SAP NetWeaver

SAP NetWeaver is a

(TMS).

The product is marketed as a

WebSphere

.

History

The NetWeaver platform was a portal technology developed by Israeli software company TopTier Software (founded in 1997), and which SAP acquired in 2001. The founder of TopTier Software, Shai Agassi, joined SAP and was given responsibility for the company's overall technology strategy and execution. He initiated the development of the integration and application platform that became the NetWeaver platform.^[1]

SAP announced the first release, NetWeaver 2004, in January 2003, and it was made available on March 31, 2004.^[2][3]

NetWeaver 7.0, also known as 2004s, was made available on October 24, 2005.^[4] The latest available release is SAP NetWeaver 7.5 SP 26.^[5]

• SAP NetWeaver Application Server
• SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence
• SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE)
• SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal (EP)
• SAP NetWeaver Identity Management (IdM)
• SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (MDM)
• SAP NetWeaver Mobile
• SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI)

SAP has also worked with the

.

Development tools for NetWeaver include

.

SAP Central Process Scheduling

SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood (SAP CPS), is an event-driven process scheduler incorporated into SAP ERP components.

SAP CPS is a component of SAP NetWeaver. It was designed to centrally automate and manage

and automate business applications running on SAP NetWeaver. These applications include SAP Solution Manager and SAP Closing Cockpit, which use the SAP CPS component with cross-system and non-SAP applications. SAP Business Process Automation (BPA) is a new rebranded solution that replaces SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood.

See also

• BRFplus
• composite applications
• Web Dynpro

References

• Steffen Karch, Loren Heilig: SAP NetWeaver Roadmap. Galileo Press, 2005,
  ISBN 1-59229-041-8

External links

• SAP NetWeaver Capabilities discussions, blogs, documents and videos on the SAP Community Network (SCN)