Today, most organizations face the daunting task of implementing business processes across a heterogeneous landscape that includes software from SAP and our partners, as well as in-house solutions, legacy applications, and products from other vendors.

Your challenge: To develop an adaptable, efficient, transparent IT environment that addresses your complex business and technology needs. Your answer to that challenge: SAP's ecosystem -- a collaborative environment that enables you to tap the knowledge and experience of trusted IT vendors for delivering the innovative solutions you need.

Members of the ecosystem include customers, partners and system integrators, developers, industry experts, and SAP. You can participate in the ecosystem in a number of forums, including:

• Developer community -- A rich resource of tools and information for IT professionals wanting to increase their proficiency in SAP technologies
• Business Process Expert Community -- A resource of tools and information for business process experts who drive real-time business innovation, including a rich combination of business process and services as well as components and tools available through SAP NetWeaver platform
• Enterprise Services Community (ES Community) -- A network through which customers, IT partners, and SAP partners collaborate to define enterprise services
• Industry value networks (IVNs) -- Industry-specific ecosystems that bring together customers, partners, and SAP to focus on the co-innovation of industry solutions to support critical business challenges
• "Powered by SAP NetWeaver" partner solutions -- Third-party software solutions that are qualified to run on the SAP NetWeaver platform to extend value and enhance collaboration across the value chain
• "SAP xApps Certified" partner solutions -- Third-party solutions that are built as composite applications that on run on the SAP NetWeaver platform to work with SAP software and integrate at all levels of the IT landscape