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[ B2B Roadmap in the Context of SAP PI

Udo Paltzer, Product Management SAP NetWeaver PI

[ Learning Points
Learn about customer adoption and positioning of
SAP NetWeaver PI
Understand how SAP NetWeaver PI supports B2B today
Learn about the roadmap for B2B in the context of
SAP NetWeaver PI

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

[ Agenda
SAP NetWeaver PI Customer Adoption &
Analyst Evaluations
SAP NetWeaver PI B2B Support Today
SAP NetWeaver PI B2B Roadmap

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration Today


Adoption

1.2 million messages processed overnight


Replacement of BEA web Logic with
SAP NetWeaver PI
SAP NetWeaver PI for mission critical A2A and B2B
Replacement of IBM Websphere & SAP BC with
SAP NetWeaver PI

SAP NetWeaver PI Adoption


180 new productive customers / quarter
~50 % of customers use SAP NetWeaver PI 7.1,
7.11, 7.30
300+ Customer References
Scenarios: A2A, B2B, ESB, SOA
SAP and non-SAP integration
Ramp-up for SAP NetWeaver PO 7.31
Started end of 2011
6 customers live during ramp-up
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Automate processes with SAP NetWeaver


PI to save payment processing costs and
improve vendor relationships
Automation of real-time
aggregation of business
critical interfaces
Integration with on
demand applications
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SAP NetWeaver Process Integration Today


Evaluation by Analysts
The Forrester Wave: Comprehensive Integration
Solutions, Q4 2010
By Ken Vollmer, November 9, 2010

Forrester evaluated 15 leading comprehensive integration


solution vendors against 137 criteria
Current offering: Architecture, EAI, B2B (EDI, XML), SOA, model driven
development, BPM
Strategy: Product strategy, solution cost, strategic alliances, customer
reference checks

Market presence: Installed base, new customers, delivery footprint

Forrester has also spoken with more than 300 clients


Evaluated products: SAP NetWeaver 7.1: BPM, BRM, CE, PI
SAP has achieved leadership status for the past two years
based on overall strength of its integration solution and
scored well in all areas of the evaluation
SAP scored top in strategic alliances, new customers,
delivery footprint, solution costs

Gartner Research, 16 November 2010, ID G00208554


By Thomas Otter, Massimo Pezzini, Dan Sommer, Derek Prior, Dennis Gaughan

Did SAP TechEd 2010 Revitalize NetWeaver?


SAP presented a more coherent and focused technology message than it has done for several years. SAP launched
NetWeaver 7.3 and also laid out the plans for key developments, such as mobile, in-memory and cloud computing.
SAP's technology is now on the move.
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[ Agenda
SAP NetWeaver PI Customer Adoption &
Analyst Evaluations
SAP NetWeaver PI B2B Support Today
SAP NetWeaver PI B2B Roadmap

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

B2B Offering
Benefits
Tight Integration with SAP NetWeaver PI
Flexible choice of B2B solution depending on your specific requirements

Functional Insight
Address mainstream EDI capabilities in SAP NetWeaver PI
Add-ons for SFTP, OFTP, X.400, and AS2
Rapid deployment solutions for building B2B solutions based on SAP NetWeaver PI (mappings
between EDI and IDocs)
EDI splitter and B2B mapping functions
PGP encryption and archiving modules
Available via separate download and install from SAP Service Market Place
Available as of SAP NetWeaver PI 7.11 onwards

Support hybrid deployment options for B2B


On premise via SAP NetWeaver PI
Managed services via SAP Information Interchange (SAP II from Crossgate, now a SAP company)

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SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration versus


SAP Information OnDemand / Solution Comparison
SAP NetWeaver Process
Orchestration

SAP Information
Interchange OnDemand

Type

Comprehensive Integration
Solution

Managed Service Offering

Deployment

On premise, hosted

On demand

Licensing

Perpetual license

Subscription fee

Use cases

EAI, SOA, B2B, BPM, BRM,


UI Composition

B2B integration

Partner integration

1:1 relationships

N:M relationships

Partner relationships

direct

indirect

Criteria
Solution

B2B

Partner onboarding & Customer, SI


maintenance

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SAP

Hybrid approach for B2B integration


Which is the right solution per use case?

