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Extend your ClearPath Environment to support your Digital Transformation Betsey Roush, Unisys ClearPath Forward Solutions Architect

Future Matters May 2021 May 21, 2021

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Agenda

• Digital Transformation

• ClearPath Forward® Enablers for Digital Transformation

• ClearPath Forward® Services for Digital Transformation


What is it? What’s driving it?

Digital Transformation

“Digital transformation is the process

of using digital technologies to create

new — or modify existing — business

processes, culture, and customer

experiences to meet changing business

and market requirements.”

- www.salesforce.com

Technology

Increasing client expectations

Your competitors

Extraordinary events


Accelerate Digital Transformation with ClearPath Forward®

CPF Integration Capabilities and Services Expertise

Create secure, reliable

Digital Business Processes

Integrate ClearPath Forward

and external assets

As technological infrastructure becomes diverse, there is need for focus on security and availability

• With ClearPath Forward you can extend your mission critical business processes to digital initiatives swiftly and securely

• Your applications and data stay protected even as they become part of new environments and business processes

Building Digital business processes correctly is challenging

• With ClearPath Forward and our enabling integration solutions, you’ll be well equipped to deliver on these demands for new, innovative integrations

• Export your applications and transactions as services, and enable your ClearPath applications to access external services; you’ll be able to integrate with microservices environments

The

Transformation

Imperative

ClearPath Forward® environment doesn’t exist in isolation

− It is a central component in a vast network of systems, databases, and points of interaction


Accelerate Digital Transformation with ClearPath Forward®

CPF Products and Services expertise

Reuse existing assets Improve end-user experience …...

Customers want to use their current assets

• With the ClearPath Forward environment, you’ll be able to digitally transform without shouldering massive financial risk

• This leads to positive – and faster – return on your digital transformation investments

Users today are conditioned to convenience

• They expect the same, seamless experiences any time they interact with one of your systems or services

• By prioritizing the end-user experience, you’ll uncover new, compelling ways to interact with your clients, partners, and employees

The

Transformation

Imperative

ClearPath Forward® environment doesn’t exist in isolation

− It is a central component in a vast network of systems, databases, and points of interaction


Unisys ClearPath Forward® Enterprise Architecture

System of Reference

(Source of truth)

Speed Layer

Data Analytics

Data Warehouse

Systems of Integration

ESB / Enterprise Integration

API Gateway, EiPaaS

(Mulesoft, Apigee,

Boomi, WS02)

Cloud Services

Smart Device, Omni

Channel, ATM, POS…

Systems of Engagement

Systems of Record

Client/Server

APIs (Java EE, .NET)

Export

Service APIs (WS, MQ)

..

Execute

Outbound Service

Calls

Other Systems of Record

ClearPath Forward

Systems of Record

Near Real Time

Data Replication

Online and

Batch

Applications

Databases(s)

ClearPath Forward

Systems of Record


ClearPath Integration Capabilities

• Conform to industry standards

• .NET integration

• Java integration

• Direct database connectivity

• Data integration (Extract, Transform, Load, Update)

• Queueing model (WebSphere MQ and MSMQ)

• Robust OLTP model

o Bidirectional service calling

o Support for cross platform 2 phase commit transactions

• Contemporary development environments

o Visual Studio for .NET, MCP

o Eclipse for Java and OS 220

ClearPath Forward® .NET Integrators


Services Integration – .NET End-to-End Solution

• End-to-end, integrated, and highly automated solution to extend ClearPath applications

• Develop industry standard Web Service interfaces ⁃ Call to ClearPath applications

⁃ Call from ClearPath applications

• Rapidly prototype and implement with minimal to no impact on existing applications

• Visual Studio based development environment

Provide

Web/Mobile

Export

Service APIs (Web Service, REST)

.. Execute

Outbound

Service Calls


ClearPath Forward® ePortal Delivering value to ClearPath Customers

freedom to choose integrate and add value

• Early adopters looked to modernize green screens

• Via enhanced web or mobile interfaces

• Others leveraged Web Service integration capabilities

• Extending ClearPath applications as web services

• Investments in virtual environments

• Better utilization of IT infrastructure, already deployed

• Product roadmap aligned with Unisys ClearPath Forward goals

• Provide independence of deployment

• The customer infrastructure is additive

• Some customers still see value in Green Screens for some usecases

• Others have opened up to ESBs, API Gateways

• At each stage ePortal can help in opening up your ClearPath within your Enterprise Architecture

CPF ePortal

End-to-end, integrated,

and highly automated

solution for ClearPath

application integration

and modernization

CPF ePortal plays integral role in customer environments

Modernization Enhanced Integration Software Edition


ePortal Cluster (Windows)

