From NetWeaver to a Business Process Platform — What SAP's BPM strategy means for IT users

Business Wire, Sept 15, 2005

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24329) has announced the addition of From NetWeaver to a Business Process Platform -- What SAP''s BPM strategy means for IT users to their offering

The report explains and assesses the vision underlying SAP's roadmap for a Business Process Platform (BPP) from a user perspective.

The report relates SAP's BPP roadmap to the general concepts of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) and Business Process Management (BPM). It discusses the major benefits and challenges of the BPP from technical, organisational and business perspectives. It also sketches similar offerings from other vendors in the enterprise software and BPM space and compares and evaluates them with respect to the SAP approach. It ends with an assessment of the current situation and the resulting consequences for users.

The report is based on thorough and detailed desk research as well as on extensive interviews with vendors and users of solutions in the areas Business Process Platforms and Business Process Management.

Target Group

IT managers and decision makers within companies who have implemented or plan on implementing SAP-solutions

IT managers and decision makers within companies aiming at a process oriented IT infrastructure

User and potential user of BPM solutions

IT suppliers in the field of Enterprise Software and BPM

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c24329