SAP NetWeaver Application Server Architecture.

The SAP NetWeaver Application Server is the central foundation for the entire SAP software stack. It also provides a platform for other NetWeaver components (Portal, XI, and so on), as well as for ABAP and Java applications. The full J2EE standard is supported. The SAP NetWeaver Application Server is the further development of the SAP Web Application Server.

 

The People Integration , Information Integration, and Process Integration Capabilities of SAP NetWeaver all sit on an application platform called the SAP Web Application Server (SAP WebAS).This is a tool for building and running applications.

Another Important part of the SAP Netweaver Equation is the SAP Composite Application Framework (CAF) The SAP CAF is a tool for creating new application by combining pieces of existing applications to do entirely new things.FInaly lifecycle Management is a set of utilities that help make the process of installing software ,running it ,upgrading it ,and fixng bugs as smooth as possible.These two boxes were placed on the right and left sides of the box in figure to show that they play an important supporting role in SAP Netweaver.

In the present era, where companies are struggling to unite various heterogeneous environments in their organizations and maintain a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) NetWeaver comes as a solution to all their problems. SAP NetWeaver is the latest advancement in the mySAP Technology, which was developed as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) shell that accepts standard comments, literally as they are spoken, by domain experts.

Another unique feature of NetWeaver™ that makes it stand out amongst other software technologies is its modularity. The knowledge engineer can more easily create "digestible chunks" of modules or sub-dependency networks, which help to keep the overarching dependency network from becoming potentially incomprehensible because of apparent complexity. This text is aimed at explaining SAP NetWeaver architecture and its interoperability with Microsoft.NET and IBM WebSphere. In addition it aims at bringing out all the advantages that are associated with SAP NetWeaver.

Net Weaver in simple words is an application and Integration platform in which Web Services play a major role and which is open for Non-SAP applications and platform. It is used by organizations to improve productivity and enhance efficiency by making all the resources that are available in an enterprise to work collectively. The SAP customers to bring heterogeneous environments at one platform use SAP NetWeaver. In addition, it enables customers to use the already existing systems without putting in much investment. Further in the near future, the various corporate sectors and Organizations have to take a decision for some common platform; could be Microsoft .NET, IBM Websphere or SAP NetWeaver. Irrespective of the choice that they make, SAP NetWeaver is the one that integrates with all the three technologies.

SAP NetWeaver is to understand its goals. SAP Netweaver is designed to

1.Enable change through increased business flexibiity and adaptabiity.
2.Increase usability by making it easier for end users to work with all their systems.This increases user adoption,cost savings ,and productivity.
3.Enhance integration by making it possible for a collection of enterprise applications to work together.
4.Enable innovation by allowing new applications to be constructed on top of existing applications.
5.Save Money by reducing the expense of owing and maintaining your existing systems.