ClearPath

ePortal REST Service

(Web API)

ClearPath

ePortal REST Service

(Web API)

Inbound RESTful Web Service

ClearPath and Microservices

Third-party

Partner

external

system

Client

Application

ClearPath MCP / OS 2200

ClearPath

Loan Info

System

ClearPath

Loan Info

System

ClearPath

Loan Info

System

API Gateway ClearPath

ePortal RESTful Service

(Web API)

Loan

Record API

Direct Inbound Call

Inbound

Call

Asset Capture Orchestration Service Generation Deployment Management

ePortal Service Generation


Services Integration - .NET

• Makes ClearPath resources available

to .NET programs running on

Windows

• Automate client-side activities with

ClearPath programs, e.g. enable

DevOps

• Extend ClearPath transactions as

services through .NET based web

services

Client/Server

APIs (.NET)

Export


.. Execute

Outbound

Service Calls


Standard and Common Interfaces to ClearPath Resources

ClearPath Application Integration Services (AIS)

ClearPath Applications

Common Skills, Simple

Development

AIS

ClearPath Transaction

Optimized for

specific operating environments

• APIs enable Windows-based

applications to initiate

transactions in ClearPath

• Value-added capabilities

• APIs enable applications

running in the Microsoft

.NET Framework to call

libraries in ClearPath

• Provides tools that make life

easier for both ClearPath®

and non ClearPath® developers

File Access

• APIs enable applications

running in Microsoft .NET

Framework to create, access,

and update files in ClearPath


ClearPath Kafka Integration with AIS

AIS call-in and call-out functions

can be used to enable ClearPath

interactions with external systems

via Kafka, a popular event

streaming and messaging platform

OS 2200 Application

Windows

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

AIS Inbound AIS Outbound

User Authentication & Secure Channel

OS 2200

AIS .NET Application AIS .NET Application

ClearPath Forward® Java Integrators


Services Integration - Java

• Industry standards based Java Resource Adapters enable access to ClearPath resources

o ClearPath Databases

o ClearPath Transactions

o ClearPath Transactions can call out to Java

• Extend ClearPath transactions as services through Java based web services

Client/Server

APIs (Java EE)

Export


.. Execute

Outbound

Service Calls


ClearPath Java Integrators

ClearPath

Java Enterprise

Edition Environment

WS ClearPath

Resource

Adapter

Remote Application

ESB

API Gateway

• Enables ClearPath integration of applications and databases within the Java ecosystem

• Industry standards based Java Resource Adapters enable access to MCP and OS 2200 resources

• MCP: DMSII, COMS

• OS 2200: RDMS, DMS, OS 2200 TIP, HvTIP and Batch transactions, BIS

ClearPath Data Integration Capabilities


Data Replication

• Leverage ClearPath® data for

business analytics and rapid

availability

• Replicate, synchronize, and

transform data across repositories

Near Real Time

Data Replication

Client/Server APIs (Java EE, .NET)

Export

Service APIs (WS, MQ)

..

Execute

Outbound Service

Calls


Unisys Data Exchange

Agile Accelerated agility, mobility, and

ability to quickly change the

transformations to meet business

needs.

Easy to Integrate Works with CPF databases as

well as COTS databases.

Integrates Business Processes

in Near Real-Time

Efficient Automatically captures

updates to the source data

as they occur.

Batch data transfers are

not required anymore

Low Cost

Minimizes the cost of

changing existing

application source code

and database schemas

Extract Transform and

Load

E L

T

Data Exchange

Data Exchange is designed to address near real-time business process integration and enable timely decision support


Data Integration through Transformation

Data Exchange

• Enables selective,

near real-time data

replication and

transformation from

a source data store

to a target data

store

Bulk Data

Transfer (BDT)

• Moving all the data

• Elapsed Time sensitive

• Performed infrequently

Changed Data

Transfer (CDT)

• Move only changed data

• Saves multiple BDTs

• Near real-time

Data

Transformations

A

B

C

B

C

a

• Restructure data

• Transform values

• Perform validations


Supported Transformations

Data Exchange

Source (From) Destination (To)

ClearPath MCP DMSII

Microsoft SQL Server (2012 / 2014 / 2016)* ClearPath OS 2200 RDMS

Microsoft SQL Server ClearPath MCP DMSII

ClearPath MCP DMSII

Oracle 12c* Database ClearPath OS 2200 RDMS

ClearPath MCP DMSII

Apache Kafka ClearPath OS 2200 RDMS

ClearPath OS 2200 DMS


Windows Partition

Data Exchange to Kafka

Windows Partition(s)

Transformations DE

Mgmt

Data Exchange

Runtime Environment Runtime Service,

Administration Service

ClearPath

Schema Details

Apps

Data

Windows/Linux

Partition

Apps

Data

Data Exchange

Development

Environment

Source Data Store


What Is The Right Approach?

