© 2004 Digital Harbor, Enabling Composite Applications Delivering Integration to the Desktop August 2005 The Industry Leading Platform for Rich Internet Composite Applications Digital Harbor
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© 2004 Digital Harbor, Inc.
Enabling Composite ApplicationsDelivering Integration to the Desktop
Enabling Composite ApplicationsDelivering Integration to the Desktop
August 2005
The Industry Leading Platform for Rich Internet Composite Applications
Digital Harbor
© 2004 Digital Harbor, Inc.
Digital HarborTM
– New Business Drivers• Increase Operational Efficiency while Increasing Customer Value• Beyond Transaction Management to Command & Control
– Mission Critical IT Challenge• Reduce Cost, Increase Agility and Enhance Capability• IT Modernization to extend and fuse existing stovepipes
– The DRM Need• Knowledge Integration to deliver Systems of Systems within weeks & months
– DRM Concept: Innovation & Standardization• The DRM MetaModel
– DRM Killer App• Composite Applications
Highlights of My DRM Talk Today:
Cost
Capability
Cost
Capability
Traditional IT DRM-Enabled IT
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Digital HarborTM Gartner Predicts the future of IT
2003 2005 2007 2009
Business Agility
Applications Maze
Service-oriented application development accelerates
Service software markets appear
Composite Applications
Composite development approach dominates
Broad availability of ‘pure’ service-oriented application software
Early fusion-capable applications
Next-Gen Applications
Broad availability of fused processes
New capabilities drive massive process innovation
“The Next Massive Wave of Innovation and Demand for IT will Start in 2007” - Gartner, September 2004
Gartner, 2004
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Digital HarborTM New Business Drivers for Government:
Immediacy – Deal with the pace of ChangeContinuous Planning, distributed executionReal-time Exception Management & SLA Monitoring50% growth in Services with 5% growth in revenue (YTY)
Accuracy – Increase AccountabilityFinancial Audit and Grant Management Operational Risk and Fraud ManagementCompliance/Information Security/Governance
Intimacy – Ensure a High Quality of Experience (QOE)Single View of the Citizen (KYC- Customer Fusion)Integrated Service to the citizen (Service Fusion)X-Agency Collaboration and process management (G2G fusion)
Network-Centric Operations based on Real-time Decisions
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Digital HarborTM New Mission demands New IT Strategy
Focus on “Information” vs. Technical Infrastructure Document Information Assets using the Enterprise Architecture approach with AS-IS and TO-BE data, process, and policy (rules) modelsIdentify and Consolidate around Authoritative Data sources Layer a “Modernization Layer” on top of existing stovepipes to deliver “Systems of Systems”
Deliver New Capabilities to LOB (Convert Information into Knowledge)360 degree views at the operational level to enable Relationship Management and Case ManagementConnect-the-dots at the tactical level to enable Exception Management and Asset Management Provide Situational Awareness at the strategic level to drive focus on Risk Management and Performance Management
Beyond Transaction Management to Real-time Command & Control
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Digital HarborTM IT Modernization: Application Evolution
Cross-Functional Fusion (Data, Processes)
UnifiedAccess
Operator(Publish-Subscribe)
Knowledge WorkerRich Context, Analytics & Collaboration
End User Analytics
En
d-
User
Inte
gra
tion
Transform Operators into Knowledge Workers
Portals
Next-Gen Application
s
Smart Client(RIA)
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Digital HarborTM Top Business Requirements for Modernization
Knowledge Processes require a new Approach, new functionality
•Virtual Fusion across databases and apps
•Correlation with Unstructured data
•Ad-Hoc Analysis
•Dynamic Workflow
•Rapid Composability
Integration
• All Information Correlated in One Screen• Internal & External Data Sources• Unstructured docs & Legacy Apps
Development
• Service Oriented• Iterative• Rapid Time-to-Value
Analysis
• Train-of-Thought Investigation• Rich Visualization & Context• Live Updates
Collaboration
• Dynamic-user controlled Workflow• Knowledge-based context sharing• Full Audit Tracking
Enterprises seek to leverage their existing information assets by connecting them to one another into dynamic network-centric applications.
What are the barriers to delivery?
