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]

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]

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]

SAP Systems landscape design, Is it an art or simply an insanity?
SAP Systems Landscape Design - Available tools. Hong Gun Cho in Application Server, Enhancement Packages, Interoperability, Product Lifecycle Management, Run SAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Solution Manager, SAP TechEd [Nov. 06, 2009 02:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Missed SAP TechEd 2009? Get 130+ sessions with Virtual SAP TechEd
If you missed out on the education and networking opportunities from SAP TechEd 2009 event, consider getting the next best alternative: Virtual SAP TechEd now available at 20% discount till December 31, 2009. Siva Darivemula in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Product Lifecycle Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Interoperability, Integration and Certification, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Enterprise Performance Management, EcoHub, CRM, Business Suite 7, Business Process Management, Business Objects, Business Intelligence (BI), Banking, Automotive, Application Server, SAP TechEd [Nov. 05, 2009 01:27 PM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

On SDN Code Exchange, Open Source and Free Software
The main objective of this blog is to contextualize the various announcements we have made today: SAP joining the Apache communities and extending our commitment to open source technologies, and the announcement of SAP Code Exchange and the SAP NetWeaver Developer Licenses. Michael Bechauf in ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Developer Network, Open Source, Interoperability, Eclipse, Composition Environment (CE), Community Projects, Application Server, Standards [Oct. 27, 2009 07:26 PM | 9 Comments | Permalink]

Automate Web Application Testing with Selenium for ABAP
Due to a cold I'm not able to compete in the SAP TechEd 2009 Demo Jam, Vienna. But here you find all the downloads required to run Selenium for ABAP. Gregor Wolf in ABAP, SAP TechEd, SAP Solution Manager, Open Source, JavaScript, Interoperability, CRM, Community Day, Application Server, Web Dynpro [Oct. 27, 2009 07:48 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

Usability tests for SAP's technology tools
SAP Usability Test Center, SAP User Experience, usability, SAP TechEd, SAP TechEd Vienna, UI design Martin Hofmann in Analytics, Universal Worklist, SAP TechEd, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Business Workflow, Product Lifecycle Management, Java Programming, Interoperability, Integration and Certification, Enterprise Portal (EP), Eclipse, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Business Intelligence (BI), Beginner, Web Dynpro [Oct. 22, 2009 10:23 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Wave, Web Dynpro, and the Magic Glue: Google Wave and Web Dynpro Integration Part 1
Google Wave is here, and many active contributors from SCN have been swarming all over it, using it, experimenting, programming against its API, and discussing possible use cases and their business value. I have been working on the topic of Web Dynpro integration: How can we integrate waves and Web Dynpro? And what does this mean for the future of enterprise software? Thorsten Franz in Application Server, Visual Composer, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Ranting, Interoperability, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Emerging Technologies, Composition Environment (CE), Business Suite 7, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Expert, Beyond SAP, Web Dynpro [Oct. 21, 2009 02:58 PM | 12 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]

Join my Expert Networking Sessions at SAP TechEd 09 Vienna - RESCHEDULED
Are you making the final arrangements for your trip to SAP TechEd 2009 in Vienna? I look forward to this exciting event which is, for me, the highlight of the SAP year. Please join me for two open discussion events in the Clubhouse networking lounge on Web Dynpro as OpenSource and Custom Development with SAP NetWeaver. Note: I had to reschedule both sessions - the updates times are in the blog. Thorsten Franz in ABAP, Application Server, Beyond SAP, Community Day, Composition Environment (CE), Interoperability, Java Programming, Web Dynpro [Oct. 20, 2009 07:21 AM | 0 Comments | 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]

Clear and concise recommendations from SAP have arrived (finally)
SAP is providing you with clear and concise recommendations. You don't want to miss them Dagfinn Parnas in Business Solutions, Interoperability, SAP TechEd, Security, Standards [Oct. 13, 2009 06:05 PM | 0 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]

Web Dynpro as OpenSource: Built on NetWeaver, Runs Everywhere
Should Web Dynpro Java become OpenSource software? What’s in it for customers, partners, and SAP? A lively discussion is going on about these topics – here is my take on it. Thorsten Franz in Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Composition Environment (CE), Interoperability, Java Programming, Ranting, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd, Web Dynpro [Oct. 07, 2009 03:41 PM | 6 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]

