Virtual SAP TechEd 2009 is here!
If you missed out on the education and technical updates from SAP TechEd 2009 event, check out Virtual SAP TechEd 2009. Over 30 sessions from SAP TechEd 2009 are now available and more will be released soon. Checkout the 2009 sessions! Siva Darivemula in ABAP, Business Objects, Business Process Expert, Business Suite 7, EcoHub, Professional Services, Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 19, 2009 11:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Slipstream - Live Dashboarding for SAP NetWeaver BPM (“Galaxy”)
One of the value propositions of an SOA is to combine and reuse services. BPM technology has finally come to a point where we are able to model large parts of these service-based processes rather than hiding them within applications. This also enables us to run analyses at any point within the process and visualize the results in real-time instead of implementing awkward hooks into the application code. Christian Janiesch in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 17, 2009 11:44 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Live Expert Session - TechEd Bangalore 2009 - CE BPM Get Connected!
Andrew Whitaker in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Composition Environment (CE), Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 15, 2009 03:54 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Optimized Supplier Spend Reporting
Organizations that suffer from fragmented supplier and material data hosted in data silos across systems can draw direct value from SAP’s capabilities for optimized supplier spend reporting. Markus Ganser in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, ERP, Master Data Management (MDM), SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 12, 2009 01:49 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

What is SAP Records Management
This blog is a brief introduction to SAP Records Management - content management & process management solution Pragya Pande in Beginner, Travel and Logistics Services, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Public Sector, Product Lifecycle Management, Knowledge Management (KM), Industrial Machinery and Components, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Utilities Industry [Nov. 10, 2009 08:55 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Releases Simple Sample Apps Using SAP NetWeaver BPM
SAP has released a new package of Simple Sample Applications using SAP NetWeaver BPM technology, available in the ES Workplace. With SAP NetWeaver BPM, customers can model, implement and execute their own practices as process steps, business rules and process flows according to an industry-standard notation. Thanks to SOA and enterprise services, interaction with running processes is easy since it‘s enabled via a multitude of individual, state-of-the-art user interfaces. Volker Haentjes in Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 09, 2009 08:27 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Release Recommendation for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration
This blog sets out SAP’s recommendation on which release of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP NetWeaver PI) customers should use. Udo Paltzer in Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP Process Integration (PI), Interoperability, Enhancement Packages [Nov. 08, 2009 11:49 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Building a SAP Mobile Strategy
So you want to build a mobile strategy but where do you start? Web based applications, Custom builds or using a platform like Sybase or Syclo? This blog goes some way to help you decide. John Appleby in Service-Oriented Architecture, Mobile [Nov. 08, 2009 04:15 PM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Café Innovation – How about an SAP App store?
In this age of people-centric technology, the iPhone revolution has brought about new business models and innovative ways in which people seek to conduct routine business. Fueling this is the availability of an increasing number of “apps” that are a result of a community-driven approach to make the mobile experience more meaningful. Enterprise application of this approach is picking up. Possibly, it is only a matter of time before we see a plethora of “apps” serving those that have enterprise needs – including those serviced by SAP functionality. Puneet K. Suppal in Beyond SAP, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP xApps, SAP Developer Network, Mobile, Enterprise Service Community, Emerging Technologies, Business Suite 7, Business Solutions, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Expert, Standards [Nov. 06, 2009 11:49 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

EHP 1 for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1: Available Adapters and Adapter Modules
This blog gives an overview of the available adapters and adapter modules for EHP 1 of SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1. Udo Paltzer in Integration and Certification, Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 06, 2009 06:59 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Mobile SAP Client (Android): android SAP Customer search client demo
Development of an android client for mobile phones, that searches for SAP ERP clients by name with the help of standard - out of the box - SAP web services. Thomas Schnocklake in ABAP, CRM, Emerging Technologies, ERP, Java Programming, Mobile, Open Source, Search, Service-Oriented Architecture [Nov. 06, 2009 02:26 AM | 13 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Enhance Your Business Process Productivity by Enhancing User Productivity. [Part 1]
Have you ever thought about, why most of the expensive and complex SAP implementations are failing to satisfy the end users. And to make them user friendly how much money is spent in rework. Follow this blog series to understand how low user productivity can directly hit the overall business productivity and also learn few solutions to resolve these problems. Mohid Khan in ABAP, Web Dynpro, Visual Composer, Universal Worklist, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Enterprise Portal (EP), Business Solutions, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Composition Environment (CE) [Nov. 06, 2009 02:22 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

