1. TechEd 2010 Highlights

2. It’s not your Grandfather’s
SAP Anymore!

3. Themes
• User eXperience
• In-Memory
• Mobile
• “Set your SAP Systems free!”

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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.

14. 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

15. In-Memory
• Event Insight
– Real-time, distributed event processing
– Query/analysis
– Auto-reaction, process triggering
– Live Enterprise + BOBJ + Sybase CEP +
HANA
– PMC106, PMC164

16. 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

17. 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

18. Integration
• PI “Next Generation”
– 1000 messages/second
– NW BPM integrated into PI  “Business
Aware Middleware”
– Designed for federation: PMC212
– PMC206, PMC207, PMC208

19. On Demand
• http://ondemand.com
• Freemium = Inevitable
• PMC168

20. TechEd Live
http://sapteched.com/live

21. 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