SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver &
Enterprise Services
Architecture
Chris Ball
NetWeaver and ERP Initiatives
SAP America
Business and Technology Trends
Enterprise Services Architecture
What‘s on the Mind of the CEO for Today
Proactively applying technology
to drive Innovation, Competitive
Advantage, and Growth are the
primary objectives of IT
organizations.
CORE
CONTEXT
Focus: Differentiation
Focus: Productivity
INNOVATION
STANDARDIZATION
CONSOLIDATE
COMPOSE
Source: CIO Magazine 10/2004
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INVENTION
COMMODITIZATION
Business processes and business intelligence
are shaping the future of IT
Over the next three years, the biggest shift in the role
of IT in my enterprise will be toward:
Enabling better
business processes
42%
Strategic use of IT and
business intelligence
38%
Creating new products
and services
13%
Cutting business costs
7%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Percentage of responses
Source: Gartner Top 10 Trends in IT
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What Our Customers Are Asking For…
Business
innovation
Flexible, low
TCO solutions
ENTERPRISE SERVICES
ARCHITECTURE
Open standards,
choices, options
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An evolutionary
path into the world
of “next” business
solutions
Innovation Means Change
CHANGE IS DIFFICULT
“What are the biggest stumbling blocks of change?”
Corporate culture
56%
Underlying IT systems
42%
Org structure
42%
Business process
33%
Source: GartnerG2/Forbes.com
Enlightened IT Use Survey, August 2003
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Trend 1: From Technology Point to Technology Platform
Technology
SAP
R/3
Knowledge
Mgmt
SAP
R/3
Multi channel access
Mobile
Infrastr.
Partner
CRM
Applications
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
…
Legacy
Portal
Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business
Process Mgmt
Life Cycle Mgmt
Exchange
Infrastr.
Business
Intelligence
Composite Application Framework
Portal
SAP NetWeaver™
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
Hardware, OS and DB Abstraction
Customers want to avoid integration of different technologies
! SAP NetWeaver gives the competitive edge against any technology
point solution in a business process driven enviornment
“The NetWeaver message has resonated in the industry, and SAP's
customers frequently evaluate the platform against major infrastructure
vendors' alternatives.” - Gartner
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INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business
Process Mgmt
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
ABAP
Hardware, OS and DB Abstraction
SAP
R/3
SAP
R/3
Partner
CRM
Legacy
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multi channel access
Portal
Composite Application Framework
Collaboration
Life Cycle Mgmt
Composite Application Framework
Portal
Technology
SAP NetWeaver™
Applistructure
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multi channel access
Application
SAP NetWeaver™
Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Bus. Intelligence
Knowledge Mgmt
Life Cycle Mgmt
Technology
Trend 2: From Infrastructure to Applistructure
Master Data Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration
Broker
Business
Process Mgmt
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
Business
Intelligence
ABAP
Hardware, OS and DB Abstraction
Knowledge
Mgmt
…
Mobile
Infrastr.
mySAP ERP
ERP
SAP
R/3
Partner
CRM
Legacy
Applications
Customers want to avoid integrating technology with applications
mySAP ERP is a first example for what Forrester/JPMorgan calls an
applistructure, a combo of technology and applications delivered
together as a technology platform gives a competitive edge against any
technology point solution
“SAP has embraced the concept of applistructure as a key component of
its vision for the future of application development. ” - Forrestor
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Trend 3: From Big-Bang to Incremental Adoption
Dynamic
Dynamic
Sourcing
Sourcing
Distributed
Distributed
Production
Production
Delivery
Delivery to
to
Retail
Retail Chain
Chain
Stores
Stores
SettleSettlement
ment
Technology
…
SAP NetWeaver
Technology
Technology Platform
Platform
SAP
SAP NetWeaver™
NetWeaver™
Mobile
Infrastr.
mySAP ERP
ERP
SAP
R/3
Partner
CRM
ERP
(Internal)
Legacy
AFS
(SAP
R/3)
Collaboration
rd Party)Invoicing
(3
Freight
(Out(Ext.)
tasked)
Packaged composite applications or custom composites for small
solutions, allowing incremental adoption
" Addressing specific pain points
" Leverage existing investments
" Incremental projects can be planned more accurately
“While NetWeaver is inevitable for SAP customers and investing in it is
mandatory, it creates compelling options... The business case for SAP
NetWeaver: lower total cost of ownership” - AMR
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NetWeaver: From Information Management to
Process Innovation
UI
UI
Dynamic
Dynamic
Sourcing
Sourcing
UI
ERP
(Internal)
"
"
"
"
"
Delivery
Delivery to
to
Retail
Retail Chain
Chain
Stores
Stores
SettleSettlement
ment
SAP NetWeaver
Technology
Technology Platform
Platform
Functional
components
DB
Distributed
Distributed
Production
Production
DB
Function automation
Heavy duty programming
Database, messaging
Multiple closed app platforms
Inflexibility, high TCO
"
"
"
"
"
AFS
(SAP
R/3)
Collaboration
rd Party)Invoicing
(3
Freight
(Out(Ext.)
