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SAP NetWeaver Product Management

SAP NetWeaver Portal:A glimpse on new featuresfor collaboration, contentand communities

Released to customersJune 2007

SAP AG 2007, SAP NetWeaver Portal:A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 2

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Summary & Timeline

Introduction

Collaboration Portal: Planned Roadmap

Summary & Timeline

Introduction



From Operational Efficiency to Competitive Differentiation

CompetitiveDifferentiation

Business ProcessReengineering

+SAP R/3

OperationalEfficiency

Business NetworkTransformation

+Enterprise SOA

1990s 2000s 2010s

Source: SAPPHIRE 2007 keynote Henning Kagermann


Business Network Transformation

Business Network has becomethe primary source of new differentiation



A New Layer Complementary to Automation is Required

Enabling Collaboration Across the Network in theContext of Business Processes and Events

Web 2.0 concepts being embraced by enterprises



Consumerization:An Internet ‘Trend’ Makes it into Enterprises

& Co

Enterprise 1.0:Robustness & Efficiency

Web 2.0:Usability & Communities

Enterprise 2.0:“We want both !”


Information & Knowledge Worker Emergence

Services Goods Data KnowledgeType of Worker

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

Percent Composition of U.S. Employment by type of worker, 1950–2000

Source: Communications of the ACM, October 2005/Vol. 48, No. 10, Edward N. Wolff, Data extracted from decennial U.S. censuses 1950-2000

‘Knowledge / information workers’ will become themain user group in your organization


SAP Applications for Information WorkersFor everyone, everyday


SAP NetWeaver User ExperienceFlexible Access Channels for Best Effectiveness

Access anywhere, any wayExtended work environmentsCommon UI servicesCommon administration

Web 2.0 for enterprisesCommunities create valueCollaboration increases productivityEnriched with enterprise data

Summary & Timeline

Introduction



SAP’s Answer in the Portal Realm:New Features for Collaboration, Content Mgmt. and Communities

Collaboration PortalRich collaboration features– Workspaces– Forums– Wikis– Collaborative tagging

Social network capabilitiesIntuitive capabilities for leanweb content managementUser interface extreme makeover3rd party integration– MS Sharepoint 2007– Real-time collaboration vendors

Governance & monitoringBased on SAP NetWeaver 7.0


SAP NetWeaver Collaboration Portal

SAP NetWeaver Collaboration Portal: Building Blocks

Collaboration portal is anadd-on to an existingSAP NetWeaver 7.0portal infrastructure

Content Management &Governance

CollaborationServices

(Forums, Wikis …)

Tagging &Search

MyWork-space

Third-PartyIntegration

& Connectivity

SocialNetwork

Lean Administration & Operations

TeamWork-spaces

Corp.Site

The collaboration portal provides all services for business usersto jointly access, create and share information.

It is based on the proven portal infrastructure and embeddedinto the corporate business application landscape.


Collaboration Portal: Focus Areas

CollaborationPortal

Technology

3

ContentCreation

Capabilities

2

UsabilityEnhancements

1



CollaborationPortal

Technology

3

ContentCreation

Capabilities

2


1


Dynamic Portal Navigation:Accelerated and More Intuitive

Live demo in SAP’s Corporate Portal:https://portal.wdf.sap.corp/irj/portal/light

New portal navigation

Fast and intuitivenavigation in top-level anddetailed navigationPersonalized selection ofrolesCompatible with existingportal rolesAJAX-based(Asynchronous Javascript & XML)

https://portal.wdf.sap.corp/irj/portal/light


Next Generation Collaboration Rooms:Greatly Improved Usability & Performance

Team WorkspacesNext generationcollaboration roomsComplete user interfacemakeoverDrag & Drop for documentcheck-in and room adaptationFaster navigationEasier setup and managementBetter MS Office integrationBased on standard portalfunctionality

Demo


New Discussion Forums:Intuitive Build-up of a User Community

Discussion ForumsIntuitive user interfaceintegrated into the portalSupport for moderatedforumsSearch and emailnotification on postingsLive and proven in SDN for~ 750.000 usersAvailable as from Q2 2007(lean forums available incurrent version of portal)

See it in use at SDN



CollaborationPortal

Technology

3

ContentCreation

Capabilities

2


1


Web Page Composer:Easy Creation of Portal-Based Web Pages

Web Page ComposerEasy creation of Web contentfor business end usersClosely tied into portalnavigation and themesFull-text search and pagedisplay in navigation contextSupport for external facingportalsLive in SDN for ~ 750.000users (basis for all SDNcontent pages)

See it in use at SDN


Article editor for business users

Web Page Composer – Major Building Blocks

Page editor for content managers

Display view for readers


WCM Capabilities Within SAP NetWeaver Portal

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ilitie

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BASIC

LEAN

ADVANCED

Portal & KMXML formsHTML collection rendererHTML pages in URL iViews

withoutWeb Page Composer

SAPStandardDelivery

withWeb Page Composer

Web Page Composeradds lean capabilities based

on standard EP/KM

Portal & KMXML formsHTML collection rendererHTML pages in URL iViews

Integrationof arbitrary

WCMvendors

Projectextensions

Customerproject

Integration ofWCM vendors

…

Consulting


Wikis:Collaborative Content Creation Throughout an Enterprise

WikisEasy content creation incollaborative styleTightly integrated intoportal navigationONE user managementIntegration into TREXsearch

BlogsPlanned for H1 / 2008

WIKI at SDN

Blogs at SDN


‘My Workspace’:Personal Space to Publish Your Profile and Share Content

Your personal spaceto publish yourprofile and sharecontent with otherportal users

‘My Workspace’A personal space for eachportal userThink of it as ‘extendedbusiness card’Display and maintain HROrg info (e.g. taken fromERP HCM)Publish and shareinformation (profile,expertise, contacts,documents, blogs, …)Tagging of content to findcontent of same interestGrain for social network


Tagging:Easily Find Topics of Common Interest

1) Triggers the Tag Explorer

2) This is a tagcloud of the mostpopular tags

4) Related Links are itemstagged with “compensation”tag.

