Scala is a language which compiles to Java bytecode and combines functional and object-oriented programming styles. It fixes some of the commonly-perceived problems with Java, giving much of the flexibility of a scripting language, but with the safety of static typing and the performance of a compiled language.

Have you already create your Open Source Project ? Show us !

As CRM and Enterprise SOA progress, customers are becoming ever more excited about the possibilities. This blog discusses the topic and asks the readers about their perspective on the importance of Enterprise SOA in the future of CRM.

O'Reilly editor chromatic's second in a three-part series on SAP NetWeaver CE went live last week on the O'Reilly Network. The comments thread poses some interesting questions. Who will jump in?

What is SAP Business One doing to help our partners do more in terms of support.

This topic is how to improve the windows service configuration of services which are installed with the Netweaver Composition Environment. The main point is that services are getting started on windows boot whether they are needed or not. So let’s control that behavior with a nice little script which does exactly what we want and when we want it.

This is the second blog in a series of blogs around business rules and BRFplus. The blog deals with the following topics: -definition of business rules -algorithms used by business rules engines -integration of business rule management systems with applications

The services documented on the enterprise services wiki plus two new widget environments are a new recipe for information access that should expand access to the information and functionality in the SAP Business Suite.

Regular expression searching is available in the new ABAP editor.

We've been watching the annual points counter ... watching it grow and today we've crossed the first community milestone!

Your Installation Server is hosted on a network share, and you wish to administer it remotely via your desktop. However, you are not able to start the administrative console NWSAPSetupAdmin.exe over the network path. Here is a solution.

This blog uses an excellent presentation from Clay Shirky at the Web 2.0 Expo to make a request for more participation in the community.

Sapphire/ASUG session, an improvisation around social networking and collaboration with help from Jim Spath, Shel Israel, and a cast of others, based on meeting Social Media expert Kevin de Kock and reading his Learning from Jazz blog.

Some thoughts on manual and automated testing.

The BPX community is now involved in creating a book that explains what the Business Process Expert role is, why it works, and how to go about adopting it. But can a community create a book? Dan Woods argues yes, as long as the process has the right structure and staffing. Mark Finnern rejects that idea in favor of an emergent process.