SAP NetWeaver includes a comprehensive set of components, applications, and tools.

Components

• SAP NetWeaver Application Server – Supports platform-independent Web services, business applications, and standards-based development, enabling you to leverage existing technology assets for Web-services-oriented solutions
• SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse – Enables you to integrate data from across the enterprise and transform it into practical, timely business information to drive sound decision making
• SAP NetWeaver Gateway – Enables developers to create applications that link business users to SAP software from any environment and through any device
• SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management – Ensures cross-system data consistency and helps integrate business processes across the extended value chain
• SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration – Helps improve processes, from simple workflows to integrated processes that span applications and organizational boundaries; includes capabilities for business process management, business rules management, and process integration
• SAP NetWeaver Portal – Unifies critical information and applications to give users role-based views that span the enterprise, enabling you to take full advantage of your information resources
• SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure – Gives you all the capabilities you need to integrate all automated sensing devices – including RFID readers and printers, Bluetooth devices, embedded systems, and bar-code devices
• SAP NetWeaver Identity Management – Addresses access and provisioning issues facing a typical enterprise, creates a new opportunity for integrating business processes, and helps you to integrate systems in a heterogeneous IT environment
• SAP NetWeaver Information Lifecycle Management – Allows you to archive data in a readily accessible format according to regulatory retention rules that you define

Tools

• Adaptive Computing Controller – Provides a central point of control for assigning computing resources and optimizing their use
• SAP NetWeaver Composition Environment – Provides a robust environment for design, deployment, and running of composite applications that comply with a service-oriented architecture
• SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio – Offers a convenient user interface and rich functionality for developing J2EE applications
• SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer – Simplifies the creation of portal content and analytics applications, enabling business analysts to build or customize applications using a visual user interface rather than manual coding
• SAP Solution Manager – Facilitates technical support for distributed systems with functionality that covers all key aspects of solution deployment, operation, and continuous improvement

Applications

• SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Search – Provides a simple and secure gateway to enterprise objects and transactions
• SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On – Offers a comprehensive single sign-on solution, enabling re-use of a person's initial authentication for subsequent log-ins to all applications