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How This Book Is Organized |
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Part I: Enterprise Software Basics |
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Part II: The Cast of Components |
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Part III: A Nifty Development Toolkit |
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Part IV: SAP NetWeaver in Action |
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Part V: Rolling Out SAP NetWeaver |
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Part VI: The Part of Tens |
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| Part I: Enterprise Software Basics |
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Chapter 1: SAP NetWeaver: The New Foundation of IT |
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Why Write a Book about SAP NetWeaver? |
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Making music with Information Technology |
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Bringing all the instruments together |
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Who are the players in the world of IT? |
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Chapter 2: Primordial Acronym Soup: The Origins of Enterprise |
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Automation and Process: Perfect Partners |
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The (endless) cycle of innovation |
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Economies of scale: Technology gets fit |
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Enter the Enterprise Application Suite |
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The alphabet soup of TLAs (three letter acronyms, to you) |
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TLA proliferation: The good news and the bad news |
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The Integration Challenge: Making It All Work Together |
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Brokering data: Not a panacea |
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APIs: A view under the hood |
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The Total Cost of Ownership Challenge: Putting Spending on a Diet |
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Why Do You Need SAP NetWeaver, Anyway? |
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Pre-packaged integration: Buying stovepipes off the shelf |
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Innovation, at your service |
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Chapter 3: Meet SAP NetWeaver |
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Giving SAP NetWeaver the Once-Over |
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The Fast-Moving Parts of SAP NetWeaver |
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It's about a central access point: SAP Enterprise Portal |
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SAP Mobile Infrastructure helps mobile devices talk |
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SAP Business Intelligence: There is intelligent life out there |
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Building harmonies from information with SAP Master Data Management |
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All aboard SAP Exchange Infrastructure |
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SAP Web Application Server |
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Development Tools: The SAP NetWeaver Construction Set |
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SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio's toolkit |
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SAP Composite Application Framework |
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Solve your problems with SAP Solution Manager |
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What Can SAP NetWeaver Do for You? |
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Introducing... AP NetWeaver '04 |
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Business Process Evolution: The better mousetrap of competitive advantage |
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Technology and data: The great equalizers |
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SAP NetWeaver enables business process evolution |
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Chapter 4: The Birth of a Solution |
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The Age-Old Problems of Application Development |
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Why are enterprise applications so darn hard to make? |
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Playing the business content game |
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The SAP Way: Abstract and Conquer |
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The Ancestors of SAP NetWeaver |
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Which database is under there, anyway? |
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The New Kid on the Block: SAP NetWeaver |
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Open SQL becomes...Open SQL |
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ABAP and SAP Basis become SAP® Web Application Server and Java |
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Dynpro and SAP GUI turn into |
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ABAP Business Workflow becomes Workflow in many flavors |
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Report Writer and ABAP Query become |
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SAP Business Intelligence |
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ABAP Workbench becomes SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio |
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ABAP's Life Cycle Management features become SAP Solution Manager |
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Summing It Up: Transformation Themes |
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SAP NetWeaver: Modeling new frontiers |
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Web services make sense of things |
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Chapter 5: A Blueprint for the Future |
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A Simple View of the Big Picture |
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The nature of the Enterprise Services Architecture beast |
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Who Needs Enterprise Services Architecture? |
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How do Web services work? |
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What Can Your Business Do with Web Services? |
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Process optimization and a thing called "the hub" |
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What Will SAP Do with Web Services? |
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Implementing a new vision |
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Where's This Web Services Stuff Headed? |
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Business objects replace applications |
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A quick word on economics |
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So How Does Enterprise Services Architecture Work? |
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Applications versus Enterprise Services |
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The role of composite applications |
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Three families of composite applications |
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Heterogeneous Integration (Easy for You to Say) |
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Building a Better Interface |
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SAP NetWeaver lurks behind the interface |
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A whole new way of programming |
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Incremental adoption: Taking It step by step |
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Motor City Driven by Enterprise Services Architecture |
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Accelerating new vehicle development |
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The Bottom Line of Enterprise Services Architecture |
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Chapter 6: The Evolution of mySAP Business Suite |
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For everything there is a time |
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Is SAP NetWeaver only about the future? |
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SAP NetWeaver Meets mySAP Business Suite |
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SAP NetWeaver is already friends with mySAP Business Suite |
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The importance of business content |
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Existing applications will become better acquainted with SAP NetWeaver |
