing more advanced electronic forms, improving their visual layout, and gaining more control over widgets used in the form. – IT can develop more complex forms through "Advanced More". • Eclipse Designer Form Conversion Tool – Users can convert Adobe® .pdf or FileNet® eForms into a Lotus Form and make use of their favorite Lotus Forms features and capabilities. • Runs on WebSphere Portal V6.1 – Lotus Forms integrates on screen with Portal applications for a seamless Web experience. • XMLDSig support – European customers and governments can comply with their government regulations specifying this format of digital signatures. • Zero footprint digital signatures using Firefox browser – Zero footprint digital signing capabilities for customers who connect to their Web site using Firefox browser. • Digital signing on IBM System i – IT teams can leverage digital signing capabilities of Lotus Forms Server, even when deployed to System i. • Zero footprint precision printing IBM Canada Ltd. Software Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 2 A08-1387 – Users of Lotus Forms Server can retain precision while printing electronic forms from the Web. • Forms Server support for Safari browser – Safari browser users now can use Lotus Forms Server for the benefit of ubiquitous, browser-based eForms. • New sample forms catalogue – Catalogue provides samples as a starting point for creating eForms. This browser-based out-of-the-box forms capability is also available as a stand-alone offering, Lotus Forms Turbo. IPLA and Subscription and Support considerations IPLA licenses can be transferred from one machine to another within, but not limited to an enterprise. You may aggregate the capacity for all the processors the product is operated on to achieve a more economic price. This will result in a single Proof of Entitlement (PoE). It is your responsibility to manage the distribution of Value Units within the limits of the entitlement of the product license. Subscription and Support must cover the same capacity as the product license entitlement. Subscription and Support will be available in the country in which the agreement is made. Statement of direction It is IBM's current intent that we will continue to integrate IBM Lotus Forms with other IBM products to provide end-to-end process automation to customers. All statements regarding IBM's plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice. Reference information Refer to Software Announcement A08-0465, dated March 25, 2008. Availability of national languages Product description Language GA date Lotus Forms Designer V3.5.0 Multilingual November 24, 2008 (French, Russian, Korean, Chinese - Simplified, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazilian, Croatian, German, Japanese, Chinese - Traditional, Hungarian, English, Romanian, Slovenian, Czech, Slovakian, Italian, Polish) Lotus Forms Server V3.5.0 Multilingual November 24, 2008 IBM Canada Ltd. Software Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 3 A08-1387 (Portuguese, French, Danish, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Korean, Chinese - Simplified, Spanish, Norwegian Bokmal, Portuguese-Brazilian, Croatian, German, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese - Traditional, Hungarian, English, Romanian, Slovenian, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, Czech, Slovakian, Italian, Finnish, Polish) Lotus Forms Turbo V3.5.0 Multilingual November 24, 2008 (Portuguese, French, Danish, Russian, Korean, Chinese - Simplified, Spanish, Norwegian Bokmal, Portuguese-Brazilian, Croatian, German, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese - Traditional, Hungarian, English, Romanian, Slovenian, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, Czech, Slovakian, Italian, Finnish, Polish) Lotus Forms Viewer V3.5.0 Multilingual November 24, 2008 (Portuguese, French, Danish, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Korean, Chinese - Simplified, Spanish, Norwegian Bokmal, Portuguese-Brazilian, Croatian, IBM Canada Ltd. Software Announcement IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation 4 A08-1387 German, Swedish, Japanese, Chinese - Traditional, Hungarian, English, Romanian, Slovenian, Greek, Turkish, Dutch, Czech, Slovakian, Italian, Finnish, Polish) Program number Program VRM Program name number 5724-N09 3.5.0 IBM Lotus Forms Designer 5724-N08 3.5.0 IBM Lotus Forms Server 5724-W05 3.5.0 IBM Lotus Forms Turbo 5724-N07 3.5.0 IBM Lotus Forms Viewer Education support IBM training provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for IT professionals and managers are on the IBM training Web site http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/tp/en?pageType=tp_search Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogues, schedules, and enrollments. IBM Software Services for Lotus Education provides education to support many Lotus offerings. For a complete list of offerings visit the Web site at http://www.ibm.com/software/lotus/training Technical Skills Software Workshop No-fee technical skills training workshops (English only) for this product are offered to customers and business partners to gain hands-on skills for installing, configuring, operating, and supporting this product. The workshops are ideal for customers and business partners who are in the process of evaluating, or have already purchased it. Workshops are modeled to be 50 to 70% hands-on labs and are continually updated to current product release. Workshops are delivered in multiple formats, traditional classroom, self-paced (self-study) and instructor led e-learning, all formats have the same content. Traditional classroom workshops are scheduled and delivered in-person worldwide at IBM and non-IBM locations throughout the year. Self-paced/self-study workshops enable the student to view the workshop presentations and execute the labs on their own schedule with no travel required. The presentations have speaker notes and allow the student full