SAP NetWeaver is a

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for many of

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. The

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, sometimes referred to as WebAS, is the

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for the SAP applications and all of the

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Business Suite runs on SAP WebAS: supplier relationship management (SRM),

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(CRM),

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(SCM),

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(PLM),

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(ERP),

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(TMS). The product is marketed as a

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for

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. It can be used for custom development and integration with other applications and systems, and is built primarily using the

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programming language, but also uses C, C++, and

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. It can also be extended with, and interoperate with, technologies such as Microsoft .NET,

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, and IBM

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History

The NetWeaver platform was a portal technology developed by

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i software company TopTier Software (founded in 1997), and which SAP acquired in 2001. The founder of TopTier Software,

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, joined SAP and was given responsibility for the company's overall technology strategy and execution. He initiated the development of the integration and application platform that became the NetWeaver platform. SAP announced the first release, NetWeaver 2004, in January 2003, and it was made available on March 31, 2004. NetWeaver 7.0, also known as 2004s, was made available on October 24, 2005. The latest available release is SAP NetWeaver 7.5 SP 19.SAP NetWeaver 7.5 SP 13
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* SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment (CE) * SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal (EP) * SAP NetWeaver Identity Management (IdM) * SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (MDM) * SAP NetWeaver Mobile * SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI) SAP has also worked with the computer hardware vendors HP, IBM,

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and

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(which was later acquired by

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) to deliver hardware and software for the deployment of NetWeaver components. Examples of these appliances include BW Accelerator and

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. Development tools for NetWeaver include ABAP Workbench (SE80), SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio (NWDS) based on

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for most of the Java part of the technology (Web Dynpro for Java, JEE, Java Dictionary, portal applications etc.),

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(NWDI) and Visual Composer.

SAP Central Process Scheduling

SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood (SAP CPS), is an event-driven process scheduler incorporated into

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components. SAP CPS is a component of SAP NetWeaver. It was designed to centrally automate and manage background processes and automate business applications running on SAP NetWeaver. These applications include SAP Solution Manager and SAP Closing Cockpit, which use the SAP CPS component with cross-system and non-SAP applications. SAP Business Process Automation (BPA) is a new rebranded solution that replaces SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood.

References

* Steffen Karch, Loren Heilig: ''SAP NetWeaver Roadmap.'' Galileo Press, 2005,

External links

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discussions, blogs, documents and videos on th
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History

SAP Central Process Scheduling

See also

References

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