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Digital HarborTM Barrier: Business Users are Trapped in An Applications Maze
Current approaches lack the flexibility and ‘integrated environment’ that business users need to make effective knowledge based decisions
Trade Clearance Process
CRM Warehouse
Risk Warehouse
New Account Process
Analytic Stack Applications Stack
Customer AnalyticsRisk Analytics New Account App Trade Exception
App
Operational Silos
Account Product Transaction Billing Claims CommunicationAccount Product Transaction Billing Claims Communication
Business Users
No analytic context
Hardwired
No process context
Static data model
Read-Only, Batch
Action without IntelligenceNon Actionable Intelligence
What is needed is to insert Real-time Intelligence in the context of Business Process
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Digital HarborTM Composite Applications: A New Approach
Fusion
Applications
Services
Databases
Smart Client
Integration
Fuse and Relate Disparate Information
2
1 Combine data from any source
Present in an Interactive, Composite UI
3
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Digital HarborTM Example: Defense Intelligence
For any suspicious event, user needs to know…
• what (type of event)• where (map)• which (sources)• when (Ops Plan) • why (target context)• who responds (assets)
Need to relate—not just copy—information from
many sources
SIGINT GISIMINT HUMINTTARGETS
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Digital HarborTM
RFI Map
Equipment Resources
ActorOther Tasks
Other Tasks
1. Fuse services from multiple applications2. Correlate information in context3. Drill down in Real-Time4. Ask questions across databases5. Infer links across systems
A Composite Application for Defense Intelligence
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Digital HarborTM Connect-the-Dots: Leverage Existing Systems to Build Systems of Systems
Business Users
Operational Silos
Account Product Transaction Billing Claims CommunicationAccount Product Transaction Billing Claims Communication
CRM WarehouseRisk Warehouse New Account ProcessStraight-Through Processes
Link disparate data models and processes
into unified view Add information from related systems including apps and unstructured data
Add semantics to transform static schema into a dynamic ontology
Manage Context to enable 360° Interaction
Composite Cross-SellComposite Risk Management
Intelligence + Action = Real-time Decision Making
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Digital HarborTM
Xaction EmailAML HRCustomer
Technology: The PiiE™ Platform
Composite UI (Smart Client)Present information to users in a real-time,
interactive XML interface
Composite Schema
(Business Ontology)A Business Ontology describes the semantics of
data relationships, workflow, and events
Composite Queries (EII)Logically map multiple databases or web
services as if they came from a single source
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Digital HarborTM Types of Composite Apps : All Knowledge Applications
Knowledge Integration is driven by what people do…everyday
Case Management
Dashboards
Reports
Planning & ForecastingBusiness Activity
Monitoring
Event Management
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Digital HarborTM PiiE connects knowledge applications into a lifecycle
Capture & Correlate Event/Exception
Monitoring & Investigation
Composite Event
Composite Dashboard
Case Management
Communication & Collaboration
Composite Report
Event Resolution
Composite Application
ENABLING THE LIFECYCLE OF KNOWLEDGE WORK
• Correlation adds meaning and context to an exception alert
• Discover links and relationships across system boundaries
• Create Knowledge by composing a picture of the situation
• Collaborate and share specific insights and observations
• Take action and audit the information process
PiiE transforms enterprises from reactive exception management to real-time sense and response.
Composite Workbench
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Digital HarborTM Composite Application Architecture: What is Missing
ERPSystems FilesLegacy RDBMS
SOAP J CA/ EJ B J MS WebDAV J DBC XML
Data/ Systems
OntologyEngine
ApplicationServer
I ntegrationServices
Composite Portals
Composite Dashboards
Composite Applications
Messaging Adaptors FederationContent
Management
TransactionsResource
ManagementDeployment Administration
SemanticLinking
Real-timeAnalytics
DynamicCorrelation
KnowledgeManagement
ContextualCollaboration
Access
Hosting
I ntelligence
I nteractionComposite
Reports
Smart Clients
Sec
uri
ty
XML CustomRepositories
To
olsCompositing TierCompositing Tier
Development TierDevelopment Tier
ERPSystems FilesLegacy RDBMS
SOAP J CA/ EJ B J MS WebDAV J DBC XML
Data/ Systems
OntologyEngine
ApplicationServer
I ntegrationServices
Composite Portals
Composite Dashboards
Composite Applications
Messaging Adaptors FederationContent
Management
TransactionsResource
ManagementDeployment Administration
SemanticLinking
Real-timeAnalytics
DynamicCorrelation
KnowledgeManagement
ContextualCollaboration
Access
Hosting
I ntelligence
I nteractionComposite
Reports
Smart Clients
Sec
uri
ty
XML CustomRepositories
To
olsCompositing TierCompositing Tier
Development TierDevelopment Tier
Compositing TierCompositing Tier
Development TierDevelopment Tier
“Currently, enterprises have no means of presenting correlated views of their data assets to end-users.”
