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1 SAP NetWeaver Product ManagementSAP NetWeaver Portal :A glimpse on new featuresfor collaboration, contentand communitiesReleased to customersJune 2007 SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 2 DisclaimerThis presentation outlines our general product direction and should not be reliedon in making a purchase decision. This presentation is not subject to your licenseagreement or any other agreement with has no obligation to pursue any course of business outlined in thispresentation or to develop or release any functionality mentioned in presentation and SAP's strategy and possible future developments aresubject to change and may be changed by SAP at any time for any reasonwithout notice. This document is provided without a warranty of any kind, eitherexpress or implied, including but not limited to, the implied warranties ofmerchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this document, except ifsuch damages were caused by SAP intentionally or grossly & TimelineIntroductionCollaboration Portal : Planned RoadmapSummary & TimelineIntroductionCollaboration Portal : Planned Roadmap SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 5 From Operational Efficiency to Competitive DifferentiationCompetitiveDifferentiatio nBusiness ProcessReengineering+SAP R/3 OperationalEfficiencyBusiness NetworkTransformation+Enterprise SOA1990s 2000s2010sSource: SAPPHIRE 2007 keynote Henning Kagermann SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal .

2 A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 6 Business Network TransformationBusiness Networkhas becomethe primary source of new differentiationSource: SAPPHIRE 2007 keynote Henning Kagermann SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 7A New Layer Complementary to Automation is Required Enabling Collaboration Across the Network in theContext of Business Processes and Events Web concepts being embraced by enterprisesSource: SAPPHIRE 2007 keynote Henning Kagermann SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 8 Consumerization:An Internet Trend Makes it into Enterprises& CoEnterprise :Robustness & EfficiencyWeb :Usability & CommunitiesEnterprise : We want both ! SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 9 Information & Knowledge Worker EmergenceServicesGoodsDataKnowledgeType of Composition of Employment by type of worker, 1950 2000 Source: Communications of the ACM, October 2005/Vol.

3 48, No. 10, Edward N. Wolff, Data extracted from decennial censuses 1950-2000 Knowledge / information workers will become themain user group in your organization SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 10 SAP Applications for Information WorkersFor everyone, everyday SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 11 SAP NetWeaver User ExperienceFlexible Access Channels for Best EffectivenessAccess anywhere, any way Extended work environments Common UI services Common administrationWeb for enterprises Communities create value Collaboration increases productivity Enriched with enterprise dataSummary & TimelineIntroductionCollaboration Portal : Planned Roadmap SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 13 SAP sAnswer in the Portal Realm:New Features for Collaboration, Content Mgmt.

4 And CommunitiesCollaboration Portal Rich collaboration features Workspaces Forums Wikis Collaborative tagging Social network capabilities Intuitive capabilities for leanweb content management User interface extreme makeover 3rd party integration MS Sharepoint 2007 Real-time collaboration vendors Governance & monitoring Based on SAP NetWeaver SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 14 SAP NetWeaver Collaboration PortalSAP NetWeaver Collaboration Portal : Building BlocksCollaboration Portal is anadd-on to an existingSAP NetWeaver infrastructureContent Management &GovernanceCollaborationServices(Forums, Wikis ..)Tagging &SearchMyWork-spaceThird-PartyIntegratio n& ConnectivitySocialNetworkLean Administration & collaboration Portal provides all services for business usersto jointly access, create and share is based on the proven Portal infrastructure and embeddedinto the corporate business application landscape.

5 SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 15 Collaboration Portal : Focus AreasCollaborationPortalTechnology3 ContentCreationCapabilities2 UsabilityEnhancements1 SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 16 Collaboration Portal : Focus AreasCollaborationPortalTechnology3 ContentCreationCapabilities2 UsabilityEnhancements1 SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 17 Dynamic Portal Navigation:Accelerated and More IntuitiveLive demo in SAP s Corporate Portal : Portal navigation Fast and intuitivenavigation in top-level anddetailed navigation Personalized selection ofroles Compatible with existingportal roles AJAX-based(Asynchronous Javascript & XML) SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 18 Next Generation Collaboration Rooms:Greatly Improved Usability & PerformanceTeam Workspaces Next generationcollaboration rooms Complete user interfacemakeover Drag & Drop for documentcheck-in and room adaptation Faster navigation Easier setup and management Better MS Office integration Based on standard portalfunctionalityDemo SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 19 New Discussion Forums:Intuitive Build-up of a User CommunityDiscussion Forums Intuitive user interfaceintegrated into the Portal Support for moderatedforums Search and emailnotification on postings Live and proven in SDN for~ users Available as from Q2 2007(lean forums available incurrent version of Portal )See it in use at SDN SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal .

6 A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 20 Collaboration Portal : Focus AreasCollaborationPortalTechnology3 ContentCreationCapabilities2 UsabilityEnhancements1 SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 21 Web Page Composer:Easy Creation of Portal -Based Web PagesWeb Page Composer Easy creation of Web contentfor business end users Closely tied into portalnavigation and themes Full-text search and pagedisplay in navigation context Support for external facingportals Live in SDN for~ (basis for all SDNcontent pages)See it in use at SDN SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 22 Article editor for business usersWeb Page Composer Major Building BlocksPage editor for content managersDisplay view for readers SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 23 WCM Capabilities Within SAP NetWeaver PortalWCM capabilitiesBASICLEANADVANCEDP ortal & KM XML forms HTML collection renderer HTML pages in URL iViewswithoutWeb Page ComposerSAPS tandardDeliverywithWeb Page ComposerWeb Page Composeradds lean capabilities basedon standard EP/KMPortal & KM XML forms HTML collection renderer HTML pages in URL iViewsIntegrationof arbitraryWCMvendorsProjectextensionsCust omerprojectIntegration ofWCM SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 24 Wikis.

7 Collaborative Content Creation Throughout an EnterpriseWikis Easy content creation incollaborative style Tightly integrated intoportal navigation ONE user management Integration into TREX searchBlogs Planned for H1 / 2008 WIKI at SDNB logs at SDN SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 25 My Workspace :Personal Space to Publish Your Profile and Share ContentYour personal spaceto publish yourprofile and sharecontent with otherportal users My Workspace A personal space for eachportal user Think of it as extendedbusiness card Display and maintain HROrg info ( taken fromERP HCM) Publish and shareinformation (profile,expertise, contacts,documents, blogs, ..) Tagging of content to findcontent of same interest Grain for social network SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 26 Tagging:Easily Find Topics of Common Interest1) Triggers the Tag Explorer2) This is a tagcloud of the mostpopular tags4) Related Links are itemstagged with compensation ) Tags frequentlytagged along with compensation.

8 3) Clicking on a tag compensation shows therelated links & tags for this tagThe Tag Explorer enables you to see related information for a tagNote: UI POC subject to change SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 27 Collaboration Portal : Connectivity to MS Sharepoint (MOSS 2007)MS Sharepoint Integration MS SharePoint landscapes willbe found at customer ( nextgeneration file share ) Collaboration Portal as entrypoint to content on distributedSharePoint repositories Integration Scope Short Term Endusers can plug and renderSP documents in an iView Endusers can search via portalin SP indexes (federated search) Integration Scope Mid Term Repository manager integrationfor MOSS 2007 (for SP2003already available by MS) SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 28 Collaboration Portal : Focus AreasCollaborationPortalTechnology3 ContentCreationCapabilities2 UsabilityEnhancements1 SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 29 Support of JSR170/JSR 283 JSR 170 Java Specification Request 'Content Repositoryfor Java technology API Specifies how JAVA developers can accesscontent repositories in a unified fashion Released version (also known as JCR ), medium adoptionJSR 283 Next version of JSR 170, also called JCR Not yet released (currently in Java Community Process review)SAP is actively engaged in the JSR 283 community for JSR 283 is planned for 2007 / early 2008 SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 30 Collaboration Portal .

9 Modern Web Technologies Are UsedAJAX Asynchronous Javascript & XML is common Web technology andknown for easy and rapid development New collaboration rooms and new Portal navigation ( Lightning ) are thefirst AJAX applications in portalRSS Real Simple Syndication is used to bundle content snippets ( newsheadlines) from various places in one abstract Web Page Composer is supporting RSS and it is already live in SDNWeb Services The relevant parts of the Knowledge Management API will be exposed asweb services to ease access to and creation of content within the portalSummary & TimelineIntroductionCollaboration Portal : Planned Roadmap SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 32 Collaboration Portal : The Planned Road AheadFirst BuildingBlocks Web PageComposer New DiscussionForumsPhase I Q2/07 CollaborationPortal Ramp-up: AJAX navigation Team Workspace My Workspace (Wikis) SharepointintegrationPhase II Q1/08 Phase III Q3/08 CollaborationPortal General availability SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collaboration, content and communities / 33 Collaboration Portal Capabilities: SummaryRamp-Up in Q1/2008on NW add metadata to information in order to easily findtopics of interestTaggingQ2/2007on NW 04/NW popular discussion forums of SDN (750,000 users)are integrated into the standard Portal deliveryDiscussion ForumsRamp-Up in Q1/2008on NW integrate the multitude of MS SharePoint sites andleverage their content within the portalMS SharePoint IntegrationRamp-Up in Q1/2008on NW faster and more intuitive navigation within theportal (top-level and detailed navigation)Dynamic Portal navigationWikis: Ramp-Up inQ1/2008 on NW.

10 To be definedEnables employees to jointly work on a Web-baseddocuments directly in the browser (Wikis) or to quicklypublish information to other Portal users (Blogs).Wikis & BlogsRamp-Up in Q1/2008on NW user business card where employees canshare areas of expertise, their current projects andcontacts, documents, .. with other Portal usersMy Workspace / UserBusiness CardQ2/2007 on NW , Q3/2007unrestricted shipmentBusiness users and content managers can create leanWeb sites directly within the Portal (already live withinSDN)Web Page ComposerRamp-Up in Q1/2008on NW user interface makeover including better MSOffice integration and Drag & Drop within the performance due to leaner user interfaceTeam Workspaces(new collaboration rooms)PlannedTimelineShort descriptionCapability Name SAP AG 2007, SAP NetW eaver Portal :A glimpse on new features for collab