CHAPTER 29Advanced Concepts: Unlocking SAP with SOA and Web Services

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What Is SOA?

• The Opportunities and Challenges of SOA

• SOA Technology

• Unlocking SAP Functionality

• Ensuring Success with an SOA Center of Excellence

• Real-World SOA Case Study: HP

• Final Thoughts on SOA for SAP

• Summary

• Case Study: Introducing SOA at HiTech, Inc.

Much of this book has dealt with unleashing the power and functions of SAP and achieving implementation success. In this chapter, we present advanced techniques to unlock these great SAP capabilities and serve the rest of the enterprise. Most organization’s IT is becoming increasingly heterogeneous and the ease with which SAP can integrate with other technologies becomes an absolute requirement ...

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