Chapter THIRTEEN. Supporting Composite Applications

Composite applications represent a new world for application architects and developers, a world in which many long-standing assumptions no longer apply. We have dedicated most of this book to examining the transformation that ESA brings to the world of enterprise software to serve the needs of business more effectively. In this chapter, we look at how a set of capabilities that falls under the umbrella of information management helps to address the challenges of creating a new generation of productivity-enhancing composite applications that are the key to increased flexibility. We will also examine how SAP NetWeaver Mobile provides a way to extend composites or any other sorts of applications to mobile devices.