Course Overview. SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 11. CEC Darmstadt. SAP Research. Outline SAP

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1 Outline Course Overview SAP SAP Research CEC Darmstadt SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 11

2 Summary of SAP Today SAP AG in 2005 revenues: 8.5 billion More than 36,200 companies run SAP software Providing more than 25 industry solutions 38,468 SAP employees (September, 2006) 12 million users in 120+ countries team with us to Integrate their business processes Extend their competitive capabilities Get a better return on investment at a lower total cost of ownership Unique partner ecosystem More than 2,200 partners Overall more than 180,000 SAP partner certificates SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 12

3 SAP Is Well Positioned for Growth Trusted business partner for 36,200+ companies the largest installed base in the enterprise software sector Deep vertical expertise with strategic solutions for more than 25 industries Great innovation power with 11,600+ developers Largest ecosystem in the industry system integrators, ISVs, OEMs, resellers, partners One of the top brands globally #34 according to BusinessWeek SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 13

4 SAP Product and Technology Strategy SAP provides the Business Process Platform to Design, Implement and Operate Next Generation Business Applications Portal Project Muse Duet Mobile Forms RSS Customization Model-Driven Composition Composite Apps by SAP Composite Apps by Partners Standardization SAP NetWeaver Business Process Platform Business integrity and stability secured by the platform Unified Enterprise Services Repository One paradigm for Internal and External Integration Home Grown / ISV SAP Enterprise Services Repository Process Building Blocks Subsidiary Bus. Partner SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 14

5 Flexible Innovation on Top of a Stable Platform Analytics Partner Composite Applications Custom built or composed Next practice processes SAP Composite Applications Business innovation Enterprise Services Repository SAP NetWeaver Business Process Platform Business integrity Best practice processes Packaged solutions CRM (Supplier) SRM (internal) ERP (internal) Platform Process Components SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 15

6 Outline Course Overview SAP SAP Research CEC Darmstadt SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 16

7 The global Research- & Development network of SAP Palo Alto Montreal St.Gallen Darmstadt Belfast Walldorf Sophia Antipolis Zurich Karlsruhe Budapest Sofia Dresden Tel Aviv Shanghai Tokyo Bangalore Pretoria Brisbane SAP Labs SAP Research SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 17

8 SAP Systematic RESEARCH Thought Organizational Leadership for Innovative Structure Business! SAP RESEARCH SAP INSPIRE Seeks for entrepreneurial talent within SAP Identifies growth opportunities which are in line with SAP s overall vision and strategy, but beyond the existing portfolio Near term focus (~18 month) Innovation through Entrepreneurship! SAP RESEARCH SRCs & CECs Observes IT trends Determines business value of new technologies Introduces new technology & concepts for future solutions that will be of strategic importance SAP and its customers Long term focus (~3-5 years) The Innovative Force behind Tomorrow s Technology! SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 18

9 SAP INSPIRE Process Idea Sources SAP Research Portfolio Review Market Driven Internal Entrepreneurs Idea Business Plan Prototype Beta Version Pilot Customers Customer Driven INSPIRE Incubator INSPIRE Other Ext. Sources Idea Gathering & Evaluation (1-2 months) 2-3 FTEs to support the entrepreneur Prototype Building (9-12 months) 3-5 FTEs to realize the idea Transition (3-6 months) 1-2 FTEs Intranet.sap.com/inspire SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 19 Merge into existing business unit Create new business unit Spin off business unit Abandon

10 SAP RESEARCH Programs Smart Items Research Enabling the real-time enterprise by bridging the gap between the real and the digital world Focus topics AUTO-ID, Sensor Nets & embedded systems technologies distributed hierarchical Auto-ID infrastructure Security & Trust Provision of user-centric security solutions for dynamic, collaborative, and adaptive interenterprise business scenarios Focus topics authorization and trust management secure services & composition security engineering Knowledge People Interaction Integrated knowledge-intensive collaborative working environments Focus topics e-learning and KM technologies knowledge integration and innovation smart human computer interaction Software Engineering & Architecture Computer assisted engineering practices for SAP s standard development processes Focus topics Model-driven SW development SW quality and non-functional aspects SW architectures for virtualization Business Process Mgmt & Semantic Interoperability Highly configurable process-oriented applications and semantically enriched service-oriented composition of applications Focus topics Collaborative bus. processes between enterprises Model-driven architectures & engineering Semantic Web Services; SoA Interoperability of applications & enterprises SAP AG 2006, / Ubicomp Heuser, Nochta / 20