ComprsieIT has developed a training course that will take Business Analysts and Developers through the fundamentals of SAP Visual Composer 7.1 (VC). As part of the course you will understand the features of VC and develop a simple application that consumes SAP Enterprise Services. Contact us for more details.
If you want to access SAP from Microsoft .NET applications this is the course for you. The course takes Microsoft .NET developers through all the steps necessary to find, wrap and consume SAP WebServices. From installation of the Services Browers in Visual Studio to the creation of a simple .NET C# application. Contact us for more details.
Based on the ES Bundle “Customer Fact Sheet”, CompriseIT have developed an application using SAP CE 7.1. The application allows users to gain access to customer related data in SAP ERP via a simple web based interface. Find Customers, Check Order Status, View Deliveries and Query Orders. The solution can also be deployed as a “Customer Self Service” solution. Contact us for more details.
To recognise his work within the BPX community, CompriseIT founder Owen Pettiford has been awarded “SAP Mentor” status within the BPX Community.
Building on the success of the Beyond SAP Roadmap seminar, Comprise is holding a 1 hour webinar on the 14th April at 1pm that will focus on demonstrating real composite applications. The webinar will show how composite applications can be created using both SAP and Microsoft tools. It will also show how the newly released Enterprise Services Explorer for .NET can be used to find and wrap SAP Enterprise Services in a Microsoft environment. You can register for the webinar here
Comprise is pleased to announce that it has merged its business with European Automation Intelligence (EAI). The service offerings of both organisations will be combined and the company will trade as CompriseIT. The merger adds Data Management and Microsoft development capabilities to the existing Comprise portfolio of service which range from SAP Strategy, Composite Application design / development and solution reviews. By combining the businesses Comprise is able to accelerate it programme of Packaged Composite Applications (Co-apps) development and add data cleansing and delivery services to complement the process centric offerings. Dean Wood the former Managing Director of EAI will join Comprise as Co-CEO and Solutions Director.
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This educational seminar will answer the following questions:
- Which SAP components should you use ?
- Which versions ? What is Enterprise SOA ?
- How does NetWeaver fit into the SAP landscape ?
- How should you build value on-top of SAP ?
- What in under the covers of NetWeaver CE 7.1 ?
- What other tools could you use ?
- How are project methods going to change ?
- How do your skills need to evolve ?
- What does a real composite application look like ?
- How hard is it to do ?
The following guest speakers will be available for your questions:
- Owen Pettiford – CompriseIT Director and UK Expert on SAP Technology
- Alan Hunt – Business Development Director Red Commerce
- Simon Harrison - Independent SAP Analyst
- Dean Wood – CompriseIT Solution Development Director
Location: Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0BJ
Date: Thursday 6th March 2007
Time: 2pm - 5.30pm - Entry to Motor Centre included in your event pass.
Seminar Agenda:
1 - Understanding the Tools and Methods Available – Today
2 - Impact on Project and Skills
3 - Composite Applications in Action
4 - Panel Session : Beyond the Enterprise SOA hype
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SAP made the first version of the NetWeaver Composition Environment generally available on the 14th December (you can download a trial copy from SDN here).
So will this tool make any difference to you as a user / owner of an SAP landscape ?
That really depends upon what you plan to do with your SAP system over the next 5 years.
If you plan to do very little and deliver your system via SAPGUI then you can stop reading here.
If you have a backlog of user requirements, a pro-SAP development tools policy and some resources that want to build value on-top of SAP it could be just what you have been waiting for.
So what do you get….
You can also get a copy of the Enterprise Services Repository to run in this environment if you don’t have one in your current landscape.
So what…….
In our view the real value of NetWeaver CE is that is allows SAP customers to gain experience with the SAP development tools in a low cost and low risk environment. Before CE you had to install a number of difference components (between 2-5) before you could even start to write (or draw) your first application. With CE you can hook it up to your SAP system in minutes and be creating your first applications in hours. Now we are not suggesting that these applications could be put live or that you don’t need to consider the impact on you SAP landscape….but that you now have somewhere that you can try new ideas and an architecture that gives you choices as to which components you upgrade and which you don’t. We would definitely recommend installing a copy somewhere in your SAP landscape…today.
We attended SAP TechEd a few weeks ago in Munich and have now had chance to reflect on what we saw and consider what it means for SAP customer during 07/08.
The theme of the event was “enterprise SOA - Put the power to work”.
The underlying message here, we believe, is that until the 7.1 release of some of the NetWeaver Composition tooling and the Enterprise Service Repository with in Netweaver PI it was possible to create applications built on enterprise SOA but it was a bit clunky. The new tooling enables access to the Enterprise Services in a much more streamlined way…which should lead to more organisations picking up the tools and creating applications on top of SAP. Some of the highlights are given below :-
Galaxy : This is a new Business Process Management tool from SAP that finally brings together system and human workflow. The bad news is that the tool does not go into ramp up until mid 2008 and will not GA until 2009.
Visual Composer : The next release to be included in the GA version of the Composition Environment allows direct access to the ESR to find the Enterprise Services. The VC model now generates a WebDynpro model and Flex so you can choose to have the user inferface (UI) look the same as code developed with WebDynpro. This means combining the two technologies in one application is easier.
WebDynpro : The eclipse plugin for WebDynpro in the 7.1 environment makes the anatomy of the application you are developing more obvious to a new user. This together with an easy to install download should make the tool more accessible to the general developer community.
Enterprise Services Repository (ESR) : Finally the ESR is here as both a Repository (description of services) and a Registry (pointer to physical services). Although the services have been with us for just over a year now, the ESR will make them easier to find and manage in a landscape. This coupled with the integration of the development tooling will make consumption by SAP and non-SAP tools much easier.
Enterprise Services Workplace : This hosted environment accessed via the SDN site is a great resource for prototyping and testing enterprise services. This combined with the Composition Environment download means that a much wider eco system will be able to test drive the technology. This should lead to greater levels of innovation and adoption.
Other things of note included:-
• Composition Environment almost ready for release (Q1/08).
• Lots of usage ofAdobe Forms, Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR.
• Interesting architectures to allow co-existence between 7.1 and 7.0 Netweaver
• Some interesting usage of Wii remotes.
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In September CompriseIT completed its first Pan European SAP Technology Roadmap. The roadmap considered all of the SAP NetWeaver IT Practices and looked at how these overlapped with the existing technology landsacpe. The output was a set of guiding principles, a new target architecture and a series of over 20 interventions required to achieve the target architecture and associated benefits.