SAP NetWeaver Server Adapter for Eclipse
Have you ever wanted developing Java EE applications for the SAP NetWeaver platform using just an ordinary Eclipse IDE? Until now you were bound to the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio - even when developing standard applications that are targeted for deployment on the SAP NetWeaver platform. This dependency is now broken with the introduction of the SAP NetWeaver Server Adapter for Eclipse. Kaloyan Raev in Application Server, Beginner, Composition Environment (CE), Eclipse, Interoperability, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI) [Oct. 03, 2009 09:38 AM | 1 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]

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]

Basic Requirements for an EDI System in an SAP Environment
Seven basic requirements that I consider critical in selecting an EDI subsystem. Emmanuel Hadzipetros in ABAP, Beginner, ERP, Integration and Certification, Interoperability, Standards, Ranting [Sep. 30, 2009 08:13 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Design thinking, portals and UI: the Redmonk perspective and the Facebook disease
Design Thinking is a relatively new topic within the SAP ecosystem but one upon which Redmonk's James Governor is putting a placeholder to a future discussion. This video outlines James' current thinking. Dennis Howlett in Enterprise Portal (EP), Interoperability, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, Visual Composer, Web Dynpro [Sep. 11, 2009 08:50 AM | 3 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Gravity – Collaborative Business Process Modelling within Google Wave
Gravity is a prototype developed by SAP Research in Brisbane, Australia and SAP NetWeaver Development providing real-time, cloud-based collaborative business process modelling within Google Wave. Google Wave is Google's new real-time collaboration platform that combines features of e-mail, social networking, wikis and instant messaging in one integrated browser-based client. Alexander Dreiling in Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Business Rules Management, Composition Environment (CE), Consumer Products, Enterprise Service Community, Insurance, Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Research, Business Process Expert [Sep. 02, 2009 11:56 PM | 38 Comments | Download Media | Permalink]

Twitter as a potential notification tool for SAP
Here is an interesting approach to use Twitter as a notification tool by integrating it with your Portfolio Management processes using SAP RPM and Collaboration Projects. Vivek Pandey in ABAP, Application Server, Beyond SAP, Eclipse, Interoperability, Java Programming, Product Lifecycle Management, Professional Services, SAP xApps [Aug. 27, 2009 10:02 AM | 6 Comments | Permalink]

Composition in the Cloud: Run your own SAP NetWeaver CE 7.1 EHP 1 in the cloud (Part 1 of 3)
Are you curious about cloud computing or composition but haven't gotten around to trying it? This step-by-step blog guides you through the setup of a complete SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment trial installation in the cloud. Following the instructions, you’ll get both a CE system on the internet and valuable first-hand experience with cloud computing. Thorsten Franz in Application Server, Sustainability, Java Programming, Interoperability, Emerging Technologies, Composition Environment (CE), Business Rules Management, Business Process Management, Business Process Expert, Beyond SAP, Visual Composer [Aug. 22, 2009 05:15 AM | 5 Comments | Permalink]

Unrestricted shipment of SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1 as of July 31, 2009
This blog is about the key benefits and functions provided with SAP enhancement package 1 for SAP NetWeaver Process Integration 7.1. This enhancement package is in unrestricted shipment since July 31, 2009. Udo Paltzer in Enhancement Packages, Integration and Certification, Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Aug. 12, 2009 12:48 AM | 10 Comments | Permalink]

OpenID comes to SAP
SAP is becoming an OpenID Provider - read about it here, and claim your OpenID name at http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/updateprofile Darren Hague in Interoperability, SAP Developer Network [Aug. 05, 2009 05:59 AM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

TechEd 09: ECM Technology Roadmap of SAP NetWeaver (UP101)
This is a short blog about the upcoming TechEd session UP101 on the ECM technology roadmap of SAP NetWeaver. Christopher Kaestner in Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP TechEd [Jul. 31, 2009 03:49 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Increasing disruptive and radical innovation through Co-Innovation
Increasing co-innovation with the SAP ecosystem. David Cruickshank in Beyond SAP, Emerging Technologies, Co-Innovation Lab, Interoperability [Jul. 21, 2009 10:31 AM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

