BW reporting in "Business by Design"?

Hi
Is there any information on the technical architecture of SAP's new SMB product "Business byDesign" available? I've heard it's based on Netweaver, so BW/BI should be included anyway. Are BI services used for reporting tasks?
I think the architecture of "Business by Design" should give an interesting outlook on future releases of R3 / ERP.
Thanks
Rudolf
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Rudolf Lindenmann

Hello,
here is an article about an SAP SaaS Solution that is build on top of a multi tenant Middleware from SAP. SAP has this middleware from a aquired company named "Frictionless Commerce" (i never hear this company name bevor ). Maybe this is also the new platform for byDesign.
http://www.tecchannel.de/news/themen/business/2019593/sap_reagiert_auf_cloud_computing_trend/
It is possible that SAP will use different plattforms for On-Demand and on-Premise solutions.
Best regards,
Patrick
[http://www.mindsquare.de|http://www.mindsquare.de]

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