tasked)
Process innovation
Model-driven development
Composites, services
One open composition platform
Flexibility, business value
SAP’s answer to the 3 Key IT Trends: Technology Platform,
Applistructure, Incremental Adoption
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Business and Technology Trends
Enterprise Services Architecture
Enterprise Services Architecture: Our Version of SOA
Gartner: SAP has the most-complete business process fusion vision...
SAP's vision is supported by three major cornerstones — Enterprise Services
Architecture, SAP NetWeaver, and SAP xApps.
Business people can
leverage Enterprise
Services to “compose”
new business processes
Composites (xApps)
Enterprise
Services
Repository
SAP NetWeaver
Technology
Technology Platform
Platform
SAP
SAP
Bus. Legacy/
Partner 3rd Party
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Appl.
Appl. Platform
Platform
Objects,
Objects, Engines,
Engines,
and
Components
and Components
Bus. Process Platform
Flexibly create and recombine services, thus
extending the platform
Web services can
integrate applications
across heterogeneous
landscapes, both within
and between
companies
SERVICES-ORIENTED BUSINESS APPS
5 KEY ELEMENTS
PEOPLE PRODUCTIVITY
ANALYTICS/REPORTING
SERVICE COMPOSITION
SAP NetWeaver
Enterprise
Services
Repository
SERVICE ENABLEMENT
SAP’s Enterprise
Services
Partner
Services
Business Objects,
Components, and Engines
Bus.
Legacy
Partner
LIFE-CYCLE
MANAGEMENT
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PLATFORM FOR BUSINESS PROCESS INNOVATION
A BUSINESS PROCESS PLATFORM EMERGES THAT
COMBINES APPS FUNCTIONALITY AND TECHNOLOGY
Custom composites
COMPOSITE
APPS DRIVE
PROCESS
SAP and Partner xApps
SAP composites
ENTERPRISE
SERVICES
SAP NetWeaver
Enterprise
Services
Repository
SAP
Enterprise
Services
3rd party
party
3rd
Legacy
Legacy
Busines
Busines
partner
partner
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Partner &
Custom
services
BUSINESS
PROCESS
PLATFORM
mySAP Delivers Best Practice Business Processes
Total value potential can only be achieved by
seamlessly integrating all critical business processes
CRM
Processes
Core ERP
Processes
ERP
CRM
PLM
Processes
PLM
SCM
Processes
SRM
Processes
xApps
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SCM
SRM
SAP NetWeaver™ – Pre-configured Business Content
Speed up Implementation
SAP NetWeaver™
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
25+ Vendor Packages
75+ Business Packages
100+ Supported Roles
Multi channel access
Portal
Collaboration
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
11,000+
340+
600+ InfoCubes
3,200+ Queries
InfoObjects
ODS Objects
120+ MultiProviders
1,900+ Workbooks
Knowledge Mgmt
Business Intelligence
Master Data Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
250+ Workflow Templates
500+ Pre-defined tasks
Integration Broker
Business Process Mgmt
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SAP AG
AG 2002,
2002, Title
Title of
of Presentation,
Presentation, Speaker
Speaker Name
Name /38
16
30+ Agent Determination Rules
Pre configured mappings
SAP NetWeaver Is Open
Driving TCO Reduction Through Industry Standards
W3C
OASIS
JCP
WS-I
Eclipse
.org
mySQL
OMG
…
SAP NetWeaver™
XML Encr. & Sign., DSIG, SAML …
Orgs
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Standards Supported (Selection)
PEOPLE INTEGRATION
Multi channel access
Portal
Collaboration
JAAS, WSRP,
Personal Java
INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Knowledge Mgmt
Business Intelligence
Master Data Mgmt
PROCESS INTEGRATION
Integration Broker
Business Process Mgmt
ICE , WebDav , XML/A,
JMI, XMI, CWM, ODBO
BPEL, CIDX,
RosettaNet, JCA, XML
APPLICATION PLATFORM
J2EE
HTTP,
ABAP
DB and OS Abstraction
XML, SMTP, J2EE, WSDL,
SOAP, UDDI, XSLT
Enterprise Services Architecture
Web services
" Open standard for system
interaction independent of
technical architecture
" Self-contained, selfdescribing, modular
functionality
" Once deployed, applications
and other Web services can
discover and invoke a Web
service
Plus +
" mySAP Business Suite
" SAP NetWeaver
" Business Content
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Enterprise services
Architecture (SOA)
=
" Web services which provide
business functionality
" Have enterprise quality in
scalability, robustness,
security, manageability,
