IBM Notes® and Domino® is still one of the most prolific application platforms in the world, with more than 10 million custom enterprise applications built on it since the early 1990s. That’s a lot of applications, still exceeding the number of business applications built on competing collaboration platforms such as SharePoint®, Google® or Apple®, combined. Many of these Notes based business applications are mission critical to the organizations running them. Many IBM Notes and Domino customers have expressed an interest in modernizing, web enabling or mobilizing their Notes applications but have been concerned with the prospect of going through a costly and risky redevelopment or platform migration project. These customers, both large and small are concerned about the future of their Notes applications and their ability to meet the evolving demands of their various stakeholders.

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Why XPager?
IBM Notes® and Domino® is still one of the most prolific application platforms in the world, with more
than 10 million custom enterprise applications built on it since the early 1990s. That’s a lot of
applications, still exceeding the number of business applications built on competing collaboration
platforms such as SharePoint®, Google® or Apple®, combined. Many of these Notes based business
applications are mission critical to the organizations running them.
Many IBM Notes and Domino customers have expressed an interest in modernizing, web enabling or
mobilizing their Notes applications but have been concerned with the prospect of going through a costly
and risky redevelopment or platform migration project. These customers, both large and small are
concerned about the future of their Notes applications and their ability to meet the evolving demands of
their various stakeholders.
Notes customers’ vision of modernization
Reduced Reliance on the Notes
Client
Many customers express an interest
in reducing their reliance on the
Notes client. Some customers want
to allow web access for users who
only need periodic access to business
applications, some of whom are
using an alternate platform for day to
day mail and calendar functions.
Most customers want to web enable
their applications, reducing their
reliance on the Notes client in an
effort reduce their licensing and
desktop support costs. All agree that part of their vision of modernization includes meeting the ever
increasing end-user demands for access to their business applications via smart phones, tablets and
other mobile devices, web enabling such applications is seen as a stepping stone towards that vision.
Anywhere, Anytime Access via the Cloud
Many customers see cloud computing as a key component within their modernization vision. The ability
to leverage software-as-a-service style hosting, deployment and management of business applications is
seen as a key approach to providing anywhere, anytime access to regional, national and globally
dispersed user groups.
Modernized Applications
Notes and Domino customers’ vision for modernizing their applications take many forms. Some view
modernization as helping deliver business applications at a lower cost and with improved efficiency.

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These customers want flexible deployment, increased scalability, and an ability to deliver applications on
demand. Others want enhancements to application appearance, performance and usability.
Minimal Disruption to Users
Notes customers want to modernize their applications with minimal disruption to their users.
This not only included minimizing the burden on users to assess or re-produce application business logic
to support application re-engineering, but to also ensure that the UI&UX is modernized in the
web/mobile enabled applications allows an easy learning curve for the end-users.
Low Risk and Predictable Outcomes
Risky data migration and lengthy regression testing associated with application redevelopment or
platform migration projects are seen as one of the biggest hurdles for Notes customers in reaching their
modernization vision. Many are concerned with the variable and unpredictable nature of reengineering
and testing decades old business processes.
Affordable and Realistic Timeframe
With their modernization vision in mind, many Notes customers don’t know where to start or how get
there within their current budgets. One large bank for example estimated that they had over 10,000
Notes applications. Given their resource constraints they estimated that a full platform migration would
cost tens of millions of dollars and would take over a decade to complete. For them, their modernization
vision didn’t look so bright, until XPager…
The path to modernization
With the XPager Suite technology and services, Effichange is helping Notes and Domino customers reach
their modernization vision. With XPager Notes applications can be converted without changing the
application business logic or touching the underlying data, reducing the need for complex data
migration and intensive regression testing. Leveraging the XPager technology and services, Effichange
significantly reduces the time, cost and number of resources required to modernize and web enable the
IBM Notes portfolio.
Get there Cheaper, Faster and with Fewer Resources
60% Lower Cost
The savings using XPager can be as high as 60%, more than half, of what platform migration or manual
re-writing would cost. For simple applications requiring no additional enhancement post conversion, the
savings can run as high as 90%. Multiply those savings by hundreds or even thousands of applications
and you can realize just how economical expert technology and services truly are.
90% Time Savings
In addition to leveraging XPager to modernize the client-server Notes applications at lightning fast
speeds, the typical project durations are up to 90% shorter than platform migration or manual methods.
The conversion does not touch the underlying data (NSF) or change the applications’ business logic, thus
saving significant time and effort on business analysts, programmers, data migration and lengthy

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regression testing. Often, projects can be budgeted to run in days and weeks, rather than months and
years.
80% Fewer Resources
Being able to run projects with up to 80% fewer resources, not only aids in reducing the cost of a large
modernization effort, it also greatly reduces the complexity and strain on existing development staff.
Working in collaboration with our consultants Notes conversion project can be quickly staffed with the
right resources to help completing modernization projects with ease.
XPager is the fastest, easiest and safest means to modernize Notes
applications
Fast because…
XPager converts both the UI and the business logic found in the original application to XPages
Easy because…
The resulting application template contains the XPages and the original Notes design
Safe because…
XPager works on the application template – leaving your data and security intact and untouched
The XPager Suite Components
XPager Converter™- Automates the conversion of Forms, Pages, Views, Folders, Shared Elements and
Formula language to XPages.
XPager Configuration Project™ - Enables developers to customize the XPager output.
XPager Analyzer™ - Enables developers to identify issues or patterns using the Domino Designer
markers.
XPager Summary™ – Enables developers to view the inventory of converted elements.
XPager DXL Link™ - Enables developers to easily associate new XPages and old Notes Client elements.
XPager DXL Schema Browser™ - Enables developers to view the DXL schema of Domino design elements.
XPager Java Console™ – Integrates the XPager Suite output to the Domino Designer console.
XPager XPath Search and Replace™ – Enables developers to search the application’s DXL using XPath
definitions.