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SAP NetWeaver and Enterprise SOA
SAP® NetWeaver® is a composition platform that allows you to compose new business solutions quickly, while obtaining more business value from your existing IT investments. As the foundation for an enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) SAP NetWeaver helps you evolve your current IT landscape into a strategic environment that drives business change.
In collaboration with SAP and SAP customers, F5 Networks has created a solution that delivers security, high availability, and improved performance for SAP web and portal technologies. By deploying F5 Networks solutions with SAP NetWeaver, enterprises extend their control over their network and application traffic, and ensure the fast and secure delivery of their applications.
Read the following documents for more information about F5's solutions for SAP NetWeaver and Enterprise SOA
Why do I need F5 for my SAP deployment?
F5's Application Ready network optimizes the network for SAP applications, ensuring the best possible user experience. Multiple F5 devices have achieved SAP Certified Integration for third-party networking appliances that interoperate with SAP solutions, allowing organizations to rest assured they have a validated solution. And if SAP certification doesn't convince you, SAP themselves have deployed and use F5 devices every day.
Benefits of F5 for SAP NetWeaver and Enterprise SOA
- Cuts SAP Enterprise Portal login time by more than half for WAN users
- Speeds document downloads by 4.5x for DSL users, and 177x or more for high bandwidth connections
- Reduces SAP server CPU utilization by 44%
- Provides a 20x reduction in the number of SAP server-side connections
Solution Documents
Case Studies
- Top R&D University POSTECH Accelerates SAP Applications with F5 Application Ready Network for SAP
- BAT Creates a Stable Network for SAP Applications with BIG-IP WebAccelerator
- SAP Replaces Previous VPN Technology with F5's FirePass SSL VPN Solution, Ensuring Secure Remote Access for Nearly 7,000 Users Daily
- Leading Automobile Manufacturer Uses F5 Products to Ensure Fast, Available and Secure Access for Its Internet and Intranet Sites
Press Releases
- F5 Networks Accelerates SAP Applications at British American Tobacco
- F5 Solution Accelerates SAP Applications at World-Class Research University
- F5 Achieves SAP Certified Integration of Application Security and WAN Optimization Solutions
- Solutions from F5 Networks Achieve SAP Certified Integration for Application Delivery and WAN Optimization
- F5's New Application Ready Network Enhances Network Performance for SAP Solutions
- SAP Uses F5 Networks' Security Technology
SAP Application Ready Network Diagram
How do I deploy SAP NetWeaver and Enterprise SOA with F5?
As a result of the intensive SAP certification process, F5's own internal testing, and paying close attention to SAP's published Best Practices, F5's engineers were able to produce highly detailed deployment guides that give step-by-step instructions how to configure multiple F5 devices with SAP NetWeaver and Enterprise SOA. F5 also provides specific acceleration and security policies for SAP. Instead of struggling with multiple configuration options, merely choose the custom policy for SAP for quick, simple implementation.