BPMN 2.0 transferred to OMG
SAP, and other technology and service providers, contributed a proposal for BPMN 2.0 to OMG Ivana Trickovic in Business Process Expert, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling, Interoperability, SAP Process Integration (PI), Standards [Jul. 13, 2009 09:58 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Worldwide Sensor Data Monitoring
In order to demonstrate the feasibility of integrating sensor nodes with SAP technology, SAP Research France stepped up to build a demo dashboard based on technologies (Event Driven Business Intelligent, and Xcelsius® software ) that integrates IP-based sensor nodes across all types of global physical networks, including IPv6 and IPv4. Laurent Gomez in Business Objects, Interoperability, Standards, SAP Research [Jul. 08, 2009 02:56 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Process Integration Handbook Available Now!
This blog introduces the new "Process Integration Handbook". Peter Gutsche in Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Process Integration (PI), Service-Oriented Architecture [Jun. 29, 2009 04:04 AM | 11 Comments | Permalink]

Configure BOBJ AC 5.3 CUP that workflows only appear if violations detected
Objective is to explain the configuration steps in BusinessObjects Access Control Compliant User Provisioning (CUP) to have a workflow which only need manual approval if the risk analysis found violations for the request. All other requests will be approved automatically. Frank Bannert in Business Objects, Business Process Expert, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Identity Management, Interoperability [Jun. 19, 2009 09:44 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Using MySQL with SAP JPA Persistence (3): Program, expose, and test an Entity
In the third part of the blog series about using MySQL with SAP Composition Environment, we will develop the actual JPA Entity, write an EJB 3.0 Stateless Session Bean, expose it through a web service, and test it. Thorsten Franz in Application Server, Beginner, Composition Environment (CE), Interoperability, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Jun. 04, 2009 05:17 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Enforcing Security in Smart Homes using Security Patterns
Tenants' top priority is the feeling of living safely and securely in their traditional as well as smart homes. While walls provided the right for privacy in traditional homes, providing privacy in smart homes need to be addressed on a stronger footing! In this blog entry we present a socio-technical security solution, captured as security pattern, for providing privacy in smart homes as part of a telemedicine prototype presented at the Information Communication Technology and published in the International Journal on Smart Homes. Paul EL KHOURY in Healthcare, Interoperability, SAP Research, Security, Service-Oriented Architecture [May. 25, 2009 01:13 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Why SAP chooses Adobe technology on top of their applications.
The best ever additional tools for SAP Enterprise Application development have been created by Adobe. SAP Interactive Forms, Adobe Flash Islands for Web Dynpro, Web Dynpro Flex generated code of Visual Composer, SAP Business Objects xCelsius and SAP Acrobat Connect applications by Adobe are all based on products of the Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite Platform. These tools are optimized to build Online Rich Internet applications and offline desktop application uniformly. This will keep development cost at a minimum. This article will tell the background for building first class Enterprise applications on top of SAP. Robert Eijpe in ABAP, Visual Composer, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe, Interoperability, ERP, Business Process Expert, Business Objects, Beyond SAP, Analytics, Web Dynpro [May. 14, 2009 07:50 AM | 4 Comments | Permalink]

Internet of Services + Internet of Things? Internet of Objects!
Let us see where we can go if we want to merge Internet of Things and Internet of Services. Let us be bolder than the current trend of exposing sensors and applications as services. We scratch here the surface of what it would mean to enable the accessibility of any object (virtual or physical) via the internet through universally adopted web technologies. Cedric Ulmer in Beyond SAP, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP Research, Ruby, Public Sector, Mobile, Interoperability, Enterprise Service Community, Emerging Technologies, Business Objects, Standards [May. 08, 2009 05:09 PM | 2 Comments | Permalink]