– Burton Group, 2003
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Digital HarborTM PiiE fills needs of Users, Analysts, and Developers
Functionality for Knowledge Workers
• Rich UML based Semantics to define Business Model
• Point-and-click integration with multiple data sources, including web services
• Lexical Map provides optimized access across complex schemas for high performance
• Powerful ‘Discover Anywhere’ Ad-hoc capabilities
• Build new composite applications by plugging into existing systems and applications
Power for Business Analysts
Flexibility for DevelopersLegacy solutions force a compromise along at least one of the three dimensions. The Digital Harbor Piie platform eliminates any need to compromise and delivers best-in-class functionality, power and flexibility
• Next-Gen IDE : Visual Basic for Java• Build Standards Based Connectors to Custom
Information Stores• Build reusable Custom data transform functions• Leverage and enhance existing security• Deploy in any environment – extranet or
intranets
End Users
DevelopersBusinessAnalysts
• Ask Anywhere across systems• Real-time Alerts, Notifications and Thresholds• Dynamic correlation with unstructured data• Ad-hoc workflow• Contextual Assembly and Collaboration• Auditing, Tracking and Business Activity
Monitoring• Best of Breed Components: Maps, 3D, CAD, Graph
views..
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Digital HarborTM
Composite Applications make information more valuable by helping users to “connect the dots” across systems
ManufacturingDashboard
Analytic SimulationEnvironment
LogisticsManagement
InventoryDashboard
CustomerDashboard
IntelligenceProduction
AnalystsWorkbench
IncidentManagement
Mission Management
CollectionsManagement
Examples: Composite Applications in Defense
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Digital HarborTM
– Improve Value of Information to support real-time decision making• Deliver 360° views to stakeholders across the enterprise-right information in the right
context. Link information so it is more “useful” and “meaningful”
– Unprecedented Collaboration• Efficient and timely collaboration through dynamic workflow enablement
– Top-down Rapid Prototyping, Get Business Users/Analysts Involved• Reduce the gap between what users want and what IT can deliver
– System of Systems Approach – Model Driven Architecture• Leverage legacy assets by creating new capabilities from a compositing existing
ones.
– Significant reduction in cost and schedule for creating and existing apps• Reduce cost by 75%; delivery in 90-120 days; enhancements in weeks
Value Proposition
Cost
Capability
Cost
Capability
Traditional Composite
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Digital HarborTM Business Transformation: Focus IT on Knowledge Workers
• Automate Operational Processes• Faster Transaction Times• Data Integration
FOCUS: Back-end Data integration
IT Approach: EAI, ERP
• Automate Decision Making Processes• Real time Visibility into Transactions• Link & Relate Across System Boundaries
FOCUS: End User Knowledge Integration
IT Approach: Ontology, Composite Apps
Last 20 Years… Next 20 Years…
One User
One Task
One System
Many Users
Range of Tasks
Many Systems
One User
One Task
One System
“The most important contribution management needs to make in the 21st century is to increase the productivity of knowledge work and knowledge workers” – Peter Drucker
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Digital HarborTM About Digital Harbor
Technology Leader: Components, RIA, Ontology, MDA/EDA
Profitable Heritage: Founded in 1997, $50M R&D, Profitable
Customers: DoD, Intelligence, Finance, Energy, Telco, Health Care
Partners: Intel, IBM, Boeing, Booz-Allen, Northrop Grumman, SAIC
Company Facts:
Digital Harbor provides a next-generation software platform to link data, processes and functionality from existing systems into user centric composite applications.
Composite Applications provide transformational capabilities by empowering knowledge workers with operational and strategic awareness to make real time decisions
Company Solution Innovation Technology
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Digital HarborTM
Questions
The Composite Applications Company™
More Informationwww.harbor.comTom Callahan [email protected] ; 703-476-7339 X371Eric Johnson, [email protected]; 703 476-7339 X358