SAP ARCHITECTURE/ RED HAT
The Cloud Contradiction
Why SAP’s future is found at the edge with Red Hat’s OpenShift.
By Radhika Ojha
D ecember 31, 2027. That is the date most modern SAP enterprise architects have circled in red on their cal- endars, as it marks the end of mainstream maintenance for SAP Process Orchestration (PO) and Process Integration (PI). Historically, PI/PO has been the silent, reliable heartbeat of on- premise ERP, shuffling invoices, inven- tory data, and payroll between systems that refuse to talk to one another. However, with the 2027 deadline ap- proaching, more organizations are now moving to the cloud. Still, for those work- ing in sectors such as industrial manu-
runtime engine does not have to live in a hyperscaler’s data center in another re- gion. It can live within the organization. This architecture allows organizations to keep sensitive data within their own local security frameworks. Additionally, it solves the data gravity issue without sacrificing the agility that moving to the cloud promises. Why Red Hat OpenShift? Organizations cannot run modern, con- tainerized microservices on legacy sys- tems and expect them to perform. They need an enterprise-grade container plat- form. This is where the partnership be- tween SAP and Red Hat becomes critical. The two companies have engaged in joint engineering to ensure SAP Edge Integration Cell runs seamlessly on Red Hat OpenShift. The trust stems from Red Hat’s leadership in container management and its ability to provide a trusted software supply chain, with Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the operating foundation. For an organization’s IT Operations
SAP Edge Integration Cell running on Red Hat OpenShift. New Architecture For years, organizations have been stifled by a binary choice: keep their clunky, expensive on-premises middle- ware or push everything to the cloud and spend sleepless nights worrying about latency and data sovereignty. However, SAP Integration Suite—the successor to PI/PO—has changed the status quo with a component called the Edge Integration Cell. SAP Edge Integration Cell allows or- ganizations to design their APIs and
facturing, utilities, or highly regulated finance, the cloud offers a contradiction. These industries need the innovation and agility of the cloud, but the gravity and volume of their data demand they stay firmly on the ground. The answer to this paradox lies in a collaboration between SAP and Red Hat in the form of
other integration content in the SAP cloud, then deploy and manage it either in the SAP cloud or on premise. Organizations can think of it as the best of both worlds. De- velopers get the sleek, modern interface of the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) to design integration flows, and when they hit deploy, the
SAP Edge Integration Cell allows
organizations to design APIs and other integration content in the SAP cloud.
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