5) Tags frequentlytagged along with“compensation”.

3) Clicking on a tag i.e.“compensation” shows therelated links & tags for this tag

The Tag Explorer enables you to see related information for a tag

Note: UI POC subject to change


Collaboration Portal: Connectivity to MS Sharepoint (MOSS 2007)

MS Sharepoint IntegrationMS SharePoint landscapes willbe found at customer (‘nextgeneration file share’)Collaboration Portal as entrypoint to content on distributedSharePoint repositoriesIntegration Scope Short Term– Endusers can plug and render

SP documents in an iView– Endusers can search via portal

in SP indexes (federated search)

Integration Scope Mid Term– Repository manager integration

for MOSS 2007 (for SP2003already available by MS)



CollaborationPortal

Technology

3

ContentCreation

Capabilities

2


1


Support of JSR170/JSR 283

JSR 170Java Specification Request 'Content Repositoryfor Java technology API’Specifies how JAVA developers can accesscontent repositories in a unified fashionReleased version (also known as JCR 1.0), medium adoption

JSR 283Next version of JSR 170, also called JCR 2.0Not yet released (currently in Java Community Process review)

SAP is actively engaged in the JSR 283 community process.Support for JSR 283 is planned for 2007 / early 2008


Collaboration Portal: Modern Web Technologies Are Used

AJAXAsynchronous Javascript & XML is common Web 2.0 technology andknown for easy and rapid developmentNew collaboration rooms and new portal navigation (‘Lightning’) are thefirst AJAX applications in portal

RSS‘Real Simple Syndication’ is used to bundle content snippets (e.g. newsheadlines) from various places in one abstractWeb Page Composer is supporting RSS and it is already live in SDN

Web ServicesThe relevant parts of the Knowledge Management API will be exposed asweb services to ease access to and creation of content within the portal

Summary & Timeline

Introduction



Collaboration Portal: The Planned Road Ahead

First BuildingBlocks

Web PageComposerNew DiscussionForums

Phase I – Q2/07

CollaborationPortal Ramp-up:

AJAX navigationTeam WorkspaceMy Workspace(Wikis)Sharepointintegration

Phase II – Q1/08 Phase III – Q3/08

CollaborationPortal

General availability


Collaboration Portal Capabilities: Summary

Ramp-Up in Q1/2008on NW 7.0

To add metadata to information in order to easily findtopics of interest

Tagging

Q2/2007on NW’04/NW 7.0

The popular discussion forums of SDN (750,000 users)are integrated into the standard portal delivery

Discussion Forums


To integrate the multitude of MS SharePoint sites andleverage their content within the portal

MS SharePoint Integration


Much faster and more intuitive navigation within theportal (top-level and detailed navigation)

Dynamic portal navigation

Wikis: Ramp-Up inQ1/2008 on NW 7.0.

Blogs: to be defined

Enables employees to jointly work on a Web-baseddocuments directly in the browser (Wikis) or to quicklypublish information to other portal users (Blogs).

Wikis & Blogs


Advanced user business card where employees canshare areas of expertise, their current projects andcontacts, documents, … with other portal users

My Workspace / UserBusiness Card

Q2/2007 on NW 7.0restricted, Q3/2007unrestricted shipment

Business users and content managers can create leanWeb sites directly within the portal (already live withinSDN)

Web Page Composer


Complete user interface ‘makeover’ including better MSOffice integration and Drag & Drop within the browser.Improved performance due to leaner user interface

Team Workspaces(new collaboration rooms)

PlannedTimeline

Short descriptionCapability Name


Demo

SAP‘s Vision for a Collaborative Platform:Applications tightly integrated into the collaboration portal

McGeeTier-1 Automotive Supplier

Purchase Engineering

Production

Tim MurphyPurchasing

ManagerKarl SchmidtEngineer

Alex MaedcheProductionSupervisor Liz Fulton

Production Planner

IdentifySupplier

IssueRFQ

CreatePO

Business Process

Taibai

PartDiscontinuedInternal PartNumber PIC-

ABS-210-0001.msg

Neotech

TenCorpFasChip

UnexpectedEvent: SupplyCancellation

ABS system

Programmed IntegratedCircuit PIC-ABS-210-0001

CarolaThompson

See a demo in Henning Kagermann’s (CEO SAP) keynote at SAPPHIRE 2007 Atlanta(as from minute 29)


The Next Generation Portal: Value Proposition

Endusers:Speed, efficiency, ease of use

Richer user experience

Intuitive new collaboration capabilities

Information sharing at corporate, teamand individual level

Embedded into business applicationsused every day

IT Departments:Integration, manageability, TCO

Based on existing portal infrastructure

Centralized and scalable IT governance

Rapid deployment option

Integrated platform for Enterprise SOA


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