supportability, …
" Drive business process, best
practices and collaboration
across all systems
ESA – YOU AND SAP WORKING TOGETHER
Custom composites
SAP and Partner xApps
RECOMPOSITION
party
33rdrd party
Legacy
Legacy
Busines
Busines
partner
partner
xApps & custom
composites
Partner &
Custom
services
SAP composites
SAP NetWeaver
Partner&
Custom
services
SAP NetWeaver
Busines
Busines
partner
partner
Custom
defined
roles,
events &
services
SERVICE
ENABLEMENT (YOU)
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Enterprise
Services
Repository
TODAY
SAP defined
roles,
events &
services
SAP
services
SERVICE
ENABLEMENT (SAP)
ESA-compliant mySAP or partner
solution powered by SAP NetWeaver
SAP
services
Legacy
Legacy
evolve your entire IT landscape to ESA
SAP composites
SAP NetWeaver
party
33rdrd party
SAP NetWeaver and xApps help you
RECOMPOSITION
BUSINESS PROCESS PLATFORM
COMBINING APPS & TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES
Analytics
Composites
Enterprise
SAP NetWeaver
Services
Repository Composition
Composition Platform
Platform
SAP
SAP
Partner
Legacy/
3rd Party
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Appl.
Appl. Platform
Platform
Objects,
Objects, Engines,
Engines,
and
Components
and Components
Bus. Process Platform
“SAP clearly
wants to be the
next platform
leader. It is being
more aggressive
in pursuing
partners.”
Bruce Richardson,
AMR, 2004
The Time is Right - Promise of Service-Oriented Architectures
Please rate the importance implementing a Service-Oriented Architecture
will have on your organization’s success over the next 12 months.
50%
42%
40%
5
4
3
2
1
Critical activity that will determine
success
Important activity that will
influence success
Required activity that will not
influence success
This activity will waste my
organization's resources
My organization will not invest in
this activity over the next 12
months
41%
30%
CEO/VP
20%
10%
10%
4%
1%
0%
5
4
3
2
1
Unprecedented CEO/VP positive response to an integration
question…
- 83% rated as “important” or “critical” activity
Source: The Yankee Group Interoperability Survey
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Gartner’s 2004 SOA Magic Quadrant
“SAP has done the best job
of any application
vendor in articulating and
marketing its SOA vision.” –
Gartner (Sept. 2004)
“In our view, xApps
represents a crystallization of
the benefits of Web
services: composite
applications — business
processes that have been
assembled from pieces of
legacy and newly developed
components and integrated
through open standards.”
META (Nov. 2004)
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Dual Customer Benefits of ESA
HELPING
DIFFERENTIATE
Openness
" Open Web services standards
" Open integration platform
" Interoperability
ENTERPRISE SERVICES ARCHITECTURE
Composites
Adaptability
"
"
"
"
Model-driven
Configurable
Extensible
Services
composition
" Process
innovation
Productivity
Enterprise
Services
Repository
Technology
Technology Platform
Platform
SAP
SAP
Bus. Legacy/
Partner 3rd Party
Appl.
Appl. Platform
Platform
Objects,
Objects, Engines,
Engines,
and
and Components
Components
Bus. Process Platform
Lower TCO
" Deployment options through
configuration
" Common operational services
" “Always On” platform
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" People
productivity
" Embedded
analytics
" Process
efficiency
" Process
flexibility
DRIVING
PRODUCTIVITY
SAP NetWeaver Practices
PATH TO THE ENTERPRISE SERVICES ARCHITECTURE
Composites Applications
SAP NetWeaver
3rd party
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3rd
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Legacy
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OWN ROAD TO ESA
Summary
SAP NETWEAVER AND THE ENTERPRISE SERVICES
ARCHITECTURE IS YOUR WINNING PROPOSITION
ENTERPRISE SERVICES ARCHITECTURE
With ESA and NetWeaver,
your company can:
Composites
Enterprise
Services
Repository
Technology
Technology Platform
Platform
Appl.
Appl. Platform
Platform
SAP
SAP
Bus. Legacy/
Partner 3rd Party
Innovate by Composing new
business processes
Increase Productivity by
Consolidating applications
Objects,
Objects, Engines,
Engines,
and
and Components
Components
Bus. Process Platform
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Reduce TCO through OutTasking