During the second day of Sapphire, SAP's annual user conference, SAP outlined <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2121865,00.asp?kc=EWEWEMNL042507EP39C">its road map for NetWeaver,</A> the integration platform announced several years ago that's been the underpinning for the company's move to a service-oriented architecture.

The road map is broken down into four "pillars" outlined by the company: improved user access and productivity, accelerated application and business process composition, streamlined access to relevant and reliable information, and automated governance.

The platform enhancements will be made incrementally to support the core NetWeaver platform, according to SAP officials, with the first functional upgrades due sometime this year.