IBM Workplace and Lotus Notes Software Unlock and Extend the Value of SAP Information

IBM Workplace and Lotus Notes Software Unlock and Extend the Value of SAP Information

IBM today announced IBM Workplaceâ„¢ for SAP® Software and IBM® Lotus® Notes® access for SAP solutions. Both are part of an initiative dubbed ‘Project Harmony,’ which draws on IBM’s Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) technologies and brings the power of IBM collaboration software directly to SAP customer environments without the need for an SAP system upgrade.

IBM Workplace for SAP Software is designed for browser-based users and provides extensive access to SAP systems, integrates SAP applications with IBM collaboration technology, and assembles the combined SAP and IBM capabilities into tailored, high-performance work environments. It provides pre-built adapters for SAP and other widely used applications, allowing efficient integration of the applications throughout the enterprise. Applications that are not originally designed to work together can be combined to create new composite applications that draw on multiple sources of information and processes.

As discussed at Lotusphere 2006, IBM Lotus Notes access for SAP solutions includes new features in the Lotus Notes rich client, such as templates that drive SAP interactions at no additional charge to Lotus Notes customers. IBM is building on its experience with over one thousand customers and hundreds of thousands of users who have been using Lotus Notes as a front end to SAP applications for several years. IBM is advancing the integration of SAP with Lotus Notes access for SAP solutions by making SAP data more accessible and useful to a wider audience. It integrates business processes that exist in both SAP applications and Lotus Notes into a single, familiar user experience within Lotus Notes which allows users to access the power of the features more quickly and easily.

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