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SAP NetWeaver: Adding tools to existing toolkits |
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Opportunity pounding on your door |
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mySAP Business Suite Applications Embrace Composite Applications |
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Composite applications snuggle up to mySAP Business Suite |
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mySAP Business Suite of the Future |
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Chapter 7: Composite Applications and SAP xApps: Flexible and Reusable Innovation |
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How Composite Applications Work |
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Web services to the rescue |
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Making a difference in your business |
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Building Better Mousetraps |
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Reusing what you've already invested in |
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Saving money up front and all along the way |
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Taking one from vendor A, one from vendor B |
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Going to market, to market |
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Zeroing in on your industry |
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Using Modeling to Build Composite Applications |
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Taking Composite Application off the Rack |
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SAP xApps: Delivering on the Innovation Promise |
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SAP xApps bring benefits galore |
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SAP xPD: An SAP xApp wunderkind |
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SAP xRPM: A portfolio of projects |
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The Future of Composite Applications |
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| Part II: The Cast of Components |
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Chapter 8: SAP Enterprise Portal: Something for Everyone |
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The Purpose of the Portal |
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The Portal's Job in SAP NetWeaver |
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How the Portal Helps Your Business |
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Help yourself: Employee self service |
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Help your boss: Manager self service |
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Parts for SAP knowledge management |
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Parts for everybody working together |
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The parts behind the scenes |
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Creating Business Content for Portals |
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Your Portal Applications Toolkit |
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Integrating the Portal with the Rest of SAP NetWeaver |
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Close buddies with mySAP Business Suite |
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Presenting SAP Business Intelligence |
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Sitting atop SAP Web Application Server |
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SAP Exchange Infrastructure extends the reach |
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Chapter 9: SAP Mobile Infrastructure: Information Hits the Road |
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The plus of open standards |
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What SAP MI does In SAP NetWeaver |
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How SAP MI helps your business |
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The Three Pieces of SAP MI |
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SAP MI at home on your mobile device |
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Parts of SAP MI on the server |
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How Developers Do What They Do with SAP MI |
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Polyhedrons for mobile types |
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The mobile In mobile infrastructure |
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How SAP MI Plays with Other SAP NetWeaver Kids |
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mySAP Business Suite solutions |
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SAP® Business Intelligence |
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Chapter 10: SAP Gives Business Intelligence |
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The job of SAP BI in SAP NetWeaver |
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SAP BI: The Sum of Its Parts |
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Parts for moving data around |
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Parts for specific industries and functions |
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Creating Analytic Applications with SAP BI |
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Start with Business Content |
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Neat tools for building applications |
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SAP BI and All the Other Parts of SAP NetWeaver |
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Following users wherever they go with SAP® Mobile Infrastructure |
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SAP® Master Data Management |
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SAP® Web Application Server |
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The Future of the SAP Business Intelligence |
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Chapter 11: Mastering SAP Master Data Management |
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SAP Master Data Management's Purpose in Life |
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Master data mistakes can cost you |
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SAP® Master Data Management goes to work for SAP NetWeaver |
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SAP MDM deployment: It's an incremental thing |
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Taking SAP MDM Out of the Box |
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SAP MDM Plays Well with Others |
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Chapter 12: Exchanging Data |
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Processing business stuff |
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How Does SAP XI Fit into SAP NetWeaver? |
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SAP XI: Your Business's Best Friend |
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Example 1: Cheaper integration through an integration hub |
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Example 2: Business-to-business automation |
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Example 3: Building relationships with suppliers |
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The Various and Sundry Parts of SAP XI |
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System landscape directory |
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An engine for business process |
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Speaking with the adapter framework |
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Parts for managing processes |
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How Developers Create Applications with SAP XI |
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A fine romance: Integration builder and adapter framework |
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SAP XI and other SAP NetWeaver Components |
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Looking into the Future of SAP XI |
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Chapter 13: SAP Web Application Server: The Cornerstone of SAP NetWeaver |
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How Important Is SAP Web AS? |
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The Heart and Soul of Web AS |
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SAP Web AS reporting for duty |
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SAP Web AS helps your business |
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The Bits and Pieces of Web AS |
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Parts to make applications logical |
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One part for integration and communication |
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Parts for storing and retrieving data |
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Parts that make a life cycle manageable |
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How Developers Develop with SAP Web AS |
