SAP NetWeaver
SAP NetWeaver is a product from SAP , which calls NetWeaver a platform for business applications. The basis for all applications on NetWeaver is the SAP NetWeaver Application Server .
overview
The product combines numerous components that are relevant for enterprise applications , including ERP , process integration , business intelligence , a portal , several application servers and other functions to support enterprise applications . The integration elements are divided into several levels. They include end-user integration (company portal, collaboration functions and multi-channel access), information integration, process integration and the application platform.
SAP NetWeaver is the basis for a number of business applications that SAP sells and is responsible for a number of basic functions such as the cross-module search. NetWeaver was mostly created with the ABAP programming language, but also uses C , C ++ and Java EE .
The NetWeaver platform is open to the connection of third-party systems via a service-oriented architecture (SOA) - called Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (ESOA) in SAP parlance .
NetWeaver Application Server
The SAP NetWeaver Application Server is an application server with different installation variants. When SAP NetWeaver AS ABAP can ABAP applications are executed in SAP NetWeaver AS Java, a Java EE - application servers , Java programs.
NetWeaver Process Integration
With SAP Netweaver, components are provided in the Process Integration (PI) area with which SAP systems can be integrated with systems from other providers. In addition, processes that run locally within a system can also be integrated.
Products
- SAP NetWeaver Application Server
- SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence
- SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE)
- SAP NetWeaver Portal
- SAP NetWeaver Identity Management (IdM)
- SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (MDM)
- SAP NetWeaver Mobile
- SAP NetWeaver Gateway (GW)
- SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI)
compatibility
Some versions of NetWeaver are not compatible with Firefox.
history
The origins of the NetWeaver platform lie with a portal technology that was developed by the Israeli company TopTier Software . With the takeover of TopTier Software in 2001, SAP began developing the integration and application platform from which today's NetWeaver platform emerged.
The first version (NetWeaver 2004) was available from March 31, 2003, version 7.0 (2004s) appeared on October 24, 2005. The current version is SAP NetWeaver 7.5 SPS 11 from March 7, 2018.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Jens Stumpe and Joachim Orb: SAP Exchange Infrastructure. (2005) SAP Press
- ↑ Overview of SAP