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SAP NetWeaver Product Management
SAP NetWeaver Portal:A glimpse on new featuresfor collaboration, contentand communities
Released to customersJune 2007
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From Operational Efficiency to Competitive Differentiation
CompetitiveDifferentiation
Business ProcessReengineering
+SAP R/3
OperationalEfficiency
Business NetworkTransformation
+Enterprise SOA
1990s 2000s 2010s
Source: SAPPHIRE 2007 keynote Henning Kagermann
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Business Network Transformation
Business Network has becomethe primary source of new differentiation
Source: SAPPHIRE 2007 keynote Henning Kagermann
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A New Layer Complementary to Automation is Required
Enabling Collaboration Across the Network in theContext of Business Processes and Events
Web 2.0 concepts being embraced by enterprises
Source: SAPPHIRE 2007 keynote Henning Kagermann
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Consumerization:An Internet ‘Trend’ Makes it into Enterprises
& Co
Enterprise 1.0:Robustness & Efficiency
Web 2.0:Usability & Communities
Enterprise 2.0:“We want both !”
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Information & Knowledge Worker Emergence
Services Goods Data KnowledgeType of Worker
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
Percent Composition of U.S. Employment by type of worker, 1950–2000
Source: Communications of the ACM, October 2005/Vol. 48, No. 10, Edward N. Wolff, Data extracted from decennial U.S. censuses 1950-2000
‘Knowledge / information workers’ will become themain user group in your organization
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SAP Applications for Information WorkersFor everyone, everyday
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SAP NetWeaver User ExperienceFlexible Access Channels for Best Effectiveness
Access anywhere, any wayExtended work environmentsCommon UI servicesCommon administration
Web 2.0 for enterprisesCommunities create valueCollaboration increases productivityEnriched with enterprise data
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SAP’s Answer in the Portal Realm:New Features for Collaboration, Content Mgmt. and Communities
Collaboration PortalRich collaboration features– Workspaces– Forums– Wikis– Collaborative tagging
Social network capabilitiesIntuitive capabilities for leanweb content managementUser interface extreme makeover3rd party integration– MS Sharepoint 2007– Real-time collaboration vendors
Governance & monitoringBased on SAP NetWeaver 7.0
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SAP NetWeaver Collaboration Portal
SAP NetWeaver Collaboration Portal: Building Blocks
Collaboration portal is anadd-on to an existingSAP NetWeaver 7.0portal infrastructure
Content Management &Governance
CollaborationServices
(Forums, Wikis …)
Tagging &Search
MyWork-space
Third-PartyIntegration
& Connectivity
SocialNetwork
Lean Administration & Operations
TeamWork-spaces
Corp.Site
The collaboration portal provides all services for business usersto jointly access, create and share information.
It is based on the proven portal infrastructure and embeddedinto the corporate business application landscape.
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Collaboration Portal: Focus Areas
CollaborationPortal
Technology
3
ContentCreation
Capabilities
2
UsabilityEnhancements
1
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Collaboration Portal: Focus Areas
CollaborationPortal
Technology
3
ContentCreation
Capabilities
2
UsabilityEnhancements
1
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Dynamic Portal Navigation:Accelerated and More Intuitive
Live demo in SAP’s Corporate Portal:https://portal.wdf.sap.corp/irj/portal/light
New portal navigation
Fast and intuitivenavigation in top-level anddetailed navigationPersonalized selection ofrolesCompatible with existingportal rolesAJAX-based(Asynchronous Javascript & XML)
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Next Generation Collaboration Rooms:Greatly Improved Usability & Performance
Team WorkspacesNext generationcollaboration roomsComplete user interfacemakeoverDrag & Drop for documentcheck-in and room adaptationFaster navigationEasier setup and managementBetter MS Office integrationBased on standard portalfunctionality
Demo
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New Discussion Forums:Intuitive Build-up of a User Community
Discussion ForumsIntuitive user interfaceintegrated into the portalSupport for moderatedforumsSearch and emailnotification on postingsLive and proven in SDN for~ 750.000 usersAvailable as from Q2 2007(lean forums available incurrent version of portal)
See it in use at SDN
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Collaboration Portal: Focus Areas
CollaborationPortal
Technology
3
ContentCreation
Capabilities
2
UsabilityEnhancements
1
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Web Page Composer:Easy Creation of Portal-Based Web Pages
Web Page ComposerEasy creation of Web contentfor business end usersClosely tied into portalnavigation and themesFull-text search and pagedisplay in navigation contextSupport for external facingportalsLive in SDN for ~ 750.000users (basis for all SDNcontent pages)
See it in use at SDN
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Article editor for business users
Web Page Composer – Major Building Blocks
Page editor for content managers
Display view for readers
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WCM Capabilities Within SAP NetWeaver Portal
WC
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apab
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s
BASIC
LEAN
ADVANCED
Portal & KMXML formsHTML collection rendererHTML pages in URL iViews
withoutWeb Page Composer
SAPStandardDelivery
withWeb Page Composer
Web Page Composeradds lean capabilities based
on standard EP/KM
Portal & KMXML formsHTML collection rendererHTML pages in URL iViews
Integrationof arbitrary
WCMvendors
Projectextensions
Customerproject
Integration ofWCM vendors
…
Consulting
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Wikis:Collaborative Content Creation Throughout an Enterprise
WikisEasy content creation incollaborative styleTightly integrated intoportal navigationONE user managementIntegration into TREXsearch
BlogsPlanned for H1 / 2008
WIKI at SDN
Blogs at SDN
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‘My Workspace’:Personal Space to Publish Your Profile and Share Content
Your personal spaceto publish yourprofile and sharecontent with otherportal users
‘My Workspace’A personal space for eachportal userThink of it as ‘extendedbusiness card’Display and maintain HROrg info (e.g. taken fromERP HCM)Publish and shareinformation (profile,expertise, contacts,documents, blogs, …)Tagging of content to findcontent of same interestGrain for social network
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Tagging:Easily Find Topics of Common Interest
1) Triggers the Tag Explorer
2) This is a tagcloud of the mostpopular tags
4) Related Links are itemstagged with “compensation”tag.
