Leading companies realize that to succeed, they must deploy strategies faster than the competition – and close the gap between strategic goals and operational execution. With platform technology from SAP, you can keep your competitive edge with agile operations that can support continuous business improvement.

SAP delivers flexibility and responsiveness through:

• Service-oriented architecture – An open architecture in which functionality is aligned with business processes and packaged as interoperable services. Built for flexibility, service-oriented architecture (SOA) helps IT meet diverse business challenges such as creating new services, processes, and products – with greater ease and at lower cost then traditional information architectures.
• SAP NetWeaver technology platform – The unified technology foundation that runs SAP Business Suite and allows you to administer, integrate, and extend business processes and applications across your customers' business networks. With SAP NetWeaver components, tools, and applications, you can orchestrate business processes, compose applications, and deploy innovative solutions.
• Intelligence platform – A single platform, created with the following software, that ensures that all business users have immediate access to reliable business information.
• SAP BusinessObjects XI solutions for heterogeneous environments, a refined user experience, and real-world BI deployment flexibility
• Business intelligence, information management, and on-demand offerings for enhanced and strategic BI needs

Ecosystem: Delivering on the IT Promise

Through SAP's community network, SAP, our partners, and customers are developing enterprise services for over 25 industries. Available for use through SAP NetWeaver, these enterprise services enable you to accelerate business innovation and reduce costs by reusing existing functionality.