Using MySQL with SAP JPA Persistence (2): Setting up the DCs
In the second part of this blog series about developing a simple JPA-based Java Enterprise application usíng MySQL as database system, we set up the development components, add project facets for JPA programming, and maintain deployment descriptors. Thorsten Franz in Application Server, Beginner, Composition Environment (CE), Interoperability, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Standards [May. 03, 2009 12:33 AM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

ADS Hub - Central Installation of Adobe Document Services
The ADS hub is a concept defining rules to share a central ADS instance between multiple SAP systems. Andreas Deutesfeld in Interoperability, SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe [Apr. 27, 2009 05:40 AM | 15 Comments | Permalink]

Validation and Virtualization of SAP Enterprise SOA Applications with iTKO LISA
Testing SOA components and landscapes Joerg Nalik in Beyond SAP, Business Suite 7, Community Projects, Composition Environment (CE), Emerging Technologies, Interoperability, Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 23, 2009 03:55 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Are there still use cases for direct RFC calls?
A few days ago, I concluded a blog series called "ABAP Calls Java via RFC", prompting an inquiry by a fellow SCN member who asked why I was writing about RFCs between ABAP and Java in the first place. Should he not use PI and forget about direct RFCs? Yes and no, or “Jein”, as we say in German. Thorsten Franz in ABAP, SAP Process Integration (PI), SAP NetWeaver Platform, Java Programming, Interoperability, Enterprise Service Community, Composition Environment (CE), Business Process Modeling, Business Process Expert, Application Server, Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 23, 2009 05:25 AM | 7 Comments | Permalink]

SAP Co-Innovation Lab Architecture Series: Partner-delivered Enterprise Service - Introduction (Part 1)
Introducing the SAP Co-Innovation Lab Architecture Series: Partner-delivered Enterprise Service Joachim von Goetz in Beyond SAP, Business Process Expert, Enterprise Service Community, Interoperability, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Service-Oriented Architecture, Co-Innovation Lab [Apr. 21, 2009 05:29 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Turning ABAP classes into Web Services
Modern ABAP development makes extensive use of classes, but the web service wizard only works on the old RFCs. What role do classes play in web service development? Peter Chapman in ABAP, Interoperability, SAP Developer Network, Service-Oriented Architecture [Apr. 20, 2009 01:03 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

ABAPers, Should You Jump the CE train?
SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment is advancing, but is the market ready for you, dear fellow ABAPer, to jump the CE train? In this blog, I share my idle and baseless speculations about future adoption of the platform, which skill-increasing investments might work, and how to get started with CE. Thorsten Franz in ABAP, Visual Composer, Universal Worklist, Service-Oriented Architecture, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Java Programming, Interoperability, ERP, Enterprise Portal (EP), Composition Environment (CE), Business Process Expert, Beginner, Application Server, Web Dynpro [Apr. 19, 2009 03:47 PM | 18 Comments | Permalink]

ABAP Calls Java via RFC (5): Configure the Connection and Run
The final part of the series shows how to configure the Java and the ABAP system to speak to each other through the SAP Gateway, and call the RFC module from ABAP. Thorsten Franz in ABAP, Application Server, Beginner, Composition Environment (CE), ERP, Interoperability, Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform [Apr. 12, 2009 10:06 AM | 16 Comments | Permalink]

Using MySQL with SAP JPA Persistence (1): Install and Configure
In this multi-part blog series we will develop a simple JPA-based Java Enterprise application that uses MySQL as its database system. The series walks you through downloading and configuring, programming, deploying, testing the application and finally adding some more advanced features. Thorsten Franz in Application Server, Composition Environment (CE), Java Programming, SAP NetWeaver Platform, Beginner, Interoperability, Open Source, Standards [Apr. 11, 2009 12:21 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]

Open Cloud Analytics , the future?
Open Cloud Computing and its impact on analytics. Gokul Muthuswamy in Analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Emerging Technologies, Interoperability [Apr. 10, 2009 04:25 AM | 3 Comments | Permalink]

Implementing e-Invoicing
In these times of economic uncertainty, there are many reasons a company may want to implement e-Invoicing processes with both their suppliers and their customers. Olaf Schrader in Business Process Management, Interoperability [Mar. 30, 2009 10:32 PM | 0 Comments | Permalink]