Adobe and SAP

Accelerating user productivity for SAP solutions

Since 2002, Adobe and SAP have been collaborating to create engaging user experiences for SAP® solutions. Today, Adobe products and technologies are improving SAP users' time to productivity and task completion rates, and they're helping extend the reach of SAP solutions to new users. Interactive PDF forms, the Adobe® Flash® Platform, and web and video conferencing with Adobe Acrobat® Connect™ Pro software are taking SAP user productivity to the next level.

Taking control of form-based processes

The integration of Adobe PDF capabilities in the SAP NetWeaver® platform has placed Interactive Forms by Adobe at the heart of SAP projects around the world. SAP Interactive Forms by Adobe are enhancing SAP solutions by:

• Automating form-based processes and eliminating paper throughout an organization
• Extending SAP business processes to new users and every computer with Adobe Reader® software
• Leveraging the industry-standard PDF document format (ISO 32000) to help ensure compliance with government regulations

Rapid training with SAP Enterprise Learning

SAP Enterprise Learning combines the SAP Learning Solution, a comprehensive solution for enterprise learning, with Acrobat Connect Pro — a highly scalable, customizable, and extensible web and video conferencing solution from Adobe. The combined solution enables virtual classrooms to maximize training efficiency, and it accelerates knowledge transfer throughout an enterprise. To further accelerate the efficiency of distributed teams, Acrobat Connect Pro applications are also available from SAP as standalone solutions for enterprise learning and virtual meetings.

Web 2.0 today

A growing number of SAP products are relying on the Adobe Flash Platform to provide engaging and intuitive user experiences. The Flash Platform is helping expert and novice SAP users become productive faster and complete tasks with confidence. Examples are Rich Islands for Adobe Flash in SAP NetWeaver, to allow SAP developers to create composite user interface components for SAP applications, and SAP Xcelsius, a business intelligence application that was developed in Adobe Flex® software to create rich dashboards for data visualization.

Adobe Acrobat 9 and SAP Xcelsius

Rich and engaging corporate dashboards don't have to be limited to online visualization. Take charts and graphs from SAP Xcelsius and embed them as dynamic components in PDF documents to combine the best of both worlds — rich data visualization with SAP Xcelsius and rock-solid, industry-standard PDF documents and processes with Adobe Acrobat 9. See a demo of Acrobat 9 and Xcelsius, try SAP Xcelsius, or buy it right from the online Adobe Sore.