SAP NetWeaver enables companies to flexibly and rapidly deploy, execute, monitor, and refine business processes and strategies. To learn more, read the following overviews and detailed information.

Overviews

• "SAP NetWeaver" (PDF, 768 KB) -- Explore the SAP NetWeaver platform's role as an enabler of change. This open integration and application platform allows IT to become an agent of transformation as it aligns IT with your enterprise's business objectives.
• "IT Practices with SAP NetWeaver: The Best Solutions for Your Business Requirements" (PDF, 533 KB) -- Learn how SAP NetWeaver enables you to implement IT practices to meet special business requirements using IT systems. IT practices enable end-to-end processes that optimize the integration potential of SAP NetWeaver.
• "Business Forces Driving Adoption of Service Oriented Architecture" (PDF, 278 KB) -- Review this IDC white paper on the importance of architecture on driving business change -- and the benefits of the flexibility provided by a service-oriented architecture.

Detailed Information

• Enterprise service-oriented architecture
• IT Practices
• User productivity enablement
• Data unification
• Business information management
• Business event management
• End-to-end process integration
• Custom development
• Unified life-cycle management
• Application governance and security management
• Consolidation
• Technical details
• Ecosystem for SAP NetWeaver and enterprise service-oriented architecture