Introduction to Workplace
Foreword
IT has been obvious to the promotion of corporate productivity, but the impact of software is raised to the height of "promoting human productivity". The world may only say such a word, this software is called: WorkPlace. Just as I originally proposed "E-Business", "On Demand", "Whether it is a big step, it is a small step, it is the world's footsteps," Workplace concept It is presented that the blue giant is embodied in the tendency of techniques and front-end trends.
Workplace's value
No matter what, no matter which level group, Workplace can give many attractions:
Media for Workplace's concerns, which presents an enterprise application framework that allows users to get from Microsoft Office, and the latest version of Workplace has the ability to create and edit MS Office documents in the client, without having to install on the client. MS Office software, this has become the focus of media speculation, called "subversion of Microsoft Office Software Mode";
The company's CEOs have the interest point of Workplace, which presents an internal office model for future business. Traditional is based on software-oriented office models such as MS Word, Excle, PowerPoint, which will transition to the network-oriented team-oriented office mode, and the user's documentation will be able to store directly on the server, and The network provides sharing and dissemination, such as a network, which is integrated with IM (real-time communication) software functions through the network (writing, release, version update, discarding), and this communication, also integrate with IM (real-time communication) software, so that employees can pass very quickly. The "Online Inspiration" function directly finds the relevant personnel and talks, which greatly speeds up internal collaborative efficiency, thus accelerating the response speed of the enterprise to the external environment;
CIOs have concerned about WorkPlace, which presents the "portal will become a next-generation desktop" direction and the technical feasibility verified by Workplace's release, once the portal system is a new business employee job desktop, will mean users The operational end is independent of the operating system, the final scene may be like this: On the computer's internal employee's computer, just install very cheap and relatively single Linux operating system, plus a Workplace client, you can meet Most office and business job needs, and all applications development will only be deployed on the server, quickly override all clients (Workplace client can be a browser that supports Linux, etc. It can also be a dedicated Workplace Rich Client or Lotus Notes, but also an IE browser based on a Windows operating system.
The developer's excitement of Workplace is that it has proposed a complete J2EE technology architecture from the portal to the client, introducing WCT (Workplace Client Technology, Workplace client technology) in the latest version 2.0, making it self-developed J2EE application It can be flexibly deployed to its Rich Client client in PLUGIN, and deployed with rich features and data interactions, including offline jobs, data replication, and security assurance, client function automatic update;
For employees within the company, they will use the functions of the functionality but sufficient to meet the office needs, avoiding the "IT class work capacity consumption" due to frequent installation software, viruses and hackers, etc., they will It can take more time to focus more on real business and office affairs. If allowable, they can also access the network through IE to access the Internet through mobile phones, PDAs, etc., such as mobile phones, PDAs. What is WorkPlace?
As the first Beta test partner of IBM global workplace2.0, my company has become the first independent software developer (ISV) that has got all the latest test versions, which also makes us have a chance to experience it, to uncover Workplace. Mysterious veil, see which stuff is included in Workplace.
The concept of Workplace we talk about can be broken down into two-layer content of size Workplace, namely: IBM Workplace and Lotus Workplace. IBM Workplace includes Lotus Workplace (LWP), WebSphere Portal, Lotus Notes / Domino, and WebSphere Everyplace; usually people talk about Workplace, which refers to Lotus Workplace, which is LWP. The LWP2.0 release released in May 2004 includes five sub-products:
1, Lotus Workplace Messaging Server Email and Personal Calendar, Similar to MS Outlook and Lotus Notes Mail System
2, Lotus Workplace Team Collaboration Online Meeting, Team Collaboration Space, Real-Time Communication, corresponding to Lotus QuickPlace and Sametime Products
3, Lotus Workplace Web Content Management Content Management Products for Information Publishing and Management, etc.
4, Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learninge-Learning Training and Learning System, corresponding to Lotus LearningSpace
5, Lotus Workplace Document Management Document Management Product, corresponding to Lotus Domino.Doc products
LWP is a WebSphere Portal Server (WPS) portal architecture, which has all the features of all portals, including system integration frameworks, user operating interface personalization, grading permission management, etc. Its operation interface on the browser is a combination of portlets (a portlet interface is embodied as a small window on the operation interface), as other portal products (such as Blue Ling's EKP products), these portlets can be based on each An employee's personal preference is arbitrarily combined and replaced with skin (the skin, refers to the appearance in Portal) to finally form a personal WorkPlace for each employee (work area).
WorkPlace management meaning
From the contents of the LWP, its function is basically a "management support" category of the company. What is management support? Talking about management support, we need to know "operation support".
Enterprise IT systems include business implementation and management support two spindles.
Business implementation is a value chain implementation process, main service two types of users: First, the supplier and partner of the company, the information tool is mainly supply chain platform (part of the ERP system), used to achieve procurement, logistics and inventory, etc. The main business is IT. Another type of user is customer and agent, etc., the system of serving these users is also an e-commerce system (part of the ERP system), used to achieve ITization of business processes such as sales, market and customer service. These two types of systems are positioned in the operation processing level and the service control level. What it wants to solve is to replace some manual operations through computer information technology, complete basic data acquisition, summary, and processing work. This is the cornerstone of the entire information system. If there is no problem with this level, it is not possible to get accurate data, rich information, and will not talk more in-depth management and analysis. We call these IT systems as the operating support system (OSS), and the ERP system is covered in the operating support system. Management support is a management chain implementation process, main service two types of users: First, the company's ordinary employees, including middle and lower management staff, is the foundation of the enterprise management process, realizing the cooperative office of employees (OA), human resource management (HRM ) And knowledge management (KM) and other collaborative management platforms. Another category is a company decision maker, including members of president and board of Directors, the main IT tools are BI (commercial intelligence system) and CI (competitive intelligence system) for implementing management analysis, decision, and control services. What it wants to solve is through the various information and laws in the development of the company's business development, helping the decision makers have envoys the future changes in the market, formulating the correct enterprise development policy and strategy, and provides means of controlling decision-making. We refer to these IT systems as the Management Support System (MSS), which is based on the operating support system and is valued.
Each component of LWP is facing different management support:
l Lotus Workplace Messaging Server (Email and Personal Calendar, etc.) Serve each employee to help process personal transactions;
l Lotus Workplace Team Collaboration (Team Collaboration Space, Real-Time Communication) Serve the project member, provides the foundation collaborative work support, help speeding work efficiency;
l Lotus Workplace Web Content Management (Content Management Product) Services serves all employees to help knowledge dissemination;
l Lotus Workplace Collaborative Learning (Training & Learning) Serves all employees to help employees conduct self-study to enhance personal productivity;
l Lotus Workplace Document Management (Document Management) Services for all employees, used to store and manage knowledge documents for companies;
Analysis of the functionality of LWP, we are not difficult to find that the LWP actually covers the partial part of the management support system, and the LWP is currently only the basic function, so if you want to use LWP to meet the management of the system Demand, we need to make many developments on LWP, which make it continuous and systematically, and more customized. The original intention of IBM is also hoping that LWP is a collaborative software midfunction like Domino - providing basic functions and development frameworks, completed systemic work by ISV. Just this time, bringing a larger technical framework and stronger basic function. Workplace outlook
Conduct, LWP is still not too stable, but its subsequent improvement version is constantly updated.
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The version is 2.01, and its large version update cycle is generally 6 months. That is, since the 2.0 version was released in May 2004, the more powerful version 2.5 will be released in November 2004, and in May 2005, we Will see a significant version: LWP 3.0 released, when communicated with the general manager of IBM Lotus Products, China General Manager Louis Shiu, the release of LWP3.0 is equivalent to Domino R5 in Domino 4. The release of the X version: comprehensive development interface, powerful and stable function, as well as accompanied by a covered market and media attention.