• Understand what is driving the need – business requirements/initiatives

• Understand your current situation

⁃ Your ClearPath existing assets

⁃ Other platform assets and the environment to integrate with

• Ask key questions

⁃ Leverage current architecture

⁃ Current, future Skillset

⁃ How static is the interface - Coupled vs Decoupled

• Abstract the data transformation between .NET components and COBOL buffer

CA


ClearPath Forward® Services

• We can help you understand your current state of application integration and system automation – and recommend how to get to your desired destination state

Appraise

• We can help you understand the best options for integrating and modernizing your ClearPath Forward® applications to achieve your key business priorities

Advise

• We can help you modernize and integrate your ClearPath applications based on your application and data integration architecture

Evolve


Unisys ClearPath Application Services

Application Management

Services

Application Evolution Services

Application Development

Services

• Support and maintenance of ClearPath

Forward Applications written in COBOL,

ALGOL, EAE, AB Suite, MASM, FORTRAN…

• Implement new ClearPath Application

functionality & integration

• Application monitoring, performance testing,

patching, access control and data management

• Application optimization to reduce cost and

improve operational efficiencies

• Web and mobile enablement of existing

enterprise applications

• Build new applications with interfaces to other

systems

Exploit newer technologies while leveraging existing investments in ClearPath applications


ClearPath Forward® Transformation Services

• Application Optimization – Address cost and

operational efficiencies in short term

• Application Re-Architecting – Address

business agility and process enhancements in longer

term

• ClearPath Modernization & Integration – ClearPath modernization and integration via web

and/or SOA/API enablement technologies.

• Microservices Design & Implementation – Migrate existing application functionality into a

collection of Microservices/ SOA-based applications

Application evolution is a journey of transformation from an “as-is” state where current or future needs are not met,

to a future “to-be” state where organizational needs are met or are incrementally closer to being met.


ClearPath Forward Integration Technology Services Help you leverage ClearPath Digital Enablers

Installation Services

Client Training Service

Advanced Consulting Service

Implementation

Introduction & Assessment

Client Training Service

03 03

03

03

Consulting Service

03

Installation &

Configuration

Introduction and Assessment Service

Quick/short Proof-of-Concept Service with

Demonstration

Detailed Proof-of-Concept

implementation Service

Assistance to clients in implementing the Unisys integration technology

Flexible Classroom Trainings

Self-Paced Trainings

Video Sessions over Internet

03

03


Why ClearPath Forward® Services?

Unisys is a prefect blend of people with best-of-the-breed technology products skills and very methodical, process oriented resources

• Determine the Digital Transformation and integration strategies that will enable you to

quickly bring new services to market

• Drive innovation using contemporary ClearPath® applications, infrastructure, tools, and

skills – without taking your eye off “business as usual”

• We understand the anatomy of your ClearPath® applications and infrastructure

• Engage with the partner who developed ClearPath® and can offer modernization and

integration of the ClearPath® systems and applications in an optimal and predictable

manner

Unisys is a perfect blend of people with best-of-breed technology products skills and very methodical, process oriented resources


For More Information:

[email protected]

https://www.unisys.com/offerings/ clearpath-forward/clearpath-forward-services

Client Executive

Thank You

www.unisys.com


ClearPath Forward ePortal collateral

• ClearPath Forward ePortal on Unisys.com

⁃ ClearPath Forward ePortal Executive Brief

⁃ ClearPath Forward ePortal Product Information Sheet

⁃ ClearPath Forward ePortal 10.0 Software Release Announcement

• ePortal 10.0 .NET Core Web API sample code

• ClearPath Enterprise Architecture

⁃ Bridging the past and future of critical Systems of Record

⁃ Critical Systems of Record rise to new tasks

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AIS Collaterals – Whitepapers, Executive Brief

• ClearPath® Application Integration Services on Unisys.com

⁃ AIS Executive Brief

⁃ AIS MCP Product Information Sheet

⁃ AIS OS 2200 Product Information Sheet

• AIS Whitepapers on using AIS with ClearPath in Microservices and Kafka environments

⁃ Driving Business Transformation with ClearPath MCP using AIS Software in Microservices Environment

⁃ Driving Business Transformation with ClearPath OS 2200 using AIS Software in

Microservices environment

⁃ Driving Business Transformation with ClearPath MCP using AIS Software and Kafka

⁃ Driving Business Transformation with ClearPath OS 2200 using AIS Software and Kafka

https://www.unisys.com/offerings/clearpath-forward/clearpath-forward-products/cross-platform-software/clearpath-application-integration-services

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