EDI, SAP NetWeaver, eSOA and Cloud Computing
This article explores the problems custom EDI integration scripts cause companies and how SAP's new eSOA and cloud computing approach to EDI means to resolve it. Kevin Benedict in Aerospace and Defense, Mining and Metal, Oil and Gas, Procurement and SRM, Retail, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture, Travel and Logistics Services, Utilities Industry, Manufacturing, Life Sciences, Integration and Certification, Automotive, Banking, Business Suite 7, Chemicals, Consumer Products, ERP, Healthcare, Industrial Machinery and Components, Insurance, Wholesale Distribution [Nov. 05, 2009 08:08 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Agile Is A Journey
This Blog on Agile SAP Development focusses on the cultural challenges involved when a more rapid approach to deliver good quality software is chosen. Michael Koch in Composition Environment (CE), SAP Developer Network, Ranting, ERP, Enterprise Service Community, Emerging Technologies, Careers, Application Server, Visual Composer, Service-Oriented Architecture, Standards [Oct. 31, 2009 04:16 PM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

How to Consume an Inbound Backend Web Service in NWDS/Jboss environment
The web services provided by SAP systems might be consumed in non SAP platform (Jboss, IBM Websphere ...). This weblog shows all steps which are required to consume a web service provided by a SAP backend system. The client is generated in Netweaver Developer Studio (NWDS). The project is deployed and tested in Jboss platform. Abdelmorhit El Rhazi in Eclipse, Enterprise Service Community, Java Programming, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 30, 2009 12:40 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

My new BPM experience, a process automation
This is my new blog about my experience as a student developing a process automation of a supply process using BPM for my grade work. sirnejo in Service-Oriented Architecture, Visual Composer, University Alliances Message Board, Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Careers, Higher Education, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Web Dynpro [Oct. 30, 2009 10:01 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Consuming SOAP Web Services with Android
Consuming SOAP Web Services with Android Pierre DOMINIQUE in Java Programming, Mobile, Open Source, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 30, 2009 08:05 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

10 Tips for a successful SAP iPhone app
Writing iPhone apps for SAP is a minefield of new technology. This blog cuts through some of the common misnomers and tries to guide prospective developers and architects in the right direction. John Appleby in Mobile, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 30, 2009 08:05 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

ASUG Webcast: How to Implement Secure A2A and B2B Scenarios Using SAP NetWeaver
A reminder on the ASUG webcast tomorrow on "How to Implement Secure A2A and B2B Scenarios Using SAP NetWeaver" Srini Tanikella in Application Server, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Security, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 27, 2009 10:20 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

A new feature in NetWeaver PI:Message Protocol XI 3.0 in SOAP Adapter
Makoto Sugishita in SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 23, 2009 02:37 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

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]

