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by Karl Kessler, SAP AG SAPinsider Emerging technologies -- mobile applications, cloud computing, and in-memory-based solutions -- are providing new ways for companies to design and implement custom applications on a variety of platforms and frameworks. This column provides an overview of SAP's strategy for supporting these trends and accelerating innovation, and explains how SAP NetWeaver helps you meet your custom development needs in all of these areas of innovation.
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by Anne Hardy and David Brutman, SAP SAPinsider Software today affects nearly every aspect of our lives, a fact that is shining the spotlight on developers and putting them in an influential position. To further support these developers, SAP has initiated new programs to inspire developers, enable new technology adoption, and facilitate an easy, targeted, and open development experience. In this article, you'll learn more about the first of these programs: the SAP Developer Center.
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by Andrew Cabanski-Dunning, SAP SAPinsider User interfaces (UIs) are supposed to be easy to use, yet managing all the UI options out there can seem complicated to many companies. This installment of the “User Experience” column discusses factors that explain this complexity, presents SAP’s “core and extensions” approach to UIs, and looks at UI options that best serve the three main types of SAP users—the frequent user, the occasional user, and the unique user.
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by Aiaz Kazi, SAP SAPinsider In the last decade, SAP NetWeaver technology has continuously evolved as customer requirements have changed. This article offers a quick overview of the SAP NetWeaver platform’s main technical capabilities, and then hails the three “new horizons”: mobility, cloud, and in-memory computing. Uncover the possibilities that these horizons create, the new types of applications that can be built because of them, and how they will improve today’s enterprises.
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by Karl Kessler, SAP AG SAPinsider What makes SAP NetWeaver Application Server unique? Besides the fact that it is the foundation and runtime environment for nearly 90% of SAP solutions, it has important new features that address customer needs in the areas of TCO, lifecycle management, user interface strategy, embedded analytics, development, administration, and security. This article discusses those features, with a focus on the enhancements that help developers and administrators support SAP Business Suite users.
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by Adi Kavaler, SAP SAPinsider Imagine a world where SAP customers, partners, and the broader developer community can deliver innovative applications that connect to SAP software through interactive web experiences and social environments, as well as through mobile and tablet devices. The new SAP NetWeaver Gateway technology makes that world a reality. This article provides an overview of the architecture, explores what it means for developers, and explains how early adopters are benefiting from it.
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by Dr. Marco Lenck, DSAG SAPinsider The technology department within the German-Speaking SAP User Group (DSAG) is working to get customers the information and tools they need to evaluate and succeed with new technologies, such as cloud computing and in-memory analytics. In this Q&A, DSAG's Dr. Marco Lenck answers key questions about the department's activities and goals.
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by Ira Berk, SAP SAPinsider Improved user interfaces have helped transform portals into effective application deployment vehicles and full-featured collaboration hubs. This article explores how SAP has enhanced the functionality of its own SAP NetWeaver Portal solution to help end users, developers, and administrators take advantage of the portal revolution.
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by Michael Stamback and Eduardo Chiocconi, SAP SAPinsider New market opportunities, increased competition, and the need to comply with internal and external regulations are forcing businesses to constantly evolve. This article takes a look at SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration — which blends SAP NetWeaver BPM, SAP NetWeaver BRM, and SAP NetWeaver PI — a solution designed to help companies keep up with these rapid changes and provide a foundation to generate better business and IT alignment.
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by Regine Schimmer and Gerlinde Zibulski, SAP SAPinsider SAP NetWeaver ID Management is an important tool for any customer working to manage users' access to applications while also meeting audit and compliance requirements. This article explores the tool's latest release — 7.2 — and delves into some of the new features and functionality that readers can look forward to.
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