Allows delegation

Requires control
SAP NetWeaver Process
Orchestration

SAP Information
Interchange OnDemand

B2B processes

Complex & tightly integrated

Simple & loosely coupled

Business partners

Strategic

Commodity

Business criticality

High

Low

Confidentiality

To be protected

Can be shared

B2B practice

Active

Passive

*Illustrative examples only. Final decision for selecting one approach over the other for a particular use case might vary
depending on a variety of business requirements such as time, costs.
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B2B Offering

B2B On-Premise
SAP RDS Offering

B2B Managed Services


B2B Hybrid (OD/OP) solution
SAP RDS Offering

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B2B on Premise
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration
Monitoring and Alerting
Integrated with SAP NetWeaver PI monitoring, CCMS, SAP Solution Manager

Enterprise Services Repository


SAP Business Content:
XML-EDI <-> XML-IDOC Mappings
Integration Processes
Pre-defined Message Types
Collection of ready-to-use Java functions

Advanced Adapter Engine

Syntax
conversion
EDI <->
XML-EDI
converter

Module
Library
compress,
decompress,
split, analyze,
Encryption,
Archiving

Protocols
AS2, SFTP,
X.400, OFTP

Integration Directory
Collaboration Profiles, Agreements, Configuration of acknowledgements (CONTRL, APERACK),
mass data handling,

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B2B Add-On for SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration


Comprehensive solution for EDI based B2B communication

SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration


B2B Add-On
B2B Infrastructure Services
Security
EDI Splitting
Numbering

AS2

Acknowledgements

X.400

Archiving
Mapping
functions

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B2B Technical Adapters

OFTP(2)

Converter Modules
ANSI X.12

Odette

EDIFACT

VDA

TRADACOM

Plain Text

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Connectivity options
B2B communication with the B2B Add-On

SAP NetWeaver
Process
Orchestration

AS2

OFTP(2)

X.400

Converter Modules

B2B Add-On

HTTP(S)
Proxy*

HTTP

OFTP2
Gateway*

TCP

BINTEC
Router

ISDN

OFTP2 direct TCP

Socks
Proxy*

P7

*optional
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B2B document type options


B2B communication with the B2B Add-On

SAP App

IDoc

Enterprise
Service

SAP NetWeaver
Process
Orchestration

XML

Mapping

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Technical
Adapter

Converter Modules

B2B Add-On

EDI / Plain

EDIFACT
ANSI X.12
Tradacom
Odette
VDA
Plain text

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B2B on Premise Delivery Plan


Adapters

Available for
PI release

Additional
License
Required

Apprx. Availability
Timeframe

Availability via

No

Q1,Q2,2012

Service Pack

Yes

Q1,Q2,2012

Separate download and


install from SMP

X.400

Yes

Q1,Q2,2012

AS2

Yes

Q1,Q2,2012

SFTP
OFTP

PI 7.11,
PI 7.30,
PI 7.31

Other Components/Features
EDI support for EDIFACT, ANSI X.12, VDA, TRADACOMS and ODETTE.
RDS for mappings (EDI and IDocs)
PGP encryption

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RDS Rapid Deployment Solution


Industry Verticals

Packaged

Retail

Utilities

ANSI

Telecom

Order
Acknowled
gement

Healthcare

Invoice

Aerospace

ASN

Pharma

TRADACOMS
ODETTE

EDIFACT

Automotive

Purchase
Order

Inventory

Industry Content

Interfaces
Mappings
Connectivity Templates
Adapters
Fast

Deployment

Quick
Best

Warehouse

Audit

ROI

Practices

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Finance
Procurement

Forecast
Sales
Supply
Manufacture
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Feature Highlights
Tight integration with SAP NetWeaver Process Integration & Orchestration
Same underlying SAP NetWeaver PI technology framework for monitoring,
communication channel scheduling, message splitting, configurations,
administration etc.
Encryption, signing and compression capabilities
Communication protocols support (SFTP, AS2, OFTP, X400)
Different EDI formats support (EDIFACT, ANSI X.12, VDA, TRADACOMS,
ODETTE, custom formats)
Ready to use ES Repository content (XSDs, mapping templates, mapping
functions)
Multi message handling support
Modules for special B2B use cases (archiving, automatic counters etc.)
EDI XML converter for maintaining B2B content and extensions
Functional and technical acknowledgements

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Deployment Options

B2B ADDON 1.0

SFTP PGP ADDON 1.0

SP8 onwards

Process Integration 7 .11

SP5 onwards

Process Integration 7 3
Dual Stack/AEX

SP3/4 onwards

Process Integration/
Process Orchestration/
PI 7.31
Dual Stack/AEX

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SFTP Adapter Overview


Delivered as part of SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration

