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SAP NetWeaver and SOA

In recent years many industry experts and vendors have promoted the use and product capabilities related to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).

In SAP’s case they have encapsulated their offering as Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (ESOA). For people not involved in this space on a day-to-day basis it can be difficult to cut through the technology barrier and understand what SOA is about, what advantages it can bring to an organisation and what SAP offers its customers.

This white paper discusses SOA in the context of business and the SAP environment in an attempt to assist our clients in gaining a fundamental understanding not just about SOA as a concept but a summary of how the various components of SAP’s NetWeaver technology support its use. This paper is not intended to provide a detailed theoretical discourse on SOA. There are many web sites and books that can provide this where additional depth of knowledge is required, including those listed in the Reference section at the end of this document.

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