What is SAP’s SOA middleware? And how is SAP’s Service Bus offering related to that?
The definition of SAP’s SOA middleware is as follows: SAP NetWeaver enables IT organizations to use standards-based Web services to form new and innovative business solutions that meet their changing business needs quickly. In particular, SAP NetWeaver provides service-oriented architecture (SOA) middleware that facilitates communication between disparate applications. From a logical point of view, SOA middleware consists of an Enterprise Services Repository and Registry, an enterprise services bus, and SOA management tools. With SOA middleware based on SAP NW Process Integration, IT professionals can rely on an open and standards-based platform to accelerate business integration. The definitions of the three SAP’s SOA middleware capabilities, one of them relate SAP’s Service Bus, are as follows: • Repository-Based Modeling and Design: SAP NetWeaver delivers an Enterprise Services Repository (ES Repository), which is the central location from which IT professionals can define, access,
