To learn more about enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA), check out the following information:

Introduction

• "Enterprise Services Architecture: The Design for Change" (PDF, 192 KB) -- Read how enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) enhances and extends the concepts of service-oriented architecture. This solution brief also reviews the adoption program for enterprise SOA.

Solution Briefs

• "Enterprise Services Architecture - Design, Development, and Deployment" (PDF, 210 KB) -- Read how enterprise SOA enhances and extends the concepts of service-oriented architecture. This solution brief also reviews the adoption program for enterprise SOA.
• "Gaining Competitive Advantage with Enterprise Services Architecture" (PDF, 204 KB) -- Review the adoption program for enterprise SOA, SAP's formal -- yet flexible -- methodology that defines a series of easy, logical steps toward an enterprise service-oriented architecture. The methodology creates an evolutionary path that avoids disruptions.

Solution in Detail

• "SAP NetWeaver and Enterprise Services Architecture" (PDF, 166 KB) -- Explore how to tap the potential of SAP NetWeaver in the most targeted manner possible. By developing a strategy for enterprise service-oriented architecture , you can use SAP NetWeaver to solve business and IT challenges, rapidly implement IT strategies, and realize immediate business benefits.

White Papers

• "Creating an Enterprise Services Architecture Road Map" (PDF, 132 KB) -- Learn about the five steps to creating a road map for enterprise service-oriented architecture. SAP Consulting can guide your organization in developing an enterprise SOA road map, helping you to define a new vision for business processes, IT systems, and overall strategy.
• "Enterprise Services Architecture: An Introduction" (PDF, 260 KB) -- Learn how enterprise service-oriented architecture enabled by the SAP NetWeaver platform offers a blueprint for flexibility and business efficiency -- without increasing costs.
• "Enterprise Services Design Guide" (PDF, 485 KB) -- Learn about the nature of enterprise services and the role they should play in a solution. The guide also presents a detailed process for discovering, designing, and describing an enterprise service.