If you've ever worked with integrating SAP, you'll know it to be a bit unwieldly. If you have an SAP rep within earshot, you'll hear the word “NetWeaver” uttered (a lot). CIO alerts to a Business Week article that SAP is moving into Lego-like modules to create a “cafeteria SAP” scenario that supports the services orientation model that I'm so fond of speaking about.
Services orientation is moving forward. This is another tool in to enable business interoperability through technology.