Packaged Composite Applications

by Dan Woods

Today's corporate computing environment is too often characterized by silos of data in enterprise applications like ERP, CRM, and supply chain management. Integrating these applications involves hardwiring connections between them, often resulting in a rigid and inefficient IT infrastructure. Packaged Composite Applications (PCAs) are an innovative answer to this dysfunctional scenario. Originated by SAP, one of the worlds foremost technology companies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0596005520
• ISBN13: 9780596005528
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

excellent review of SAP PCA's

I brought this book immediately after reading 'Netweaver for dummies' co-authored by Dan woods. He is futuristic and gives the future trends in SAP industry. Would be very useful for someone who is already experienced in SAP but would like to expand their expertise in Netweaver. Good for project leaders and managers.

Outstanding overview of the next wave in enterprise IT!

I looked around for public information on these new applications (Packaged Composite Applications) that SAP and others are now introducing. SAP calls them xApps, and there are others out there too. There isn't much available yet, but luckily Dan Woods has this well written volume available.Woods' book is an in-depth study of the latest enterprise application technology. Althought it may seem to focus a bit on SAP, the principles apply to every vendor's applications. The platforms may vary from company to company, but the key concepts are applicable. In today's economic environment, companies are looking for ways to leverage, and not replace, the IT investments they have made over the past several years. Packaged Composite Applications (PCAs) are a clever way to make use of the IT infrastructure that alreay exists, and make it solve new business problems. This is not the same thing as EAI - but of course that is a part of it. PCAs are complete applications, which make use of web services to accomplish what could not be done a few years ago.Dan Woods' book is a great starting point for anyone looking to take the next step in IT, and who wants to understand the principles behind this new technology.