Standards take time. Do they? Why?
SAP has come a long way with regard to support for standards and open source technologies. But the engagements with partners and standards organizations and open source projects requires skill sets that are mostly not technical. And they typically need more time than to simply ship proprietary technologies. Why is this and why does SAP really care? Claus von Riegen in Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Open Source, Partnership, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture, Standards [Oct. 21, 2009 10:40 AM | 0 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Security and IdM@TechEd 09: Get ready for the next generation Single Sign-On challenges!
Wondering which TechEd hands on session about security and identity management you should attend? Here is my recommendation... Martin Raepple in SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture, Security, ABAP, Application Server, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, ERP, Identity Management, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [Oct. 05, 2009 08:25 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the generic Workflow UI
As described in Volker’s blog, sometimes it might be necessary to add a bit more generic to the delivered Alloy workflow forms, in order to save implementation efforts. One way of adding more generic to the Alloy forms is described in Volker’s blog. Dirk Lehmann in Alloy, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM, SAP xApps, Scripting Languages [Sep. 16, 2009 02:30 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP on IBM DB2 for i - using decimal floating point
This edition of the SAP on IBM DB2 for i "news from development" blog deals with decimal floating point (DFP) support. Most of the blog is relevant for other database platforms too as it deals with the integration of DFP into the ABAP world. In addition to that I present how to take advantage of DB2's and the POWER6 architecture's DFP support. Jan Stallkamp in ABAP, Enhancement Packages, Interoperability IBM, Product Lifecycle Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Aug. 13, 2009 06:34 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the Alloy sidebar
Besides the 4 well known applications (Travel Management, Leave Management, Reports Management and Generic Decision Workflow) Alloy comes with one additional - often underrated – Feature that is quiet flexible: the Alloy sidebar. Dirk Lehmann in Alloy, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM, SAP xApps [Aug. 12, 2009 08:55 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – The age of collaborative innovation
Innovation today is more than ever a matter of working collaboratively with your partners. Co-innovation can yield significant benefits as the demands of the marketplace require you to have more adaptive business processes. These considerations apply to almost any industry and those who proactively embrace this will lead the pack in their respective space. Puneet K. Suppal in Alloy, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Enterprise Performance Management, Duet, Business Suite 7, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Co-Innovation Lab [Jul. 09, 2009 12:05 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the Alloy Request Trigger
Alloy uses several queues (on both sides SAP and IBM) to guarantee message delivery. However some of those queues have a scheduled job that monitors and processes items from within the queue at certain time points. Especially during test phases these scheduled jobs could cost you time, you could better spend with actual testing. Dirk Lehmann in Alloy, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM, SAP xApps [Jul. 02, 2009 07:45 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the Reports Management Content Group
Distributing role based reports, to different user groups in Alloy, requires some background knowledge of the subjacent role concept. This blog explains the fundamental principles and gives an example on how to distribute role based reports. Dirk Lehmann in Alloy, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM [Apr. 21, 2009 12:52 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the Alloy project setup
Before you kick-off an Alloy implementation project, you’ll for sure ask yourself who should join your project in order to make it a success. As Alloy connects the Lotus and the SAP world you’ll for sure need experts from both sides. But which skills are required from your project members? Who must contribute full time, and who part-time? How will a person’s role change during the project? Dirk Lehmann in Alloy, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM [Mar. 09, 2009 02:21 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the Alloy landscape switch
Based on your landscape or project setup you might have more than one Alloy landscape in your company. A good idea is to use one and the same Lotus Notes client in order to access multiple Alloy landscapes. But simply setting up a new Location in Lotus Notes isn't quiet sufficient to switch between Alloy landscapes. Dirk Lehmann in Alloy, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM [Mar. 02, 2009 04:54 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Alloy: Composite? Crossover? Or what?
With the announcement of project codenamed "Atlantic" transitioning to the product Alloy, this gave some of us the opportunity to meet part - well 5000 - of the Lotus community at Lotusphere 2009 in Florida last month. What a wealth of ideas... Alan Rickayzen in EcoHub, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM, Alloy [Feb. 16, 2009 04:22 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the button that disappears
There’re customers out there that require their approvers to add comments to their decisions. Means they should not only Accept or Reject a request, but also add some comments why they decided that way. Learn how you could use Alloys customizing features to make sure your approvers are forced to add comments to their decisions. Dirk Lehmann in Emerging Technologies, Alloy, Interoperability IBM [Feb. 13, 2009 01:49 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the customized Alloy workflow UI
In Volker Dress’ recent blog "How to set up an easy Material Master creation Workflow for Duet" you’ve seen how to create a custom SAP Business Workflow that exposes its user decisions to Duet or Alloy. Let’s expand this scenario for Alloy and create a customized Notes form, that’s able to display the master material data. Dirk Lehmann in Emerging Technologies, Alloy, Interoperability IBM [Feb. 11, 2009 03:33 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the SAP ID mapping
In order to map an SAP user to a Lotus Domino user, Alloy requires an user mapping to take place. In this article you can learn how this user mapping is done and what it needs to be configured correctly. Dirk Lehmann in Emerging Technologies, Alloy, Interoperability IBM [Feb. 09, 2009 02:22 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

