TechEd 2010 Highlights

It’s not your Grandfather’s SAP Anymore!

Themes

• User eXperience

• In-Memory

• Mobile

• “Set your SAP Systems free!”

SAP Platform Principles

• Homogenous monoculture = Bad, Sterile• Openness• One Language to Rule Them All• Layered architecture• Leverage value of existing systems/apps• Set your SAP systems free Punctuated equilibrium Re-architect• TP100, TP200

UX

• Theme: “1 billion people using SAP”

• “One size fits all” not good enough

• Joy of Use– Tacit recognition that a break with the past will

be required

UX

• Project Gateway– Quickly expose SAP data/resources to the

real world via real-world web APIs (REST) Enterprise Micro Apps!– Layered abstraction: Data Source > Public >

People-Centric– CD108– http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/22010

UX

• Duet Enterprise– Same name, different product– Integration of SharePoint with SAP data and

processes via Gateway 0.8– E.g. use SharePoint dashboard tools to

access SAP data, etc.– CD109, CD166

UX

• Portal 7.3– Enterprise Workspaces, Webpage Composer,

Wikis, Forums, KM enhancements (KoD?)– PMC101, PMC201, etc. (a whole track!)

• WebDynpro Java– “Kiss of Death” http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?

blog=/pub/wlg/21759

– Also VC http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21766

UX

• StreamWork– Integration to SAP suite will grow

• Embed BOBJ into StreamWork• Embed StreamWork into BPM, BI• Public RESTful APIs for StreamWork integration

– PMC110, PMC266

UX

• Project Phoenix– HTML5 UI framework + JS libraries– Server agnostic: JSF, GWT, etc.– Another option for web UIs – Drag & Drop development in NWDS– Q2, 2011– CD165

UX

• Enterprise Workspaces– “Pull” content: Users generate own screens

from predefined modules, private or shared. – Modules are pre-delivered, third-party or

custom– Portal content can be reused– PMC108

UX

• NWBC– Full steam ahead– More new features: “Workspaces light”– BOBJ Integration– Still requires EhP5– CD164, CD217

Mobile

• SUP: SAP (Sybase) Unwired Platform– Helps develop native mobile apps– Integration/middleware engine– Device management

• Enterprise Micro Apps– HTML mobile-enabled web apps

• CD104, CD112, CD121, CD162, etc.

In-Memory

• HANA– High-Performance Analytical Applications– “BWA for ERP”, with any SQL/MDX client– Based on ICE (In-memory Computing Engine

aka “NewDB”)– Designed for ad-hoc analysis

• Tearing down the ivory tower of reporting– EIM119– http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21589

In-Memory

• Event Insight– Real-time, distributed event processing– Query/analysis– Auto-reaction, process triggering– Live Enterprise + BOBJ + Sybase CEP +

HANA– PMC106, PMC164

Integration

• PI 7.3– Robustness

• Blacklisting• Memory handling• Memory footprint• Easier config with recommended settings• CPA Cache optimisation• Usage quotas• Fast restarts (~90 seconds)• PMC210

Integration

• PI 7.3– Performance: PMC209

• Lower memory footprint: 2-3x payload• Move from ABAP to Java• ABAP stack will be optional

– Monitoring• Central monitoring in SolMan: PMC263

– Warp10: PMC213– Many features backported to 7.11 SP6

Integration

• PI “Next Generation”– 1000 messages/second– NW BPM integrated into PI “Business

Aware Middleware”– Designed for federation: PMC212– PMC206, PMC207, PMC208

On Demand

• http://ondemand.com

• Freemium = Inevitable

• PMC168

TechEd Live

http://sapteched.com/live

Other Links• TechEd recap by Mentor @mattsteiner: http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?

blog=/pub/wlg/21821• Technology Stability in a World of Constant Change:

http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/21967