Composition
NetWeaver is essentially the integrated stack of SAP technology products. The SAP Web Application Server (sometimes referred to as WebAS) is the runtime environment for the SAP applications -- all of the mySAP Business Suite solutions (SRM, CRM, SCM, PLM, ERP) run on SAP WebAS.
Products
The core products that make up SAP NetWeaver include:
- SAP NetWeaver Application Server
- SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI)
- SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal (EP)
- SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (MDM)
- SAP NetWeaver Mobile
- SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence
- SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE)
Development Tools
- ABAP Workbench (SE80)
- SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS) based on Eclipse for most of the Java part of the technology (Web Dynpro for Java, JEE, Java Dictionary, Portal Applications etc.)
- SAP Netweaver Development Infrastructure (NWDI)
- Visual Composer
- Web Dynpro
- SAP Enterprise Portal Content Studio
- SAP Composite Application Framework - an environment for designing and using composite applications
Features
- SOAP and Web Services
- Interoperability with Java EE (WebSphere)
- Interoperability with .NET (Microsoft)
- Integration of Business Intelligence
- xApps
- Duet
Specifically, ERP is being extended by Business Process Management Systems (BPMs) and, as BPMs takes hold as the pre-dominant technical platform for new applications, expect to see radical changes to ERP architecture in the years ahead. Allen Davis, a NetWeaver xMII expert, has successfully used Six Sigma scenarios as information in real time from shop floor control systems and used in plant quality control lab experimental tests. The technology has been applied to a wide range of industries and applications.
SAP's Netweaver platform is still backwards-compatible with ABAP, SAP's custom development language.
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