<s>
SAP	B-Application
NetWeaver	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
stack	I-Application
for	O
many	O
of	O
SAP	B-Application
SE	I-Application
's	O
applications	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SAP	B-Language
NetWeaver	I-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
,	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
WebAS	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
runtime	B-Device
environment	I-Device
for	O
the	O
SAP	B-Application
applications	B-Application
and	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
mySAP	B-Application
Business	O
Suite	O
runs	O
on	O
SAP	B-Application
WebAS	O
:	O
supplier	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
SRM	O
)	O
,	O
customer	O
relationship	O
management	O
(	O
CRM	O
)	O
,	O
supply	O
chain	O
management	O
(	O
SCM	O
)	O
,	O
product	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
(	O
PLM	O
)	O
,	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
,	O
transportation	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
TMS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
is	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
service-oriented	O
architecture	O
for	O
enterprise	B-Architecture
application	I-Architecture
integration	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
custom	O
development	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
other	O
applications	B-Application
and	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
built	O
primarily	O
using	O
the	O
ABAP	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
but	O
also	O
uses	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
,	O
and	O
interoperate	O
with	O
,	O
technologies	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
.NET	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
,	O
and	O
IBM	B-Language
WebSphere	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetWeaver	B-Application
platform	O
was	O
a	O
portal	B-Application
technology	O
developed	O
by	O
Israeli	O
software	O
company	O
TopTier	O
Software	O
(	O
founded	O
in	O
1997	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
SAP	B-Application
acquired	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
of	O
TopTier	O
Software	O
,	O
Shai	O
Agassi	O
,	O
joined	O
SAP	B-Application
and	O
was	O
given	O
responsibility	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
overall	O
technology	O
strategy	O
and	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
initiated	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
integration	O
and	O
application	O
platform	O
that	O
became	O
the	O
NetWeaver	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
,	O
NetWeaver	B-Application
2004	O
,	O
in	O
January	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetWeaver	B-Application
7.0	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
2004s	O
,	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
available	O
release	O
is	O
SAP	B-Application
NetWeaver	I-Application
7.5	O
SP	O
19	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
has	O
also	O
worked	O
with	O
the	O
computer	B-Architecture
hardware	I-Architecture
vendors	O
HP	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Fujitsu	O
and	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
)	O
to	O
deliver	O
hardware	B-Architecture
and	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
deployment	O
of	O
NetWeaver	B-Application
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
these	O
appliances	O
include	O
BW	B-General_Concept
Accelerator	I-General_Concept
and	O
Enterprise	B-Application
Search	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
tools	O
for	O
NetWeaver	B-Application
include	O
ABAP	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
(	O
SE80	O
)	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
NetWeaver	I-Application
Developer	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
(	O
NWDS	O
)	O
based	O
on	O
Eclipse	B-Application
for	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
part	O
of	O
the	O
technology	O
(	O
Web	B-Language
Dynpro	I-Language
for	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
JEE	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
Dictionary	O
,	O
portal	B-Application
applications	B-Application
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
NetWeaver	I-Application
Development	I-Application
Infrastructure	I-Application
(	O
NWDI	O
)	O
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Composer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
Central	I-Application
Process	I-Application
Scheduling	I-Application
by	O
Redwood	O
(	O
SAP	B-Application
CPS	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
event-driven	O
process	O
scheduler	O
incorporated	O
into	O
SAP	B-Application
ERP	I-Application
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
CPS	O
is	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
SAP	B-Application
NetWeaver	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
centrally	O
automate	O
and	O
manage	O
background	B-Operating_System
processes	I-Operating_System
and	O
automate	O
business	O
applications	B-Application
running	O
on	O
SAP	B-Application
NetWeaver	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
applications	B-Application
include	O
SAP	B-Application
Solution	O
Manager	O
and	O
SAP	B-Application
Closing	O
Cockpit	O
,	O
which	O
use	O
the	O
SAP	B-Application
CPS	O
component	O
with	O
cross-system	O
and	O
non-SAP	O
applications	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SAP	B-Application
Business	O
Process	O
Automation	O
(	O
BPA	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
rebranded	O
solution	O
that	O
replaces	O
SAP	B-Application
Central	I-Application
Process	I-Application
Scheduling	I-Application
by	O
Redwood	O
.	O
</s>
