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What is Data Integration?
Data integration is the process of providing a single, unified view of information by combining data that resides in different sources. The process of data integration involves a set of practices, tools, and architectural procedures.
Data integration has become a business imperative as organizations see competitive advantage in data quality, data governance, data modeling, and the challenges of isolated or siloed data. The extract, transform, load (ETL) process is a commonly used data integration model.
SAP offers a suite of data integration tools. These tools are available on premise or in the cloud and cover a variety of different use cases. Data integration tools provided by SAP include SAP Data Services, SAP Cloud Platform Integration for data services, SAP HANA smart data integration, SAP Cloud Platform smart data integration, SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server, and SAP Data Hub.
Vendors like Qlik, Quickbase, Stonebranch, Boomi, and TIBCO provide data integration capabilities for SAP customers.
What is Data Integration?
Data integration is the process of providing a single, unified view of information by combining data that resides in different sources. The process of data integration involves a set of practices, tools, and architectural procedures.
Data integration has become a business imperative as organizations see competitive advantage in data quality, data governance, data modeling, and the challenges of isolated or siloed data. The extract, transform, load (ETL) process is a commonly used data integration model.
SAP offers a suite of data integration tools. These tools are available on premise or in the cloud and cover a variety of different use cases. Data integration tools provided by SAP include SAP Data Services, SAP Cloud Platform Integration for data services, SAP HANA smart data integration, SAP Cloud Platform smart data integration, SAP Landscape Transformation Replication Server, and SAP Data Hub.
Vendors like Qlik, Quickbase, Stonebranch, Boomi, and TIBCO provide data integration capabilities for SAP customers.
Benefits of Data Integration
In addition to consolidating information, data integration can also ensure that the data is clean, accurate, and enhanced for business use. It is also an important component to any effective data management strategy, and can help companies optimize analytics, ensure consistency between operational applications, share data outside of the organization, coordinate data services, and support data migration and consolidation.
Key Data Integration Considerations for SAPinsiders
- Include end users in decisions about data integration. TIBCO’s Senior Solution Engineer Iain Harfield explains that while the primary decision makers for integration strategies are often those in charge of lines of business with enterprise architects driving the implementation strategy, end users also play a pivotal role in building our an integration strategy. “…not including them in the process can put an organization at risk of providing solutions that fall short of addressing business challenges,” Harfield says.
- Blend SAP ERP data with non-SAP source data. SAPinsider’s 2021 integration research revealed that 90% of respondents need to integrate non-SAP data with their SAP data. In an SAPinsider thought leadership article, Qlik’s Vice President of SAP Business Matthew Hayes discusses the endless ways a business can benefit from integrating SAP ERP data with non-SAP source data. “The irony is that SAP data becomes more valuable if you expand it with related data from other sources,” Hayes says.
- Deploy data lakes and data warehouses in the cloud. SAPinsider’s Data Management and Data Warehousing in Cloud Benchmark Report found that deploying data in a hybrid model was a popular choice for analytics, ERP, and supply chain data. To mitigate the challenge a hybrid model can pose from an integration standpoint, SAPinsider recommends that integration be achieved, in part, by moving data into a centralized cloud data lake or data warehouse.
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Video: Data’s Value in SAP Integration ProgramsDec 8, 2021 — Deeper data insights can help drive the business agility sought by leaders. This is especially important in SAP system integrations projects, where according to SAPinsider research, 90% of organizations support non-SAP to SAP integration.
How can organizations unlock the total value of data in SAP system integrations?
An intelligent API-led approach can bring everything into view on a single platform. Additionally, machine learning applications can improve understanding of errors in data and enhance the quality of data amid SAP technology transitions.
SAP customers often struggle with integrating their SAP data, applications, and processes. Bringing everything into a single platform and intelligently unifying the data through data management tools cab give an organization a single trusted view of the data. By extension, it gains insights into its entire business, according to Iain Harfield, Senior Solution Engineer at TIBCO.
In this Technology Insight video, SAPinsider’s Vice President of Research Robert Holland talks with Harfield to discuss:
- What organizations need to consider as they build out their SAP integration strategies.
- The primary business drivers for SAP integration and the role that business leaders, architects, and users have in setting the SAP integration strategy.
- Implementing a strategy that provides a better IT landscape and allows for better connectivity of applications, application data, and business.
- TIBCO’s Connected Intelligence platform, which is built on three critical pillars of capability – customer intimacy, operational excellence, and business reinvention.
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Efficient SAP Data Integration with Amazon Redshift & Amazon S3Jul 15, 2025 — The article discusses how Xtract Universal integrates with Amazon Redshift and S3, enabling effective SAP data extraction by guiding businesses in selecting the appropriate AWS service for their specific data management and analysis needs.
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React to Market Changes with SAP Data AutomationDec 1, 2023 — Click Here to View Session Deck. Whether it’s supplier performance, defective materials, or an unexpected natural disaster that bottlenecks your supply chain, data automation can help you adapt to changing market conditions and make business decisions. Simplify processes like changing material orders through automation and uploading new data to SAP. By utilizing software that understands the complexity […]
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How MES Drives Efficiency, Accuracy and Engineering AlignmentJan 6 — Standard Iron, a contract manufacturer, has effectively transformed its operations by integrating a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) with its ERP to enhance efficiency, reduce waste, and maintain alignment between engineering and production.
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An Introduction to DataOps: A New Approach to Acting on Large Volumes of Information Faster and More EffectivelyApr 3, 2020 — Companies seeking better ways to collect, understand, and act on data should know about an emerging data management methodology called “DataOps”. This new movement aims to improve an organization’s use of data through better data quality, shorter cycle time, superior data management, and accelerated analytics. As data volumes grow and become more diverse, distributed, and siloed, companies need a platform for data engineers to move, automate, and transform the essential data as needed. Learn how companies can employ DataOps to get the right data, to the right place, at the right time so the data can generate insights, revenues, and a competitive advantage in the digital economy.
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Unlocking SAP Hyperproductivity: Introducing Boomi SAP Agents for Autonomous Productivity at ScaleSep 25, 2025 — Take the lead in agentic transformation by unlocking SAP hyperproductivity with Boomi SAP Agents. Boomi for SAP is a SAP-certified native integration that helps easily connect your SAP data including SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP BW to the rest of your organization. Fast-track integration and automate each part of your business responsibly when pairing Boomi SAP Agents and Boomi for SAP together.
What you’ll learn:
- Deploying AI Agents to automate and scale processes such as SAP Invoice Management
- Implementing AI hyperproductivity responsibly with human oversight and model guardrails
- How to leverage Boomi for SAP’s built-in AI copilot to fuel SAP data discovery across your business
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How Suzano Achieves Lasting Success with Google Cloud Cortex FrameworkFeb 6, 2025 — The Google Cloud Cortex Framework enhances operational efficiency and decision-making for organizations by integrating data, driving innovation, and providing scalable solutions, as demonstrated through real-world examples of successful enterprise applications. Fill in the form below to watch the video.
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