Key messages of TechEd 2009
This year my company decided to visit the TechEd in the USA (again), which gives me the chance now to write about the key messages of the TechEd still before the European and Asian versions. I would like to share our impressions. If you don’t have the chance to visit TechEd this year, this blog should give some starting points for further reading, if you are going to visit Vienna, Shanghai or Bangalore, then this short summary can orientate you and help not to miss something really important. Tamas Szirtes in Business Intelligence (BI), Visual Composer, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP TechEd, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Interoperability, Enterprise Portal (EP), Business Rules Management, Business Process Management, Business Objects, Web Dynpro [Oct. 20, 2009 02:50 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Counterfeiting in Peru - Risks to Public Security and to Global Business
Counterfeiting of currency in Peru can provide clues to security and business risks across multiple industries and borders. Anthony McKinney in Business Intelligence (BI), Business Solutions, Composition Environment (CE), Defense, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Public Sector, Service-Oriented Architecture, Sustainability [Oct. 18, 2009 03:37 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Trust Architecture for Securely Shared Services: The TAS3 project
Towards a Trusted Internet ! Citizens must be empowered to manage their personal data, understand who and how it is being used, and moreover know that they won't be lost or exploited by any unauthorised and untrusted party. In this blog entry, we present the TAS3 project addressing this topic. Magali Seguran in Security, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP Research [Oct. 13, 2009 10:27 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The SOA Restaurant
The following weblog is an attempt to explain SOA(Service Oriented Architecture) in a lighter vein, using an anology between SOA and a restaurent. This blog can be useful to understand the rather absract nature of the concept SOA. Ravi Kanth Talagana in Beginner, Beyond SAP, Business Process Management, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 12, 2009 03:25 PM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Guideline for Best-Built Applications: One short sentence with huge implications
This blog discusses one of the recommendations you'll find in the "Best Built Applications" document: what does it mean to develop loosely coupled, asynchronous applications. Volker Stiehl in Business Process Expert, Composition Environment (CE), Enterprise Service Community, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 12, 2009 03:20 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Live Expert Sessions for you! Presented by IPNW RIG: Learn how 'PI makes Java with ABAP easier'
Live Expert Session on bridging gap between ABAP backend and PI Java Charu Goel in Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 09, 2009 01:57 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Inside Track Eindhoven: The TechEd XPerience
Are you planning to visit SAP TechEd and afraid to miss anything that does not fit into your personal agenda? Join us at SAP Inside Track Eindhoven. tbroek in ABAP, Visual Composer, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP TechEd, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Enterprise Portal (EP), Composition Environment (CE), Community Day, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Business Intelligence (BI), Web Dynpro [Oct. 08, 2009 06:35 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Micro Applications – The Idea Who’s Time Has Come!
MicroApps and Gadgets/Widgets Vaidy Iyer in Emerging Technologies, Service-Oriented Architecture, Widgets [Oct. 07, 2009 02:36 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Become part of the SAP BPM strategy!
Want to make your voice heard on BPM? Meet head of SAP BPM solution management Wolfgang Hilpert and his team at TechEd Phoenix to discuss and influence direction of SAP's BPM products. Harald Nehring in Business Process Expert, Visual Composer, Universal Worklist, Standards, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP TechEd, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, SAP Business Workflow, Eclipse, Composition Environment (CE), Business Suite 7, Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Web Dynpro [Oct. 07, 2009 02:29 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Business Rules Framework plus at TechEd 2009
The blog is about the one hour lecture about BRFplus (CD106) at TechEd 2009. In more detail, in this blog the agenda of the lecture session is shown and there is the offer to meet the BRFplus experts at TechEd. Carsten Ziegler in ABAP, SAP TechEd, SAP Business Workflow, Public Sector, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 06, 2009 06:23 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Building Extensible Composite Applications with SAP
In today's blog post I present my upcoming book "Building Extensible Composite Applications with SAP" and its content. I talk about my writing experience and the reasons that drove me to put my level of technical writing to the next level. I'd love to get in contact with my readers and since it all started with SDN, what could be a better place for that... Matthias Steiner in Application Server, Composition Environment (CE), Interoperability, Java Programming, SAP Developer Network, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 05, 2009 01:46 PM | 2 Comments | 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]

Generating WSDL/SOAP URL on PI 7.1
This blog explains the new method of generating SOAP URL and WSDL file in PI 7.1. You can also generate a WSDL URL. There is a big change since XI 3.0 and PI 7.0 Vikas Aggarwal in SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 05, 2009 08:17 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Model-driven Runtime Monitoring of Service-Oriented Architectures – The MASTER Project Part II
In this blog entry, we continue our presentation of the benefits that the EU MASTER project brings to companies in the area of compliance. In particular, we explain the methodology and translation process from constraints and control objectives that are defined at an high-level of abstraction towards languages used to configure runtime components in the MASTER architecture. Theodoor SCHOLTE in Business Process Management, Governance, Risk and Compliance, SAP Research, Security, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 03, 2009 09:43 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

The New Discovery System v4 at TechEd Phoenix 09
Want to hear about the new SAP Discovery System version 4 first hand? Come meet us at TechEd Phoneix either at the hands-on workshops or at the Expert Networking Sessions. Itai Sadan in Business Intelligence (BI), Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP Solution Manager, SAP MaxDB and liveCache, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, Java Programming, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Objects, Web Dynpro [Oct. 02, 2009 07:48 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

SOA References at TechEd 2009
This blog is about the one hour lecture "SOA References" at TechEd 2009. In more detail, in this lecture I'll present real life examples where customers use SAP's SOA infrastructure, namely mostly SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1, but also SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment 7.1. Udo Paltzer in Composition Environment (CE), Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 02, 2009 06:39 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