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How SAP Web AS Works with Other SAP NetWeaver Components |
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Don't Drown in All This Technology |
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| Part III: A Nifty Development Tootkit |
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Chapter 14: SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio |
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Why SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio? |
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243 | (2) |
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Helping developers: Somebody's got to do it |
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Developer Studio in Action |
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245 | (3) |
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Example 2: Facing up to user interfaces |
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246 | (2) |
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The Plumbing of Developer Studio |
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248 | (4) |
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Parts for assembling applications |
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Parts for putting applications into production |
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The Future of the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio |
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Chapter 15: Visual Composer: Going Codeless |
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So What Does This Composer Thing Compose? |
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Visual Composer: What's the Point? |
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254 | (3) |
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Visual Composer's Cozy Cubicle In SAP NetWeaver |
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257 | (2) |
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Content expert self service |
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258 | (1) |
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Business expert self service |
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258 | (1) |
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The Parts of SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Symphony |
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259 | (2) |
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The UI: It's a logical thing |
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Step-by-Step: Designing Workflow |
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Basing Your Environment in a Browser |
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Inputs and outputs, interactors, and operators |
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262 | (1) |
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Using Visual Composer in Concert with Other SAP NetWeaver Pieces |
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264 | (1) |
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The Future of SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer |
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264 | (1) |
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Chapter 16: Composite Solutions |
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The Anatomy of the SAP CAF |
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The SAP CAF has goals, too |
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What's In It for developers? |
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Three Unique Perspectives on Composite Applications |
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267 | (5) |
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268 | (1) |
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Finally, you're the developer |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (2) |
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Patterns, models, and frameworks |
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272 | (2) |
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Here It Is: The SAP Composite Application Framework |
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274 | (9) |
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Extending patterns and frameworks |
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275 | (2) |
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277 | (3) |
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Getting interactive with forms |
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281 | (1) |
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The Future of the SAP CAF |
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Chapter 17: Tying It All Together: SAP Solution Manager |
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The Many Sides of SAP Solution Manager |
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285 | (3) |
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The wizardry of SAP Solution Manager |
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286 | (2) |
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The Three Faces of SAP Solution Manager |
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Content directs the action |
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I spy: Tools keep an eye out |
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SAP Solution Manager to the rescue |
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How SAP Solution Manager Helps Your Business |
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Putting SAP Solution Manager to Work |
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Example 1: Helping with the implementation two-step |
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Example 3: Keeping the end user happy |
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Example 4: Keeping an eye on your systems |
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How SAP Solution Manager Works with SAP NetWeaver |
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The Future of the SAP Solution Manager |
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| Part IV: SAP NetWeaver in Action |
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Chapter 18: The World of Internal Portals |
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Start by Redefining Browser Technology |
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Internal Portals: The Magic Bullet for Streamlining Business Processes |
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Reaping the benefits of portals |
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Maximum Overdrive: A Fully Actualized Portal |
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Getting started on a budget |
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SAP NetWeaver: An Internal Portal's Best Friend |
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Portal Construction: A Staged Process |
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Building the framework: Portal construction 101 |
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Adding tons of information, and collaboration to boot |
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Delivering intelligence to the desktop |
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Reaching out to the extended enterprise |
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Chapter 19: Deploying Web Services |
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Wanted: Flexible Business Systems |
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Okay, but what can I do with it? |
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You ought to be in pictures |
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More than a pretty inter-face |
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SAP Gets Its Arms around Web Services |
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Enterprise Services Architecture |
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SAP NetWeaver: Time for a change |
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A staged approach via Web services |
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Chapter 20: SAP R/3 and Then Some |
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The Flexible, Extensible Rag |
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Wait a minute, it's not that easy |
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The Envelope, Please: It's SAP NetWeaver (You Peeked!) |
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Software Integration: It's a Staged Process |
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Step 1: Turning on R/3 functionality |
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Step 2: Moving toward the overall solution |
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Step 3: Building on a framework |
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Where Is SAP NetWeaver Taking R/3? |
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Chapter 21: Making Sense of Data: Analytics and Reporting |
