SAP says collaborative working through service-oriented architecture (SOA) technology represents the future for businesses.
Speaking at the opening address at SAP's Sapphire 2008 conference in Berlin, Germany, CEO Henning Kagermann said collaboration is the "most important market transition going on in business". And SOA has an important part to play in this, Kagermann added.
"The entry ticket to manage these networks is SOA. It makes you network-ready," he said. "It's about connecting systems. We have to move out of our comfort zone and manage these networks collaboratively."
Kagermann explained that in the current economic climate, businesses want to "innovate quickly and scale up profitably", and that means collaborative business networks will become more important.
"It's about making fast turns without losing momentum," he said. "The fast will win in challenging times. We have to close the gap between strategy and execution. We have to transform the way our people work."
Tim Ferguson of Silicon.com reported from SAP Sapphire 2008 in Berlin, Germany.
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