5) Tags frequentlytagged along with“compensation”.
3) Clicking on a tag i.e.“compensation” shows therelated links & tags for this tag
The Tag Explorer enables you to see related information for a tag
Note: UI POC subject to change
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Collaboration Portal: Connectivity to MS Sharepoint (MOSS 2007)
MS Sharepoint IntegrationMS SharePoint landscapes willbe found at customer (‘nextgeneration file share’)Collaboration Portal as entrypoint to content on distributedSharePoint repositoriesIntegration Scope Short Term– Endusers can plug and render
SP documents in an iView– Endusers can search via portal
in SP indexes (federated search)
Integration Scope Mid Term– Repository manager integration
for MOSS 2007 (for SP2003already available by MS)
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Collaboration Portal: Focus Areas
CollaborationPortal
Technology
3
ContentCreation
Capabilities
2
UsabilityEnhancements
1
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Support of JSR170/JSR 283
JSR 170Java Specification Request 'Content Repositoryfor Java technology API’Specifies how JAVA developers can accesscontent repositories in a unified fashionReleased version (also known as JCR 1.0), medium adoption
JSR 283Next version of JSR 170, also called JCR 2.0Not yet released (currently in Java Community Process review)
SAP is actively engaged in the JSR 283 community process.Support for JSR 283 is planned for 2007 / early 2008
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Collaboration Portal: Modern Web Technologies Are Used
AJAXAsynchronous Javascript & XML is common Web 2.0 technology andknown for easy and rapid developmentNew collaboration rooms and new portal navigation (‘Lightning’) are thefirst AJAX applications in portal
RSS‘Real Simple Syndication’ is used to bundle content snippets (e.g. newsheadlines) from various places in one abstractWeb Page Composer is supporting RSS and it is already live in SDN
Web ServicesThe relevant parts of the Knowledge Management API will be exposed asweb services to ease access to and creation of content within the portal
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Collaboration Portal: The Planned Road Ahead
First BuildingBlocks
Web PageComposerNew DiscussionForums
Phase I – Q2/07
CollaborationPortal Ramp-up:
AJAX navigationTeam WorkspaceMy Workspace(Wikis)Sharepointintegration
Phase II – Q1/08 Phase III – Q3/08
CollaborationPortal
General availability
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Collaboration Portal Capabilities: Summary
Ramp-Up in Q1/2008on NW 7.0
To add metadata to information in order to easily findtopics of interest
Tagging
Q2/2007on NW’04/NW 7.0
The popular discussion forums of SDN (750,000 users)are integrated into the standard portal delivery
Discussion Forums
Ramp-Up in Q1/2008on NW 7.0
To integrate the multitude of MS SharePoint sites andleverage their content within the portal
MS SharePoint Integration
Ramp-Up in Q1/2008on NW 7.0
Much faster and more intuitive navigation within theportal (top-level and detailed navigation)
Dynamic portal navigation
Wikis: Ramp-Up inQ1/2008 on NW 7.0.
Blogs: to be defined
Enables employees to jointly work on a Web-baseddocuments directly in the browser (Wikis) or to quicklypublish information to other portal users (Blogs).
Wikis & Blogs
Ramp-Up in Q1/2008on NW 7.0
Advanced user business card where employees canshare areas of expertise, their current projects andcontacts, documents, … with other portal users
My Workspace / UserBusiness Card
Q2/2007 on NW 7.0restricted, Q3/2007unrestricted shipment
Business users and content managers can create leanWeb sites directly within the portal (already live withinSDN)
Web Page Composer
Ramp-Up in Q1/2008on NW 7.0
Complete user interface ‘makeover’ including better MSOffice integration and Drag & Drop within the browser.Improved performance due to leaner user interface
Team Workspaces(new collaboration rooms)
PlannedTimeline
Short descriptionCapability Name
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Demo
SAP‘s Vision for a Collaborative Platform:Applications tightly integrated into the collaboration portal
McGeeTier-1 Automotive Supplier
Purchase Engineering
Production
Tim MurphyPurchasing
ManagerKarl SchmidtEngineer
Alex MaedcheProductionSupervisor Liz Fulton
Production Planner
IdentifySupplier
IssueRFQ
CreatePO
Business Process
Taibai
PartDiscontinuedInternal PartNumber PIC-
ABS-210-0001.msg
Neotech
TenCorpFasChip
UnexpectedEvent: SupplyCancellation
ABS system
Programmed IntegratedCircuit PIC-ABS-210-0001
CarolaThompson
See a demo in Henning Kagermann’s (CEO SAP) keynote at SAPPHIRE 2007 Atlanta(as from minute 29)
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The Next Generation Portal: Value Proposition
Endusers:Speed, efficiency, ease of use
Richer user experience
Intuitive new collaboration capabilities
Information sharing at corporate, teamand individual level
Embedded into business applicationsused every day
IT Departments:Integration, manageability, TCO
Based on existing portal infrastructure
Centralized and scalable IT governance
Rapid deployment option
Integrated platform for Enterprise SOA
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