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"They integrated it with the SAP router.""Workflow functionality and internal portal capabilities are the most important features.""Internal workflow approval around ESS and MSS leave days, capex approval as well as internal communication to the business have improved the way my organization functions.""From the use of this solution, we have been able to establish better processes and have greater management of our company."

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"The most valuable feature is AppFabric's hosting solution, which is what we need for running workflows.""The product's deployment phase was very easy.""It is very usable and easy to understand. Antivirus and VPN are the main features being used now. It allows my clients to access the network from home, which was very crucial because of the pandemic."

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"External portal functionality with suppliers and customers needs improvement.""The user interface could be improved by making it more user-friendly.""Due to our business, some setups were very complex.""Our customers expect that a page will open within one second, and I doubt this will happen. Also, opening documentation takes time. Fixing this will help the customer and help to meet their expectations.""We encountered stability issues, especially on external functionality around its RFP capabilities."

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"The product is unable to connect with different cloud services.""Its price and licensing policy can be improved. It could be a little cheaper. Licensing is sometimes confusing. There are so many different options. It is difficult to find out what to buy or what to choose for my necessity.""Microsoft will stop supporting the product next year, and we can't run unsupported programs in our systems."

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  • "​SAP is not for every business. It depends on what is required. SAP is always going to be expensive​."
  • "Because India is so competitive in the IT world, people will start to move away from SAP's pricing because they have a market monopoly. Soon, they will start losing the monopoly part to open source and other things. I don't think their monopoly will run for more than three to four years because people are getting away from these monopolies."
  • "The cost of this solution is high."
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  • "It is expensive, and its licensing is a bit confusing."
  • "The product is affordable, in my opinion."
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    Also Known As
    NetWeaver Enterprise Portal, SAP Portal
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    Overview
    SAP Enterprise Portal allows to create attractive corporate portals that leverage the responsive SAP Fiori launchpad experience. The portal is the Web front-end component for SAP NetWeaver, the comprehensive integration and application platform that facilitates the alignment of people, information, and business processes across organizational and technical boundaries. It's ideal for organizations who require access to many applications and services across system landscapes, especially across JAVA and ABAP-based landscapes. The portal offers a single point of access to SAP and non-SAP information sources, enterprise applications, information repositories, databases and services, in and outside your organization. The portal can be accessed from desktops and from mobile devices, it can provide with the tools to manage and analyze its information resources, and to share and collaborate. With its role-based content, and personalization features, the portal enables users - from employees and customers to partners and suppliers - to focus exclusively on data relevant to daily decision-making processes. The technology and architecture of the portal ensures it is built for the enterprise, providing a secure and scalable environment.
    Windows Server AppFabric extends Windows Server to provide enhanced hosting, management, and caching capabilities for Web applications and middle-tier services. The AppFabric hosting features add service management extensions to Internet Information Services (IIS), Windows Process Activation Service (WAS), and the .NET Framework 4. This includes Hosting Services and Hosting Administration tools that make it easier to deploy, configure, and manage Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) based services. The AppFabric caching features add a distributed, in-memory object cache to Windows Server that makes it easier to scale out high-performance .NET applications, especially ASP.NET applications.
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    Alliander N.V.
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    University19%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Government8%
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    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal is ranked 21st in Application Infrastructure while Windows Server AppFabric is ranked 18th in Application Infrastructure with 3 reviews. SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal is rated 8.0, while Windows Server AppFabric is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal writes "The UI makes the setup easy to do from anywhere". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Windows Server AppFabric writes "Offers good monitoring capabilities and ease of setup". SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal is most compared with Microsoft .NET Framework, NGINX Plus, Apache Web Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM DataPower Gateway, whereas Windows Server AppFabric is most compared with IIS.

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