With SAP NetWeaver, your IT organization can extract new value from existing investments in technology and skills by creating new, enterprise-scale applications that drive your company's differential advantage. The platform provides a standards-based infrastructure for building composite applications that combine the benefits of standard applications with custom-built solutions -- addressing end-to-end business processes quickly, flexibly, and affordably.

Developing, Configuring, and Adapting Applications

You can use a model-driven environment to develop, configure, and adapt user interfaces for SAP-delivered applications and to develop, model, and configure custom composite applications. With SAP NetWeaver, you can:

• Leverage Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) standards for porting and adopting application
• Create J2EE-based applications using SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, which includes Web Dynpro for Java
• Create applications using the model-driven SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer tool
• Create business applications using Web Dynpro for ABAP
• Create portal applications using the .NET portal development kit
• Develop mobile applications for occasional connection
• Create composite applications using SAP Composite Application Framework (SAP CAF)

Enabling Platform Interoperability

You can set up both content sharing with non-SAP portals and interoperation with non-SAP software and technology platforms. You can also enable interoperation on a business-process level with non-SAP solutions. With SAP NetWeaver, you can:

• Enable the coexistence of several portals
• Ensure application-to-application and business-to-business integration
• Provide Web services interoperability
• Manage heterogeneous system landscapes

The key IT activities involved with custom development are enabled by SAP NetWeaver components such as SAP NetWeaver Application Server, SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio, SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, and SAP Composite Application Framework.