The one with the Alloy connections
Sometimes things in your Alloy landscape just don’t want to behave like they should. One good start to find out what’s going on in your Alloy landscape is by checking the connections between AS Java and AS ABAP, as well as AS Java and Lotus Domino Server. Dirk Lehmann in Emerging Technologies, Alloy, Interoperability IBM [Feb. 05, 2009 10:29 AM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Alloy: Bonding SAP with Lotus Notes
There's a new IT substance out there. It's an SAP and IBM jointly developed software solution for giving Lotus users access to SAP directly in Lotus Notes. Alan Rickayzen in SAP xApps, Interoperability IBM, Emerging Technologies, Alloy [Jan. 19, 2009 09:47 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

SAP EcoHub: Discover Evaluate & now ...BUY !
SAP EcoHub: Discover-Evaluate & now ...BUY SAP Ecohub introduced new capability to buy solutions, listed on the hub. Initial rollout includes 6 products but it can be argued that it has larger implications in that it opens up a channel for developers to create interesting widgets and applications and offer this to the wider community of customers who could benefit from it. Rajeev Kak in Analytics, Visual Composer, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP xApps, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP Developer Network, Java Programming, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), BI Accelerator, Widgets [Jan. 16, 2009 08:47 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

TechEd Developer Survey - SAP Customers and SAP Tools
At TechEd Las Vegas and Berlin, I conducted a survey and interviews with attendees regarding usage of ABAP, Java, most popular tools, adoption of SOA, and general conceptions about composition. I'd like to share some results results from the survey. Greg Chase in ABAP, Visual Composer, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP TechEd, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, JavaScript, Java Programming, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, Enterprise Service Community, Enterprise Portal (EP), Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Application Server, Web Dynpro [Dec. 17, 2008 05:56 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

New book: Web Service Contract Design and Versioning for SOA
This blog covers the focus of the new book for SOA recently published by Pearson: Web Service contract design and versioning book for SOA. Umit Yalcinalp in SAP Research, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Emerging Technologies, Business Solutions, Beyond SAP, Application Server, Standards, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Nov. 11, 2008 10:37 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Real Life Customer Examples for High Volume Scenarios with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration
This log gives an overview of real life customer examples for high volume sceanrios with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration. The customer are based on the latest release SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1, as well as the older releases SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.0 and SAP Exchange Infrastructure 3.0. Udo Paltzer in Application Server, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Mining and Metal, Manufacturing, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, Integration and Certification, Beyond SAP, Utilities Industry [Nov. 03, 2008 05:28 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1: Available Adapters and Adapter Modules
This blog describes which adapters and adapter modules are available as of today for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1. Udo Paltzer in Application Server, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Java Programming, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, Integration and Certification, Enterprise Service Community, Standards [Oct. 31, 2008 06:59 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Articles Submission on SCN and the SDNContent Inbox
Have a question about your submitted article? in this blog you will find information of how to submit your article, the review process and links to how to do it in a way that will save time when reviewing your article. David Metser in ABAP, Mobile, SAP Business One, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP xApps, Scripting Languages, Universal Worklist, Visual Composer, Web Dynpro, Master Data Management (MDM), Knowledge Management (KM), Java Programming, Beginner, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Business Process Expert, Enterprise Portal (EP), Service-Oriented Architecture, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Widgets [Jul. 16, 2008 06:44 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

enterprise SOA Partner Enablement program - the first main step for realizing the benefits of enterprise SOA !!
This articles gives you an overview of enterprise SOA Partner Enablement Program which main objective is to enable selected strategic SI Partners to deliver on enterprise SOA and support partners create enterprise SOA awareness resulting in projects. By reading this article you will learn why and how we do it... Oleg Figlin in Beginner, Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, ERP, Service-Oriented Architecture, Composition Environment (CE), Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Beyond SAP, SAP Developer Network [Jul. 01, 2008 06:59 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

How to deal with heterogeneous eSOA Landscapes
In this blog we would like to share experiences and results of the Community Advisory Group (CAG) Heterogeneous enterprise SOA (eSOA) Landscapes that is conducted by SAP together with selected partners and customers. In regular face-to-face meetings and online workshops, the most urgent challenges were identified and consolidated in a set of five main topics. Then subprojects were set-up to work on the various topics. Here we would like to give an overview of the identified challenges and provide the current state of the project. Peter Kulka in Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Composition Environment (CE), Service-Oriented Architecture, Interoperability, Interoperability IBM, SAP Process Integration (PI), Standards [Jun. 04, 2008 01:34 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

