Adobe announces extended collaboration with SAP to help SAP developers build rich applications using Adobe’s tools. Meanwhile, a Salesforce.com executive states that Salesforce does much the same thing using Adobe’s front-end design and development tools. The enterprise is a key target for Adobe, said John Loiacono, senior vice president of Adobe's Creative Solutions Business Unit.SAN FRANCISCO—Adobe Systems, long the
darling of consumer-oriented developers, is beefing up its presence in the
enterprise with moves such as the extended collaboration the company announced
with SAP to help enterprises build richer
business applications.
Indeed, at the Adobe MAX 2008 developer
conference here, SAP officials said that in
the latest enhancement to the SAP NetWeaver
technology platform the company plans to enable developers to use Adobe Flash
and Adobe Flex components with the SAP
NetWeaver Web Dynpro programming model for user interfaces. Such a move will
add data visualization within SAP
applications, helping customers maximize business agility.
Web Dynpro is the user interface development standard for all SAP
internal development to create and extend enterprise applications, the company
said. Using Adobe Flash and Flex components with Web Dynpro enables SAP
developers to enhance applications either with prebuilt Flex components or with
their own components developed using Adobe Flex Builder. The results are rich
and engaging Web-based experiences, where information is easily understood and
content is dynamically displayed, Adobe officials said.
“Enabling SAP developers to utilize the
Adobe Flash platform opens up enormous possibilities for the future of today’s
core enterprise business applications,” said David Wadhwani, general manager
and vice president of the Platform Business Unit at Adobe. “We are excited to
be working with SAP to enable companies
around the globe to improve the user experience and accelerate decision making
based on critical business data.
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