1. SAP NetWeaver Neo*:
Matthias Steiner, SAP Custom Development

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3. Disclosure
“You're going to find that many of the truths we cling to depend
greatly on our own point of view.“ Obi-Wan Kenobi
Custom
Development
Customers Developers
& &
Partners Competitors
Peers
Internal &
Influencers
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4. Agenda
SAP’s Product Strategy
12,000 ft
 Mission Statement
 High-Level Overview
SAP NetWeaver Neo*
 Overview 6,000 ft
 Community-Centric Development
Architecture Blueprints
 Scenario Archetypes to Architecture Blueprints 3,000 ft
 New Vectors
 Sample Application
 Programming models
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5. Mission statement: 1 Billion Users
gamification 1,000,000,000+
open innovation more apps…
SAP EcoHub
mass adoption
strong ecosystem
new SAP enterprise-ready
attractive platform consumer-grade
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6. SAP‘s Product Strategy
 Similar skill set (TCD):
ORCHESTRATION
ON DEVICE
web and mobile
ON DEMAND  On-Demand Platform
 On-Premise integration with the
ON PREMISE
SAP Business Suite
TECHNOLOGY  Full support for in-memory
technology
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7. SAP NetWeaver Neo*
Consumer-grade
Partner Add-ons Customer Add-ons
Solutions  user-centric
SaaS SAP Applications
Great
 simple + intuitive
apps!
Shared
Platform
SAP NetWeaver Neo*  appealing UX
Services Integrated Development Environment
Integration
Platform Enterprise-ready
Identity ―Project
River‖
Spring … Java EE
PaaS Mgmt HANA
Lifecycle
Services  elastic + robust platform
Java Runtime
Mgmt
Mobility  open + secure connectivity
… SAP HANA DB
 big data + fast processing
Infrastructure
Infrastructure & Operations SAP Cloud
IaaS
made in Germany
world-wide by
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8. Community-Centric Development
The Open-Source Way
Quartz
Apache
 Strong communities
Commons
…*
 Massive Adoption
SAP Cloud  Proven technology
Apache Apache
Platform for
CXF
Java-Based Apps
ActiveMQ
 Low-entry barrier
 Very common skillset (TCD)
 Plenty of options
…with options come choices
 Communities
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9. From Scenario Archetypes to Architecture Blueprints
Mobile Apps
Presentation Layer
Broad Reach Apps
R
Business Facades …*
R
Collaborative Analytical
Cross- Tools & Apps Tools & Apps
cutting
concerns
Looks
Business Logic Layer (Services)
Integration Shop floor Apps
familiar! Tools
Data Access
Sensors Apps
Persistence Connectivity
Forms Apps
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10. New Vectors
 HTML5-based rich clients simple & sexy open  Open Standards, Open APIs
 Native Applications  Social Media, Communities
Presentation Layer
 RESTful services, OData OnDevice R
OnDemand  Internet of Services
Business Facades
R
Cross-
cutting
concerns Business Logic Layer (Services)
Data Access
In-Memory
Persistence
OnPremise
Connectivity
 Optimized for SAP HANA  Seamless integration
 No more database abstraction big & fast secure & reliable  Security
 Bigtable, NoSQL…  Single Sign-On (SAML)
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11. Sample Application SAP xPolliNation
Application:
Goal: to derive modern application blueprint
 Develop PoC based on SAP NW Neo* leveraging:
– SAP HANA (Persistence)
– SAP UI5 (UI) incorporating new IT trends
 Expose RESTful API
 Well-aligned with SAP’s mission statement
 onDevice + social + communities
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12. Architecture Blueprint: Sample Application
Presentation Layer
Servlets
R
? Apache CXF
Business Facades
R
(DI) Frameworks …*
 Spring, Guice,..
?Cross-
cutting
concerns
JavaBeans Layer (Services)
Business Logic Jobs
Jersey odata4j
? Data Access
OSGi Services Persistence Connectivity Bigtable
HANA RSS Feeds
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13. Servlets as a programming model?
Key characteristics
 simple & lightweight  ease of consumption
 mature & open  enterprise-ready
Add. Considerations
 flexible  great foundation for frameworks
 former presentation layer (MVC)  new service layer !!!
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14. Timeless Software in Practice
Servlets as a Programming Model:
 Listeners
 bootstrapping of Services
 Filters
 clean chain of command
 ServletContext and JNDI
 Service Locator, IoC
 Servlets
 Service and Service Provisioning
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15. Demo
LESS TALK. MORE CODE

16. Coming 2012

17. Further Information
SAP Public Web:
SAP Developer Network (SDN): www.sdn.sap.com
Business Process Expert (BPX) Community: www.bpx.sap.com
SAP BusinessObjects Community (BOC): www.boc.sap.com
Related SAP Education and Certification Opportunities
http://www.sap.com/education/
Related Workshops/Lectures at SAP TechEd 2011
TEC103, SAP’s Cloud Platform for Java-Based Applications: Overview and Roadmap,
Lecture (1 hour)
CD270, How to Develop an On-Demand Java Application, Hands-on (2 hours)
CD202, HTML5 for lightweight SAP Applications, Lecture (2 hours)
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19. Thank You!
Contact information:
Matthias Steiner
Principal Solution Architect
SAP Custom Development
matthias.steiner@sap.com
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