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CHAPTER 4
SAP ERP Integration Overview with Other Systems
So far in the first three chapters of this topic we have studied an overview of SAP business
suite applications and the NetWeaver Application Server ABAP and Java technology founda-
tion that it runs on. In this chapter we will study the central role the SAP ERP system has in
an organization and its network integration into the organization's enterprise infrastructure, as
well as to the external systems outside the organization and the SAP support infrastructure.
This chapter covers various communication and integration technologies that “bind” different
SAP ABAP and Java-based applications, along with the third-party enterprise solutions, ex-
ternal vendors, and SAP support organization into an enterprise-wide SAP solution adding
value and driving the business needs of an organization. This chapter is also intended to give
an overview to enterprise architects as to how a SAP solution would fit into an enterprise-
wide architecture.
Figure 4-1 illustrates the integration scenarios that could come into play with the imple-
mentation and operations of a SAP ERP system for a hypothetical SAP customer. The re-
maining sections of this chapter will use this hypothetical scenario to explain the common in-
tegration scenario groupings and the underlying communication protocol and standards used
by SAP.
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