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TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP
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In 2003, one of SAP’s most significant accomplishments was the launch of Enterprise
Services Architecture and SAP NetWeaver technology platform, the technical enabler of
this service-oriented architecture for adaptive business solutions. SAP NetWeaver helps companies
achieve growth through continuous change and innovation. It allows our customers to
integrate existing assets into their SAP landscapes for further ROI and lower TCO. It also helps
them to quickly automate new business processes that foster change. And, it provides business
and financial transparency by integrating previously “siloed” business processes across SAP and
non-SAP applications as well as between in-house and outsourced applications. SAP NetWeaver
opens up a new dimension: It elevates an existing IT infrastructure from an enabler of work to
an enabler of change, and makes change sustainable through reduced risk and contained cost.
In an effort to better align the SAP development organization to deliver on the
SAP NetWeaver promise and to continually add customer-oriented innovation to our offerings,
SAP undertook its most significant corporate realignment ever during the summer of 2003.
The Strategic Cross-Organizational Realignment initiative created business solution groups to
increase our focus on developing and delivering tailored industry solutions. We also created the
Application Platform & Architecture group to set architectual standards and develop reusable
software components.
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