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What would an analytics and reporting solution look like? |
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SAP NetWeaver-based Solution |
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Running down the features |
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Wow! How does it do all this stuff? |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (1) |
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Bringing Information Where It's Needed |
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Getting Along with Others: Collaboration |
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Getting Your Data When You Actually Need It |
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341 | (1) |
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Chapter 22: Doing the Application-to-Application Thing |
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Why Applications Should Get Along |
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Making Integrated Software a Must |
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Finding an integration needle in a stack |
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Introducing...which applications? |
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SAP NetWeaver Meets A2A Integration |
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346 | (2) |
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A2A Integration: A Staged Process |
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Step 2: One-way process integration |
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Step 3: Interactive process integration |
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Step 4: Business process management |
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Chapter 23: Custom Made: Composite Applications |
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Custom Processes, Custom Applications |
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The Eternal Need to Customize |
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354 | (3) |
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355 | (1) |
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Bringing Composite Applications to Life |
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357 | (3) |
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358 | (2) |
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360 | (1) |
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Turning transactions into Web services |
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361 | (2) |
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Deploying SAP xApps that fit the bill |
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363 | (1) |
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Developing an end-to-end process |
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363 | (1) |
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364 | (1) |
| Part V: Rolling Out SAP NetWeaver |
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Chapter 24: Plans and People |
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367 | (10) |
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367 | (1) |
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The quarterbacks: SAP account executives |
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369 | (1) |
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Technical players: Solution engineers |
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Getting engaged: Customer engagement managers |
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370 | (1) |
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Building solutions: Technical solution architects |
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370 | (1) |
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SAP consultants and third-party system integrators |
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371 | (1) |
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Teacher's pet: SAP education |
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371 | (1) |
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Tutti-frutti: SAP Custom Development |
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372 | (1) |
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Unexpected help: Colleagues and SAP customers |
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372 | (1) |
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Eye-ess-vee (ISV, to you) |
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374 | (1) |
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So glad you came: SAP hosting |
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374 | (1) |
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Chapter 25: Information Station |
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377 | (6) |
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It's Portable, It's Yellow |
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377 | (1) |
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378 | (1) |
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Online Support System and SAP Notes |
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379 | (1) |
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380 | (1) |
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Books and Trade Publications |
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380 | (1) |
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Chapter 26: Nifty Implementation Processes and Swell Software |
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383 | (8) |
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383 | (1) |
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384 | (1) |
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Jumpstarting with Partner Implementation Packages |
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385 | (1) |
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Hurry Up! Accelerated Implementation Packages |
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386 | (1) |
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Solution Review: Giving Your Project the Once-Over |
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387 | (6) |
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388 | (1) |
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| Part VI: The part of Tens |
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391 | (6) |
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Chapter 27: Ten (or so) Ways to Get Started with SAP NetWeaver |
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393 | (4) |
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Upgrade Your SAP R/3® System to mySAP ERP |
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393 | (1) |
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Buy Just One mySAP Business Suite Application |
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394 | (1) |
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Build Your Next Custom Application in the SAP Web Application Server |
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394 | (1) |
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Let Your Employees Do It Themselves |
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394 | (1) |
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395 | (1) |
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Start Using Some Simple Web Services |
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395 | (1) |
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Give Your CEO a Birthday Present |
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395 | (1) |
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Set Up Manager Self-Service |
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396 | (1) |
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Clean Up Your Master Data Act |
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396 | (1) |
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Mobile-Enable Your Applications |
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396 | (1) |
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Integrate Multiple Applications |
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396 | (1) |
| Appendix: About the CD |
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397 | (4) |
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397 | (1) |
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Using the CD with Microsoft® Windows |
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398 | (1) |
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398 | (3) |
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SAP NetWeaver product details |
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398 | (1) |
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SAP NetWeaver customer success stories |
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398 | (1) |
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399 | (1) |
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More SAP NetWeaver information |
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399 | (2) |
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