Expanded SAP Community Network eLearning Section
We've taken down the antena and installed cable providing everyone with access to over 50 eLearning channels! Jason Lax in Business Process Expert, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Java Programming, Master Data Management (MDM), Mobile, Organizational Change Management, SAP Business One, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Visual Composer, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP Developer Network, ABAP, Analytics, Application Server, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Composition Environment (CE), CRM, Enterprise Performance Management, Enterprise Portal (EP), Web Dynpro [May. 19, 2008 05:27 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

Questions to SAP Support: Is ODBC access to the database a good idea?
You need your SAP data in another application? You want to do it quick and economic? Why not use ODBC? Read my blog and get the answers! Lars Breddemann in ABAP, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP Developer Network, Master Data Management (MDM), Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, Integration and Certification, Governance, Risk and Compliance, ERP, Business Solutions, Beyond SAP, Beginner, Application Server, SAP NetWeaver Platform [May. 19, 2008 05:05 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

The Atlantic Cruise (nautical roadmap to Lotus integration)
This blog describes how to get your systems shipshape in time for the planned project "Atlantic" launch at the end of this year. Alan Rickayzen in Interoperability IBM [Mar. 11, 2008 09:22 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Project Atlantic Announced: Lotus Notes Integration with SAP
Some good things take a long time coming but they're worth the wait. Today's announcement is a welcome move for SAP customers around the world committed to Lotus Notes as their groupware platform. Alan Rickayzen in Service-Oriented Architecture, Interoperability, Interoperability IBM [Jan. 21, 2008 08:11 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

IBM sees future in virtual worlds
Virtual worlds might change our future collaboration models and communication experiences Martin Guenther in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Interoperability IBM, Knowledge Management (KM), Virtual Worlds and 3D Web [Aug. 24, 2007 10:11 AM | 1 Comments | Permalink]

BPEL4People and BPEL podcast transcripts
* Updated blog - all transcripts are now available * There's been a sudden trickle of questions coming in about BPEL4People. I thought we'd answered them here in SDN, but it seems podcasting is not the only medium... Alan Rickayzen in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Composition Environment (CE), Interoperability, Interoperability IBM, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [Jun. 21, 2007 05:32 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

BPEL4People White Paper Overview
This podcast describes the BPEL4People joint white paper by SAP and IBM proposing an extension to the current WS-BPEL standard to simplify and help the consistency of enabling human interactions (such as decisions or knowledge-worker input) in BPEL processes. Alan Rickayzen in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Integration and Certification, Interoperability IBM, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards, Universal Worklist [Feb. 14, 2007 04:07 AM | 2 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

How-to-Guides for integrating the IBM Lotus Notes / Domino infrastructure with SAP XI.
In this web blog I try to present the ideas behind the Lotus Notes & SAP XI integration solutions and some integration implementations (projects). Xiang Zhang in Service-Oriented Architecture, Interoperability IBM, SAP Process Integration (PI) [Feb. 01, 2007 10:03 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

XI Customer Polling 2006 – Summary of Results
Some of you may have seen the call for action for the XI customer polling end of last year. With this blog, I like to thank all the customers and systems integrators for their participation and share some high level results with you. Swen Conrad in Business Process Expert, SAP Process Integration (PI), Interoperability IBM, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Solutions, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jan. 26, 2007 01:44 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

MainFrame and SAP Integration - The synchronous case
This weblog is about integrating MainFrame and SAP. Till now the most common was MQ Series with XI. This worked very well in asynchronous case, but required sync-async bridge in a synchronous one. This bridge worked 5-10 times longer .Here I present how to avoid this bridge. We will work with WBI and XI webservices. Dmitry Govberg in SAP Process Integration (PI), ABAP, Interoperability IBM [Dec. 20, 2006 12:04 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

BPEL in a Nutshell
This 10 minute 22 second podcast is the first in a series of recordings about BPEL, Business Process Execution Language. It gives a short introduction, covering the impact and use of BPEL without going into to details. If you want to add BPEL your vocabularly then this is for you. Alan Rickayzen in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), Interoperability IBM, Standards [Dec. 15, 2006 02:27 AM | 5 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

BPEL Glossary for Developers
Episode 2 in the BPEL podcast series. This podcast gives you an introduction to the important technical concepts behind BPEL by explaining the key terminology that is part of the BPEL specification. Ivana Trickovic in Interoperability, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [Nov. 28, 2006 07:26 PM | 5 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

How do I install Oracle 10.2 on IBM Linux on POWER?
SAP has released the Oracle Database Software for Linux running IBM's POWER^TM platform in the first half of 2006. Although this has come with much anticipation to the Linux community, it also has come with a few headaches. SAP's Development Support receives so many of the same questions that I thought a little how to would be in order. Patrick Hartman in Business Solutions, Interoperability, Interoperability IBM, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Emerging Technologies [Oct. 17, 2006 11:48 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

