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| SAP NetWeaver For Dummies | 
| Authors: Dan Woods, Jeffrey Word
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 77110
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0764568833
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780764568831
ASIN: 0764568833
Publication Date: May 7, 2004
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Product Description
Imagine that it’s the 1950s, and you are in charge of developing the U. S. interstate system. There are countless roads already in use. The system can go in numerous different directions. Where do you begin? Starting to transform your business with SAP NetWeaver is that daunting. NetWeaver is both an application platform and an integration platform. It integrates your current IT systems to enable portals, collaboration, data management, and development environments. To grasp the complexities and possibilities of SAP ASAP, dig in with SAP NetWeaver For Dummies and explore: - MySAP Business Suite
- SAP Enterprise Planning Resource (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Human Capital Management (HCM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), and more
- Mobile Infrastructure that performs like a universal translator for mobile interfaces, including laptops, wireless phones, and PDAs
- Master Data Management, including using the content consolidation technique to “clean up” data, master data harmonization to distribute it, and central master data management to maintain a data repository
- Web Application Service and NetWeaver Developer Studio—tools that let you integrate and create your own customized applications
Written by Dan Woods, former CTO of The Street.com and CapitalThinking, and Jeffrey Word, the Director of Technology Strategy for SAP, this guide features real-life stories from businesses and examples of typical uses to help you cut through the complexities and get up and running. It includes a CD-ROM with: - Detailed white papers and product overviews
- Stores from customers using SAP NetWeaver today
- Demos that show SAP NetWeaver in action
- A directory of resources for additional information
Like that interstate system, SAP NetWeaver doesn’t have to be integrated all at once. You choose the applications that have the most potential to benefit your company’s operations and bottom line. SAP NetWeaver For Dummies even gives you recommendations for rolling it out and suggests practical ways to get started and get quick returns on your SAP investment. Then you’re going full-speed ahead on the road to success!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Not worth it IMO September 22, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Buy the book if you like, but for me an ABAP programmer w/10+ years experience it was just fluff. A couple hundred pages of hearing how great Netweaver is and what it could do, w/o actual hands-on is not IMO what a 'Dummies' book is meant to be. The included CD was even less.
 Very good survey of SAP NetWeaver August 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first "for Dummies" book I have read and I was very pleased. The authors did an excellent job explaining all of the elements of SAP NetWeaver and how they inter-relate. As a business executive trying to get my arms around the technology, this was exactly what I needed. It will be valuable reference for the future, as well.
worst book i ever read September 9, 2005
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
1)I might have sat with the book if not for their jokes
2)The terminolgy used in definitions and in examples is different.
3)Repeating stuff that is not at all useful.
4)The paragraghs of repition wont work but i dont understand how the pictures also dont work
5)I sincerely request the authors to stop writing text books.
Good content, if you're patient and willing to sift for it July 25, 2005
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
While the book's attempt at humor irritates me, I still manage to find good information. The author covers a lot of material. Some of it is way too simplistic. Some of it is not deep enough in my opinion. I've picked it up a few times and put it back down, but won't toss it. That being said, I'm still looking for seomthing better (SAP Press doesn't have anything actually good either, despite some new titles).
The presentation stinks July 20, 2005
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
I got this book to get myself more educated on what SAP Netweaver is all about. I've been doing SAP consulting for over ten years but, like others, feel like I'm not up-to-date with the latest SAP Technologies and products.
After carrying this book around with me for over two months, I'm still not done with it. This is because I keep on getting irritated when I read this book and then I put it down. And I'm not easily irritated. I think I'm at the point where I'm going to put it in a box (with many other books that I DID read) and read something else instead. This book is just wasting my time.
Here's my problems with this book:
1. The writers try to be funny/entertaining all the time. I do like humor, but they do it way, way too much and they are not funny at all.
2. Some of the things they discuss are simple, basic, worthless information that any IT person knows.
3. They make Netweaver seem easy, all-good and the future of IT. I love SAP and I think Netweaver is probably a good platform. But I think this book is overselling it and making unproven claims that may mislead less-experienced people.
This book could have been good if the (useful) content was offered in a different way. Some suggestions if a second edition materializes.
1. Don't try to be funny. Just present the material.
2. Leave out all the unnecessary, useless information. You're not obligated to go over 400 pages. I'd prefer to read a thinner book with just the relevant information.
I don't always give the lowest rating for things I don't like. And this book does have some useful information here and there. But the presentation is just so terrible to me that it makes whatever good it has worthless.
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