SFTP Adapter Features


Protocols: SFTP versions 0, 1, 2, 3 by means of SSH2, SCP; SOCKS 4,5 or
HTTP proxy (SFTP) proxies
Quality of service: Exactly once, exactly once in order, best effort
Authentication: Fingerprint check, certificate and password authentication
Archiving of original inbound message on the file system
Support of dynamic attributes
Other functionality is almost identical to the one of the standard file/ftp adapter

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PGP Adapter Module Overview


Delivered as part of SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration

PGP Adapter Module Features


Used for signing and encrypting, decrypting, signature verification of message
content
Can be used in conjunction with any technical adapter of SAP NetWeaver
Process Orchestration.
For inbound and outbound communication
Encryption algorithms (key length): AES (128), AES (192), AES (256),
BLOWFISH, CAST5, DES, IDEA, SAFER, 3DES, TWOFISH
Signing algorithms: MD5, DOUBLE SHA, HAVAL 5 (160), MD2, RIPEMD (160),
SHA1, SHA (224), SHA (256), SHA (384), SHA (512), TIGER (192)
Compression formats: ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2, none
Message formats: binary, text (ASCII/none ASCII)

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AS2 Adapter Overview


Delivered as part of the B2B Add-On

AS2 Adapter Features

Protocols: HTTP and HTTPS for transport, support of proxies


Quality of service: Exactly once, exactly once in order, best effort
Signature: SHA1
Encryption: 3DES, AES/128, AES/192, AES/256, RC2/128, RC2/40,RC2/64,
RC5, ARCFOUR
Authentication/mapping of partners: Via AS2 sender, AS2 recipient,
message subject and message ID
Acknowledgements: Message disposition notifications (none, synchronous,
asynchronous)
Charset re-encoding for messages
Archiving of original inbound message on the file system
Use of dynamic attributes

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OFTP(2) Adapter Overview


Delivered as part of the B2B Add-On

OFTP(2) Adapter Features


Certified by ODETTE
Supported versions: OFTP1.x and OFTP2
Protocols: TCP/IP, ISDN (X.25) for transport via RCAPI & Funkwerk ISDN
Routers
Quality of service: Exactly once, exactly once in order, best effort
Authentication: Via cryptographic handshake or against the Odette trusted
services list
Encryption: SSL encryption of the transport layer with client authentication. CMS
encryption, signing and compression of the messages.
Acknowledgements: End to end responses (optionally signed)
Archiving of messages (original inbound, final outbound) on the file system
Easy EBCDIC & ASCII codepage conversion
Automatic exchange of certificates with partners
Support of dynamic attributes

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X.400 Adapter Overview


Delivered as part of the B2B Add-On

X.400 Adapter Features


Protocols: X.400 P7 for communication, TCP/IP for transport, use of socks 5
proxy
Quality of service: Exactly once, exactly once in order, best effort
Encryption: SSL for TCP/IP
Authentication: Content-based sender determination (multiple partner &
message types in one mailbox)
Document content: IA5 text, binary and bilaterally defined bodyparts, general
text extended body parts
Acknowledgements: Delivery, non delivery report, submission reports
Message split per bodypart
Archiving of original X.400 messages (inbound before decoding, outbound after
encoding) on the file system
Configurable poll schedule
Character set re-encoding of messages
Support of dynamic attributes

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EDI Separator Adapter Overview


Delivered as part of the B2B Add-On

EDI Separator Adapter Features


Split of inbound EDI messages
EDIFACT split per service string advice (UNA,) interchange header (UNB),
message header (UNH) segment
ANSI X.12 split per interchange control header (ISA), functioanl group header
(GS), transaction set header (ST) segment
VDA split per start segment
Filter messages by parameters like message type, version, sender, receiver
Generation of 997 responses for ANSI X.12 messages received
Encoding conversion
Indention

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How the EDI Separator Works


Splitting of Multi EDI Message into single messages
Single Electronic Data Interchange (EDIFACT, ANSI etc.) message comprising of multiple B2B messages
can be received by any technical adapter
Outbound EDI Separator Adapter splits multiple EDI into single B2B messages
(Single) B2B messages are received by inbound EDI Separator Adapter and mapped to corresponding
internal message format (IDoc, Enterprise Service, other)
Optionally acknowledgement generated and sent to business partner
IDoc / Enterprise Service / other message is sent to receiving application
SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration

Electronic
Data
Interchange
1. Purchase
Order

AS2
Communication
Adapter
EDI Separator

2. Invoice
EDI Separator

EDI Separator

SAP Applications

Communication
Adapter

Purchase
Order

Communication
Adapter

Invoice
Non SAP Systems

EDI Separator

Acknowledgement

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Communication
Adapter

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EDI XML Converter

EDI XML CONVERTER

Browser based UI to manage EDI content


One screen to manage different EDI formats
content (EDIFACT, ANSI X.12, TRADACOMS,
VDA, ODETTE and custom formats)
XSDs generation of required B2B formats for
ES Repository usage
EDI modules for format conversion with
different technical adapters support
Inbound and outbound message support
Content creation and modification
Maintain runtime table entries
Test conversions and logging
Comparison of source and re-converted result

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NRO (Number Range Objects)


NRO Number Range Objects

NRO (Number Range Objects) module


provides the option to insert automatically
continuous counters into the outgoing
message. These numbers can be created
and are oriented towards the defined
intervals in the respective objects

Generic Features

WEB GUI for NRO maintenance

Customized starting numbers

Status and value of current counter

Warnings on customized threshold value

Custom adaption of counter values

Used as an adapter module in


communication channel

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Archiving Module
Archiving Module

Generic Features

Archiving Module is used to archive


messages based on sender and receiver
communication channels. Archiving can also
be done for the different Mapping steps in
Operation Mappings. Messages get stored
on the file system.

Can be used with Inbound and


Outbound Adapters

Can be used with Operation Mappings

Messages are archived in file system

Archive Directory and Parameters are


read from module configuration

Dynamic file name configuration based


on parameters (Timestamp, message id,
partner name etc.)

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration


Partner
System

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Technical
Adapter
Archive
Module

Operation
Mapping
Archive
Mapping

Technical
Adapter
Archive
Module

SAP
ERP

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Mapping Templates

EDIFACT

ANSI X.12

TRADACOMS

Purchase
Order
ORDERS

Purchase
Order
850

Order File
ORDHDR

Version: 96A
Inbound/Outbound

Version: 4010
Inbound/Outbound

Version: T09
Inbound

Invoice
INVOIC

Invoice
810

Invoice File
INVFIL

Version: 96A

Version: 4010

Inbound/Outbound

Inbound/Outbound

Version: T09
Outbound

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Can be used to quickly set up the scenarios

Delivered as a part of ES Repository content

Use per-defined B2B function

More scenarios / productive mappings via RDS

VDA

ODETTE

Forecast
VDA4905

Forecast
DELINS

Inbound

Invoice
VDA4906
Outbound

Version: 3
Inbound

Invoice
INVOIC
Version: 3
Outbound

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Documentation
Master Guides

Installation Guides

Configuration Guides

Release Notes

SAP Notes

Security Guides

SDN How to Guides and online


documentation on help.sap.com
(coming soon)
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B2B Offering

B2B On-Premise
SAP RDS Offering

B2B Managed Services


B2B Hybrid (OD/OP) solution
SAP RDS Offering

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Solutions for specific business needs


Business challenges
Error prone, time and labor intensive
paper based solutions

High costs and effort to monitor and


secure business network messages
due to a lack of centralization of
connections to multiple business
systems.

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In a dynamic environment, there


is high cost of on boarding and
managing technical connectivity
with multiple partners.

Multiple technologies must be


mastered and maintained to provide
technical connectivity and data
mapping to send electronic documents
from customers business systems to
various business partners

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What Does This Mean for Your Business?


Top Executive Issues
Operational benefits
Collaborate with any partner, anywhere in the world, regardless of data standards
Rapid response to market changes and unpredictable situations
End-to-end visibility of your business processes with monitoring capabilities

Financial benefits
Lightweight solution with multiple
deployment options -> lower TCO
Predictable costs due to fixed price models

Replace legacy solutions and save money

Technological benefits
Connectivity through standard interfaces
Highly scalable and flexible solution
Easy and fast on-boarding scenarios due
to predefined content profiles

No change or transaction fees

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External
Confidential

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The Content Repository of SAP Information


Interchange OnDemand
The content repository allows SAP customers to integrate once and re-use
standard interfaces across the Business Partner Network.
Current Point-to-Point Approach

B2B/EDI Integration 1.0

Central B2B Content Repository Integrate Once

B2B/EDI Integration 2.0

SAP Information Interchange OnDemand


3rd party application for EDI
Not scalable
Need for internal resources
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Faster Implementation.
Bigger Flexibility.
Lower TCO
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SAP Information Interchange OnDemand


