Enhancing Integration Flexibility: SAP’s Edge Integration Cell for On-Premises and Private Cloud Landscapes

⇨ On-premises cloud setups are increasingly favored by businesses operating under regulatory requirements due to the need for data sovereignty, security, and flexibility to innovate, enabled by solutions like RISE with SAP.

⇨ SAP's Edge Integration Cell allows seamless integration and API management on-premises while ensuring compliance with stringent data privacy regulations, providing organizations with the capability to process data locally within their private landscapes.

⇨ Dell Technologies enhances SAP BTP functionalities by integrating edge computing, enabling low-latency data processing and real-time insights, while allowing businesses to maintain control over performance-sensitive workloads in compliance with data residency laws.

On-premises cloud setups a preferred choice for many businesses especially those organizations operating in regulatory requirements or with data sovereignty concerns but need speed and also the flexibility to innovate. Running RISE with SAP in a data center provides businesses with the flexibility of cloud ERP, while a third party/partner manages application and technical operations. This enables an organization’s data to stay secure within the organization’s infrastructure and is supported by IaaS and PaaS with remote monitoring and management. SAP BTP is the underlying foundation for RISE with SAP that empowers organizations with the tools and tech for application development and integration, thereby enabling them to modernize their existing on-prem environments. SAP BTP works in the cloud while organizations can innovate on premises while working with their on-premise systems.

SAP’s Edge Integration Cell, a part of SAP BTP and offered as an optional extension to the SAP Integration Suite, is a hybrid integration runtime that supports the control plane in SAP BTP which allows users to design and deploy APIs and integration flows. Customers can deploy the Edge Integration Cell in their private landscapes, such as private clouds or on-premise setups, provided they have a Kubernetes cluster. Edge Integration Cell enables customers to run integration scenarios or manage APIs directly within their on-prem landscape. While the design and monitoring functions are still managed via the SAP Integration Suite’s cloud-based interfaces, the runtime operations for the Edge Integration Cell occur locally, offering flexibility for deployment either in the cloud or privately.

Edge Integration supports environments where private networks are required for data processing due to stringent regulatory or compliance requirements, securing data and guaranteeing that it does not leave the customer’s on-premise environment. Additionally, Edge Integration also support customers transitioning to SAP Integration Suite and requiring certain integration scenarios to run on-premise or within a private setup.

Dell Technologies enables organizations to use SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) functionalities on-premises by integrating edge computing capabilities with SAP’s services. This integration allows enterprises to process and analyze data locally, ensuring low latency and data sovereignty, while still benefiting from SAP’s robust tools and applications. This enables organizations to use their existing SAP applications while securing data on-premises.

Dell Technologies partners with SAP to deliver the SAP S/4HANA Cloud solution on SAP-certified Dell infrastructure—servers, storage, networking, and data protection—installed, monitored, and managed by Dell either on-premises or in a colocation facility. Dell APEX is a portfolio of as-a-Service solutions that simplifies digital transformation by enhancing IT agility and control. It allows businesses to focus on running their operations, rather than managing infrastructure, and enables quick adaptation to changing business needs while minimizing risk and optimizing resources. The solution provides agility and control over performance-sensitive workloads, allowing businesses to choose where to manage them and helps offload daily IT maintenance with Dell’s infrastructure.

By deploying SAP Edge Integration Cell on Dell technologies’ platform, organizations can achieve real-time insights and maintain control over their data without relying solely on hyperscaler-based solutions. This approach is particularly beneficial for industries requiring immediate data processing and stringent compliance with data residency regulations.

Dell Technologies and SAP Edge Integration Cell facilitates the any-premises deployment of SAP BTP functionalities, combining the advantages of edge computing with SAP’s comprehensive suite of services to meet the specific needs of modern enterprises.