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The Five Key Elements of Enterprise Services Architecture. Eric Wei SAP Platinum Consultant Coworker - NJ Computer Professionals Society. Enterprise services architecture is more than Web services An enterprise services platform for business process innovation emerges
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The Five Key Elements of Enterprise Services Architecture Eric Wei SAP Platinum Consultant Coworker - NJ Computer Professionals Society
Enterprise services architecture is more than Web services An enterprise services platform for business process innovation emerges A huge ecosystem develops around it Time for Change: IT is Entering its Third Market Area Enterprise Services Architecture Three-Tier Client/Server Main-frame
Enterprise Services ArchitectureBusiness Value Drives Service Enablement Business Value Generation Level of Service Enablement 80% 75% 40% 40% 20% 2004 2005 2006 Process Efficiency (B2B) User Productivity Deployment Flexibility
ARCHITECTUREFOR CHANGEThe 5 Key Elements of Enterprise Services Architecture
EnterpriseServicesRepository FiveKeyElementsofEnterpriseServicesArchitecture PEOPLE PRODUCTIVITY ANALYTICS/REPORTING SERVICE COMPOSITION SAP NetWeaver SERVICE ENABLEMENT SAP’s Enterprise Services PartnerServices Business Objects, Components, and Engines Bus. Partner Legacy LIFE-CYCLE MGMT
EnterpriseServicesRepository First Key Element of Enterprise Services Architecture:Service Enablement SAP NetWeaver SERVICE ENABLEMENT SAP’s Enterprise Services PartnerServices Business Objects, Components, and Engines Bus. Partner Legacy
ERP(Supplier) CRM(Supplier) SRM(internal) ERP(internal) CRM(internal) SRM(Buyer) Situation Today:Multiple Application Databases & Proprietary APIs Build composite applica-tions ? Database integration + proprietary techniques for cross-DB integration ? ? ? Build connectors to systems Changeprocesses Build connectors from systems
What Is Needed:A Services-Enabled Business Process Platform User Interfaces • Openness • Transparent unlimited access • Unified cross-system Integration Model • Extensibility of services • Standardization of services Composite Applications SAP NetWeaver Common Enterprise ServicesArchitecture Services Repository with Business Content Common Enterprise ServicesArchitecture Service Patterns for All Platform Objects Business Objects, Components, and Engines
Second Key Element of Enterprise Services Architecture:People Productivity PEOPLE PRODUCTIVITY SAP NetWeaver
Situation Today:People Work as Human Integrators Production Planner Purchaser Accountant People as “Human Integrators” “Hard-Wired”EnterpriseApplications ERP(Supplier) CRM(Supplier) SRM(internal) ERP(internal) CRM(internal) SRM(Buyer)
Third Key Element of Enterprise Services Architecture:Analytics/Reporting ANALYTICS/REPORTING SAP NetWeaver
Situation Today:Inside Information Only for Specialists Information FlowBroken Sales Representatives Marketing Specialist Transactional Users DataAnalysts Hidden Process Integration ERP(Supplier) CRM(Supplier) SRM(internal) ERP(internal) CRM(internal) SRM(Buyer)
What Is Needed:Embedded Analytics Seamless integration of transactional and analytical content Unified modeling environment for business users and developers High performance use of BI People Productivity Analytics/Reporting Service Composition SAP NetWeaver • Business Intelligence for People Empowerment • Information first approach • Push principle • Speed and flexibility • On-the-fly analytical insight Business Objects, Components, and Engines
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Fourth Key Element of Enterprise Services Architecture:Service Composition SERVICE COMPOSITION SAP NetWeaver
Situation Today:Coded One-to-One Process Integration Transaction Transaction Transaction Transaction Transaction Transactions Within Application Silos Rigid Processes, One-to-One Integrated by Coding CRM(Supplier) SRM(internal) ERP(internal) CRM(internal) SRM(Buyer)
What Is Needed:A Common Application Life-Cycle Management User Interfaces • Lower TCO • Deployment management • Cross-solution configuration management • Operations and support services • Cross-system application change management Composite Applications SAP NetWeaver Solution landscape management Common change management always on – never seen Business Objects, Components, and Engines LIFE-CYCLE MGMT