Solution Details

SAP Information
Interchange OnDemand
Pre-defined content

SAP Solution

Collaborate with any partner, anywhere in the world,


regardless of data standards and compliance
Easy and fast on-boarding scenarios due to predefined
content profiles

Lightweight solution -> lower TCO


Out of the box
connectivity

SAP Differentiators
Integration: Integrates seamless with all SAP systems

Any format or industry


standard

End-to-end visibility

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Support: Solution is covered with SAP Enterprise


Support
Customer base: Gain access to more than 40,000
potential trading partners inside SAPs Business Ready
Network

External
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SAP Information Interchange OnDemand


Process overview
Automate and standardize your end-to-end B2B communication to improve
productivity, reduce error rates and save maintenance costs related to
maintaining and updating your interfaces manually
Process Steps
Initial
on-boarding
Become a part of
SAPs Business
Ready Network by onboarding yourself to
SAP Information
Interchange.

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Partner
on-boarding
On-boarding of your
Business Partners,
including profile
creation.

Message
exchange
Sent and receive
business messages
via the SAP
Information
Interchange engine.

Extend your
Network
Search for already
connected and
potentially new
business partners
and leverage the
network effect.

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Deep B2B Pre-integration within SAPs


Portfolio for Mission Critical Processes
SAP and Non-SAP Solutions

SAP and Non-SAP Solutions

End customer

Suppliers

SAP Information Interchange OnDemand

Financial
Services,
Government

Orders In-/Outbound

SAP Netweaver
Process Integration

Orders Ack. In-/Outbound

Warehouse

Delivery JIT In-/Outbound


Inventory Report In-/Outbound

SAP ERP
Production
sites

Invoice In-/Outbound

Logistics
Service
Providers
and Carriers

Self Billing Invoice In-/Outbound

ASN In-/Outbound

SAP SAP
BusinessByDesign

Shipment In-/Outbound

Delivery Forecast In-/Outbound

SAP Procurement

Enterprise Service

Remittance Advice In-/Outbound


Outsourced
Manufacturers

Financial
Services,
Government

SAP Supply Chain


Management

Logistics
Service
Providers
and Carriers

Other Processes, Docs, etc.


Retailer

3rd Party Solutions

Leverage Ready-to-run B2B content maintained over lifecycle


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B2B Offering

B2B On-Premise
SAP RDS Offering

B2B Managed Services


B2B Hybrid (OD/OP) solution
SAP RDS Offering

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Rapid Deployment solutions for Hybrid B2B deployments


SAP PI Integration for specialized
processes

SNC
ERP 1

Customers

TM
CRM

SAP PI

3PL
SRM

Content Engine

BPP

NETWORK
HUBS

Item

ERP 2

Party

Location

SAP II

SAP II B2B Content Solution fr


Standardised Business Partner Integration
Supplier

Consolidation of
heterogeneous
landscapes and
systems to SAP
standard

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Add profile to SAP II, central repository and re-use


existing connectivity to trading partners

Partner onboarding and


maintenance of interfaces

Heterogeneous connectivity: Map via PI to reference


trading partner

Partner onboarding /mapping and


testing of interfaces

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[ Agenda
SAP NetWeaver PI Customer Adoption &
Analyst Evaluations
SAP NetWeaver PI B2B Support Today
SAP NetWeaver PI B2B Roadmap

Real Experience. Real Advantage.

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B2B Integration with SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration


Overview & Outlook
SAP NetWeaver Process
Orchestration
Business Process
& Rules
Automation

UI Composition

A2A Integration

B2B Collaboration

SOA Governance

Integration & Business


Network Visbility
Ship-to-stock

Make-to-order

Monitoring &
Analytics

Technical and industry


specific adapters

Comprehensive B2B Add-On supporting Flexibility to move between


major B2B/EDI standards
on premise and on demand

Superior trading partner


Rapid Deployment Solution for B2B
management
integration delivering mapping templates
End-to-end process visibility for
B2B configuration and
SFTP adapter & PGP encryption
business users
monitoring capabilities as part Monitor for B2B message tracking
of in SAP NetWeaver Process
Orchestration
SAP Business Packages for
selected industry use cases

TODAY

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PLANNED INNOVATIONS FUTURE DIRECTION

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B2B Offering

Trading partner management

Certificate Management
More integration content for industry specific B2B scenarios
Further SAP RDS (rapid deployment solutions) offerings, including
integration with Crossgate

