OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed and provisioned through APIs with common authentication mechanisms. Beyond standard infrastructure-as-a-service functionality, additional components provide orchestration, fault management and service management amongst other services to ensure high availability of user applications.
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SAP BPM
Score 7.0 out of 10
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SAP NetWeaver Business Process Management is a business process management offering and application infrastructure. It supports joint modeling of processes, central process execution via a Java-based engine, provision of interfaces for users, and integration of business rules into processes.
I found the initial setup of NetWeaver is much simpler than other products especially in an SAP environment where we have SAP ERP/HRM/CRM as it can be well integrated with other SAP products. The only drawback is the need/dependency on SAP Portal. It is better suited in an …
While Winshuttle is comparable, they are really two different tools in that Winshuttle is a hang-on tool while BPM is a catalyst tool. With WS, workflows start in SAP, flow to Winshuttle, and back in SAP (at least with my limited experience). In BPM, everything is housed in the …
Features
OpenStack
SAP NetWeaver BPM
Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
OpenStack
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Ratings
SAP NetWeaver BPM
10.0
Ratings
20% above category average
Dashboards
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Standard reports
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Custom reports
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Process Engine
Comparison of Process Engine features of Product A and Product B
OpenStack
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Ratings
SAP NetWeaver BPM
10.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Process designer
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Process simulation
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Business rules engine
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
SOA support
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Process player
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Support for modeling languages
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Form builder
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Model execution
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Collaboration
Comparison of Collaboration features of Product A and Product B
OpenStack
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Ratings
SAP NetWeaver BPM
10.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Social collaboration tools
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Content Management Capabilties
Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Product A and Product B
If your organization is heavily invested in SAP as an enterprise wide solution already, BPM is really your only option. Solid, seamless integration, smooth workflow, and data trails for business analysis are impeccable. If you aren't already heavily invested, key questions to ask would be - Am I using too big a hammer? The results are impressive, no doubt, but the integration of BPM is demanding. A less-demanding, more intutive tool like Winshuttle or even AR Projekt that hooks in to SAP might be a simpler option
We have our own tech support for systems, I would say they probably could use more training on it, I don't really think it's anything regarding the SAP system, but more the knowledge they have on the system itself. It seems to take longer for them to fix any issues we may come across.
I found the initial setup of NetWeaver is much simpler than other products especially in an SAP environment where we have SAP ERP/HRM/CRM as it can be well integrated with other SAP products. The only drawback is the need/dependency on SAP Portal. It is better suited in an environment where SAP ERP is running.