Dr. William P. Wagner

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SAP NetWeaver

• EAI Technology Framework for the Future

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Background of SAP

• Founded in 1972 in Waldorf, Germany
• gt25K 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

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SAP Revenue Breakdown (2003)
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SAP NetWeaver Future of SAP

• What is NetWeaver and why is it a buzzword in SAP
  circles?

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What is NetWeaver?

• SAP NetWeaver provides all the technological
  capabilities necessary to develop, integrate, and
  run current and future SAP solutions.

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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

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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

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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
  SAPgt80 of Fortune 1000 firms have some SAP
• Tools include NetWeaver Developer Studio, Web
  Dynpro, Java Connectivity Builder

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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 MI
SAP EP
SAP BI
SAP XI
SAP WAS
SAP MDM
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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
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Terms to know

• NetWeaver 2004
• ESA
• EP
• MI
• XI
• WAS
• BI
• MDM
• Master data

• EAI
• ERP
• R/3 modules
• FI/CO, MM, SD, HR, PP
• SDN
• MySAPXXX
• Basis