Monitor for B2B message tracking


End-to-end process visibility for business users
Integration with on-demand applications (SAP and non-SAP)

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Integration Visibility
For IT & Application Support and Business Power Users
Planned Innovations: B2B Message Monitor
Central, end-to-end integration visibility into the correct closure of business transactions with your business
partners
Monitoring information along the integration layers of the B2B message flow, including processing within
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, Process Orchestration, SAP backend system layers (ABAP Proxy,
ALE, tRFC/qRFC, WS) and SAP Integration Interchange
Show relevant payload data in monitoring overview, such as EDI number, order number etc.
Provide a summarized information for most common B2B related issues, such as flows with highest error
ratio, most overdue acknowledgements etc.
Capture the business impact and get involved into error resolution (e.g. semantic conflicts) via object- and
user specific views
Measure business SLAs, such as E2E processing times, error ratio, volumes etc., especially in scenarios
where trust in intercompany communication is vital for business success
Integration with other functionality of SAP such as alerting, incident and notification management

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Planned SAP investments for integration with Cloud


based non SAP Applications
MuleSoft Cloud Connect for
PI provides easy integration
with SaaS and cloud based
services
Runs as a certified PI
Adapter, leveraging existing
PI tooling and management
Built on MuleSofts leading
open source technology
running in 3,000 customer
deployments globally
Open and standardized
approach to dealing with
myriad of SaaS APIs

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[ Key Learnings
There is a strong customer adoption of SAP NetWeaver PI
SAP NetWeaver PI provides solid key B2B capabilities today
A roadmap for B2B in the context of SAP NetWeaver PI
is available

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BladeCenter, System Storage, Storwize,
XIV, GPFS, HACMP, RETAIN, DB2 Connect, RACF, Redbooks, OS/2, AIX, Intelligent Miner,
WebSphere, Tivoli, Informix, and Smarter Planet are trademarks or registered trademarks of
IBM Corporation.
Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States and other countries.
Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, PostScript, and Reader are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and other countries.
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and its affiliates.

UNIX, X/Open, OSF/1, and Motif are registered trademarks of the Open Group.
Citrix, ICA, Program Neighborhood, MetaFrame, WinFrame, VideoFrame, and MultiWin are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Citrix Systems Inc.
HTML, XML, XHTML, and W3C are trademarks or registered trademarks of W3C, World
Wide Web Consortium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Apple, App Store, iBooks, iPad, iPhone, iPhoto, iPod, iTunes, Multi-Touch, Objective-C,
Retina, Safari, Siri,
and Xcode are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Inc.
IOS is a registered trademark of Cisco Systems Inc.
RIM, BlackBerry, BBM, BlackBerry Curve, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Pearl, BlackBerry
Torch, BlackBerry Storm, BlackBerry Storm2, BlackBerry PlayBook, and BlackBerry App
World are trademarks or registered trademarks of Research in Motion Limited.

2012 SAP AG. All rights reserved.

Google App Engine, Google Apps, Google Checkout, Google Data API, Google Maps, Google
Mobile Ads, Google Mobile Updater, Google Mobile, Google Store, Google Sync, Google
Updater, Google Voice,
Google Mail, Gmail, YouTube, Dalvik and Android are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Google Inc.
INTERMEC is a registered trademark of Intermec Technologies Corporation.
Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of Wi-Fi Alliance.
Bluetooth is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc.
Motorola is a registered trademark of Motorola Trademark Holdings LLC.

Computop is a registered trademark of Computop Wirtschaftsinformatik GmbH.


SAP, R/3, SAP NetWeaver, Duet, PartnerEdge, ByDesign, SAP BusinessObjects Explorer,
StreamWork,
SAP HANA, and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their
respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and other
countries.
Business Objects and the Business Objects logo, BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports, Crystal
Decisions, Web Intelligence, Xcelsius, and other Business Objects products and services
mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Business Objects Software Ltd. Business Objects is an SAP company.
Sybase and Adaptive Server, iAnywhere, Sybase 365, SQL Anywhere, and other Sybase
products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Sybase Inc. Sybase is an SAP company.
Crossgate, m@gic EDDY, B2B 360, and B2B 360 Services are registered trademarks of
Crossgate AG
in Germany and other countries. Crossgate is an SAP company.
All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective
companies. Data contained in this document serves informational purposes only. National
product specifications may vary.
The information in this document is proprietary to SAP. No part of this document may be
reproduced, copied,
or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express prior written permission of
SAP AG.

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