* Shows IT directors and managers how to get up and running with Netweaver, SAP Web services-based business integration and application platform * SAP, the third largest independent software supplier in the world, has nearly 20,000 corporate customers in 120 countries, including sixty-five percent of the Fortune 100 * Explains how SAP Netweaver can integrate existing applications, the foundation for mySAP Business Suite and SAP xApps; working with NET, J2EE, and Websphere, and enable portals, collaboration, data management, and environmental development. * Offers plain-English explanations along with a little humor and fun-the perfect antidote for people overwhelmed by the documentation of the complex SAP Netweaver * Cowritten by the SAP technology evangelist for Netweaver, this book provides information about the revision in the new products that will not be available in other places * Includes SAP Netweaver content provided on the CD-ROM