WS-I Sample Application Blog Series: WS-I Sample Application in action
This installment of the WS-I Sample Application Blog Series takes you through a detailed walkthrough of the user interface and will have a look at the advanced logging and monitoring features that are important for interoperability testing. Martin Raepple in Application Server, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [Aug. 22, 2006 05:48 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The WS-Metadata Exchange gets a face lift
The WS-Metadata Exchange specification gets a face lift to utilize WS-Transfer. Umit Yalcinalp in Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Standards, Emerging Technologies [Aug. 18, 2006 10:30 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

WS-I Sample Application Blog Series: Securing the WS-I Sample Application
As part of the WS-I Sample Application Blog series, this article solely focuses on the security requirements of the new WS-I BSP Sample Application and the utilization of the WS-Security Stack in SAP NetWeaver Web Application Server to implement the appropriate security measures. Martin Raepple in Application Server, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [Aug. 14, 2006 05:07 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

WS-I Sample Application Blog Series: Web Service Implementation Strategy
This installment of the WS-I Sample Application Blog Series provides background information about the implementation of the new BSP Sample Application as well as tips and tricks for Web Services Development in Java on the SAP NetWeaver 2004s platform. Martin Raepple in Application Server, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [Aug. 08, 2006 03:17 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Sometimes Legacy Integration is bizarre....
This blog is about legacy integration using EBCDIC file transfer Tobias Trapp in Interoperability IBM, ABAP [Aug. 05, 2006 03:45 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

You may need adequate protection
I talk about my experience in attending the first WS-Policy f2f meeting in Austin, TX. Umit Yalcinalp in Application Server, Service-Oriented Architecture, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Standards, Emerging Technologies [Aug. 02, 2006 06:26 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

What's new in SAP NetWeaver 7.0(2004s)? - An introduction to the functionality deltas and major changes
With the release of SAP NetWeaver 7.0(2004s), some significant changes have occurred. Being the platform for all the new SAP xxx 2005 business suite applications and next wave of enterprise SOA, there are a number of new technology goodies to be excited about. This weblog provides introductory information on what’s new and different in SAP NetWeaver 7.0 (2004s) with links to more detailed information. Michael Eacrett in ABAP, Interoperability IBM, Java Programming, Knowledge Management (KM), Master Data Management (MDM), Mobile, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP xApps, Emerging Technologies, Visual Composer, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability, Application Server, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Solutions, Organizational Change Management, Composition Environment (CE), Enterprise Portal (EP), Service-Oriented Architecture, Integration and Certification, Web Dynpro [Jun. 07, 2006 05:39 PM | 19 Comments | Permalink]

WS-I Sample App Blog Series: Download SAP "beta" Software
This blog describes how to download the "beta" WS-I Sample Application that runs on the SAP NetWeaver Application Server. This sample application implements both the WS-I Basic Profile and the WS-I Basic Security Profile and interoperates with solutions from IBM, Microsoft, Novell and Oracle. David Burdett in Application Server, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [May. 31, 2006 02:57 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

WS-Addressing Core and SOAP Binding specifications are now Recommendations, so why am I not really happy?
WS-Addressing Core and SOAP specifications are W3C Recommendations, but is it really enough for service enablement of applications? Where is the WSDL binding, really? This blogs looks at the issues in standardizing the WSDL binding specification for WS-Addressing. Umit Yalcinalp in Service-Oriented Architecture, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Emerging Technologies, Standards [May. 17, 2006 09:16 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

WS-Policy doesn't rock - it just runs smoothly
In parallel to the submission of WS-Policy to the W3C, a number or vendors recently got together at SAP headquarters to test the interoperability of their implementations. Claus von Riegen in Application Server, Service-Oriented Architecture, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Emerging Technologies, Standards [May. 08, 2006 02:53 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Found your chocolate egg?: WS-Policy is submitted to the w3c
W3C today announces the submission of WS-Policy and WS-PolicyAttachment specifications to w3c. Umit Yalcinalp in Service-Oriented Architecture, Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Emerging Technologies, Standards [Apr. 26, 2006 11:38 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

WS-I Sample App Blog Series: Basic Design Decisions
This blog describes the basic overview of SAP's implementation of the WS-I Sample Application using the SAP Netweaver Developer Studio and the various technological components available in it. Steve Winkler in Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [Mar. 30, 2006 04:51 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Waiting for the Easter Bunny
Recently, there has been quite a lot of activity in new web services specifications being published and revised. This blogs covers the recent developments if you have missed the publication of these specs. Umit Yalcinalp in Interoperability, Interoperability .NET, Interoperability IBM, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Emerging Technologies, Application Server, Standards [Mar. 30, 2006 03:07 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]