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Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
SAP NetWeaver
EAI Technology Framework for the Future
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
Background of SAP
Founded in 1972 in Waldorf, Germany >25K companies run SAP
Approaching 60% market share in ERP Made the switch in ’90s to C/S architecture $8.4B rev in 2003 (up 12%)
License revenue declined 6% 15% increase in profits in Q2 this year
Powerful yet inflexible software Difficult to expand into SME markets
31%
36%
28%
4% 1%Licenses (-6%)
Maintenance (+6%)
Consulting (-11%)
Training (-28%)
Other (-32%)
SAP Revenue Breakdown (2003)
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
SAP NetWeaver: Future of SAP
What is NetWeaver and why is it a buzzword in SAP circles?
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
What is NetWeaver?
SAP NetWeaver provides all the technological capabilities necessary to develop, integrate, and run current and future SAP solutions.
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
Strategy behind NetWeaver
In 2001, SAP made the key decision to open up their proprietary technology Rewrote R/3 kernel Supporting J2EE and XML Launched on-line developer network
In Jan. 2003, they launched NetWeaver Open standards platform based on J2EE Coupled with XML and Web Services standards Separating their business solutions from their
technology platform (MySAPXXX and Basis)
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NetWeaver Strategy…
Before NetWeaver, companies needed other SAP tools and middleware to web enable apps, build portals, or enable mobile devices Came up with BAPIs in 1990s Then MySAP.com in mid 1990s Cost of integration was high so they
came up with NetWeaver Pre-configured integration in SAP XI
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
Evolution of NetWeaver SAP R/3 included “Basis” which was technology
layer Included generic interface – SAP GUI, workflow engine SAP BW, APO, and newer products contained the same
tech layer Customers could not get the technology without buying the
application on top of it In 2000, SAP released WAS, as an extension of
Basis, to be used on its own SAP EP and XI followed
In Jan 2003, introduced NetWeaver NetWeaver is free to licensed MySAP users and cheap for
R/3 customers NetWeaver is a loss leader for its other applications
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NetWeaver Strategy…
Provides a platform for standardizing integration Vendor-neutral, can run along-side
WebSphere or BEA WebLogic Addresses non-SAP integration as well Non-SAP developers can now build
enterprise level web services that can be integrated with SAP back end systems
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
NetWeaver Strategy… Estimated 1 million registered ABAP
developers Goal is to move them to become NetWeaver
developers Had to resolve ABAP-Java integration issues
Java has found a home in the mid-tier of the enterprise NetWeaver is designed to help connect SAP backend
to Java apps Traditionally this has been very expensive to do New developer tools are designed to make it easier for
non-SAP developers to write for SAP…>80% of Fortune 1000 firms have some SAP Tools include NetWeaver Developer Studio, Web
Dynpro, Java Connectivity Builder
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
NetWeaver Strategy
SAP wants developers to design and certify NetWeaver apps that enhance SAP functionality Called xApps or “composite applications” Will use pieces of existing SAP apps to
build extensions with NetWeaver Enterprise Portal is a key technology for
this
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Web Service as driver…
Web service integration was harder than they thought Java and XML have become the
standards Evolving into Enterprise Services
Ex. Cancelling an order vs. checking inventory, reducing salesperson commission, and generating an amended PO
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NetWeaver Adoption
SAP anticipates that NetWeaver will redefine the company in a global manner About 3000 of more than 24,000 potential
companies have put some portion of NetWeaver into play
Early stage of maturity IBM and MicroSoft supporting NetWeaver SAP committed heavily to grow this in 2004 and
2005
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NetWeaver Components
SAP NetWeaver 2004 Synchronized Release as a single package SAP WAS 6.4 SAP EP 6.0 SAP XI 3.0 SAP BW 3.5 SAP MI 2.5
(SAP MDM limited usage at this point) All sold and shipped together and can be installed
in one procedure Still possible to run individually Ramp up was April 2004
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…
SAP NetWeaver™SAP NetWeaver™
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Master Data Management
Bus. Intelligence Knowledge Mgmt
Co
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Ap
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PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multi channel access
Portal Collaboration
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
DB and OS Abstraction
ABAP
Life
Cy
cle
Mg
mt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
IntegrationBroker
Business ProcessManagement
SAP EP
SAP MI
SAP BI
SAP XI
SAP MDM
SAP WAS
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
Evolution of SAP App development
ABAP & SAP Basis Open SQL RFCs/BAPIs ALE & IDocs Report Writer/Query Dynpro, SAP GUI ABAP Workbench
WAS and Java
Open SQL for ABAP & Java
Web Services/WSDL
XI, MDM, and XML
SAP BI
Web Dynpro, EP, MI
NetWeaver Developer Studio
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
Dr. William P. WagnerVillanova University
Terms to know…
EAI ERP R/3 modules
FI/CO, MM, SD, HR, PP
SDN MySAPXXX Basis
NetWeaver 2004 ESA EP MI XI WAS BI MDM
Master data
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