How to lower the entry barrier for SAP NetWeaver PI: TechEd 2009 Lecture
This blog is about the one hour lecture "Lower the Entry Barrier for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration" at TechEd 2009. Udo Paltzer in Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 02, 2009 05:19 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration Roadmap at TechEd 2009
This blog is about the one hour lecture "SAP NetWeaver Process Integration Roadmap" at TechEd 2009. Udo Paltzer in Composition Environment (CE), Enterprise Service Community, Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 02, 2009 02:08 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

A Home for Data Stewards - Strategy Session at SAP TechEd 09, Phoenix
SAP TechEd '09, Phoenix features an interesting strategy roundtable about data stewardship and data governance in the context of SAP information management solutions such as SAP BusinessObjects Data Services and SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management. Markus Ganser in Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, Business Process Management, Master Data Management (MDM), SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 02, 2009 01:16 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SOA Design Considerations - Asynchronous vs Synchronous Communication
This blog will give design consideration for choosing Asynchronous vs Synchronous method of Communication when designing Web Services and PI based interfaces. Vikas Aggarwal in SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Oct. 01, 2009 02:02 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Let's Talk PI... AAE - Advanced Adapter Engine or the "Answer to Accelerated Execution" - You Decide!
At SAP TechEd 2009 in Phoenix and Vienna, come join us at the Expert Networking Lounge (centrally located at the Clubhouse) where we can take a look "under the hood" of PI and AAE and have an interactive discussion of why you must take advantage of the Advanced Adapter Engine. Jin Shin in Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 30, 2009 10:40 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

REST-orientation: Controlling access to resources
Exposing data and functions from SAP in a Resource Orientated Architecture (ROA) approach (i.e. following REST principles) is extremely powerful. But that power must be matched with control. In this weblog post, I explain how I achieve the right level of granular access control for the resources served by my new REST handler/dispatcher for the ICF. DJ Adams in ABAP, Application Server, Integration and Certification, Open Source, Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 30, 2009 06:36 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Usability Test Center at SAP TechEd Vienna
SAP Usability Test Center at SAP TechEd Vienna has opened for registration usability test persons Martin Hofmann in Business Intelligence (BI), Service-Oriented Architecture, Security, SAP TechEd, SAP Solution Manager, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Product Lifecycle Management, Organizational Change Management, Knowledge Management (KM), Java Programming, Enterprise Portal (EP), Eclipse, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Expert, Web Dynpro [Sep. 30, 2009 05:19 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Teched09: SOA Middleware track Hand's on session- SOA265
Prasad Illapani in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP TechEd, Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 29, 2009 04:09 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Agile SAP: VCD session slides and feedback
Replay, slides and discussion during VCD session on Agile SAP. tbroek in Business Process Expert, Community Day, Service-Oriented Architecture, Webinars [Sep. 29, 2009 12:41 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Co-Innovation Lab Architecture Series: Partner-delivered Enterprise Services - Summary (Final Part)
This summary of the Architecture Lecture provides you an overview about alle the deliverables within the series and a structured approach on how you can build your own SAP methodology compliant services. Joachim von Goetz in Beginner, SAP Developer Network, Partnership, Enterprise Service Community, Enhancement Packages, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Expert, Service-Oriented Architecture, Co-Innovation Lab, Beyond SAP, Standards [Sep. 23, 2009 05:28 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Google Wave Demo: Creating a service request
Google Wave will be interesting for enterprises to use. This blogs shows one example, where Wave can be used to enhance customer experience and processing time. Daniel Graversen in Composition Environment (CE), Enterprise Service Community, Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 22, 2009 01:14 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

A new REST handler / dispatcher for the ICF
In implementing a REST-orientated HTTP-based application in SAP, I found myself wanting something slightly different from what the ICF framework offered me in terms of handling and dispatching requests. So I built it. DJ Adams in ABAP, Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Python, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Scripting Languages, Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 21, 2009 06:42 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Integration Trends ( Early1990s - 2009 )
This blog will talk about the Various integration Models & Trends that SAP had followed till date. Swarup Sawant in Business Process Management, Composition Environment (CE), SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Sep. 20, 2009 06:50 PM | 4 Comments | Permalink]