SAP Ushers In New Era for Business Process Management

ORLANDO, Fla., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced plans for the release of SAP NetWeaver(R) Business Process Management and SAP NetWeaver(R) Business Rules Management. The addition of these planned capabilities will further establish SAP NetWeaver as the strategic platform of choice for customers that execute a service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy. The new tools from SAP are aimed to provide the business process flexibility needed to enable customers to turn strategic business insight into real-world execution. A vital part of SAP's robust platform offering, SAP NetWeaver allows IT organizations to drive more value by providing the agility to quickly respond to requests from the business for new or adapted business processes. The addition of the planned capabilities will enable business process experts to design, model and immediately execute new or adapted business processes without having to develop code. The SAP NetWeaver technology platform and its full set of capabilities allows companies to accelerate the consolidation of their IT landscapes, enabling them to enjoy new levels of the business process flexibility used to drive innovation and competitive advantage. The announcement was made at the co-located events SAPPHIRE(R) 2008 Orlando, SAP's international customer conference, and the ASUG (America's SAP Users' Group) Annual Conference, both being held in Orlando, Florida, May 4-7.