May 7, 2026
•3 minute read
SAP Cloud Integration Platform
SAP Cloud Integration Platform: An Overview and Key Considerations
SAP Cloud Integration Platform is the collective term for cloud-based integration solutions that connect SAP and non-SAP systems across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. At its core is SAP Integration Suite, the company’s flagship integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) running on SAP Business Technology Platform. As SAP customers accelerate cloud migration and clean-core adoption, cloud integration has moved from a back-office IT function to a strategic business enabler. The 2027 SAP PI/PO end-of-maintenance deadline is accelerating adoption, and organizations now average 37 integrated applications per SAP landscape. SAPinsider tracks the organizations and integration strategies driving this architectural transformation.
What Is SAP Cloud Integration Platform?
SAP Cloud Integration Platform is a general term for cloud-based integration solutions available from SAP and its partners. SAP’s primary offering is SAP Integration Suite, formerly known as SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite. It runs as a service within SAP Business Technology Platform’s Cloud Foundry environment and supports cloud integration, API management, event-driven integration, B2B/EDI connectivity, and open connectors to more than 160 third-party applications. Edge Integration Cell extends the platform to on-premise and private cloud runtimes. Partner platforms, including Boomi, MuleSoft, Informatica, and IBM, round out the broader ecosystem of cloud integration options available to SAP customers.
SAP Cloud Integration Platform: An Overview and Key Considerations
SAP Cloud Integration Platform is the collective term for cloud-based integration solutions that connect SAP and non-SAP systems across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. At its core is SAP Integration Suite, the company’s flagship integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) running on SAP Business Technology Platform. As SAP customers accelerate cloud migration and clean-core adoption, cloud integration has moved from a back-office IT function to a strategic business enabler. The 2027 SAP PI/PO end-of-maintenance deadline is accelerating adoption, and organizations now average 37 integrated applications per SAP landscape. SAPinsider tracks the organizations and integration strategies driving this architectural transformation.
What Is SAP Cloud Integration Platform?
SAP Cloud Integration Platform is a general term for cloud-based integration solutions available from SAP and its partners. SAP’s primary offering is SAP Integration Suite, formerly known as SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite. It runs as a service within SAP Business Technology Platform’s Cloud Foundry environment and supports cloud integration, API management, event-driven integration, B2B/EDI connectivity, and open connectors to more than 160 third-party applications. Edge Integration Cell extends the platform to on-premise and private cloud runtimes. Partner platforms, including Boomi, MuleSoft, Informatica, and IBM, round out the broader ecosystem of cloud integration options available to SAP customers.
What Use Cases Are Referenced?
Harrods Processes 2 Million Daily Transactions on SAP Integration Suite
London luxury retailer Harrods replaced SAP Process Orchestration with SAP Integration Suite on SAP BTP, deploying 600-plus integration flows and processing 2 million transactions per day. The move cut the total cost of ownership 40% and shortened process times 30%. SAPinsider covered the hybrid retail integration architecture.
Toyota Financial Group Eliminates Data Silos with Boomi iPaaS
Toyota Financial Services New Zealand faced tangled direct API-to-API integrations across SAP S/4HANA, its CRM, Alfa asset finance, and multiple fleet platforms. Partnering with Adaptiv, it deployed Boomi iPaaS to centralize data into a single repository with golden records for finance and fleet. SAPinsider reported on the outcomes.
Groupe Rocher Aligns Integration Strategy with Sustainability Goals Using Boomi
French sustainable beauty retailer Groupe Rocher deployed Boomi’s low-code integration platform to address data silos across its software ecosystem. The implementation improved supply chain efficiency, accelerated time-to-market, and aligned IT with the company’s mission to reduce its carbon footprint. SAPinsider reported on the partnership and its outcomes.
Florida Crystals Migrates 200-Plus Interfaces to SAP Integration Suite on AWS
Florida Crystals consolidated SAP PI, SAP MII, and BODS into SAP Integration Suite on AWS, migrating 200-plus interfaces as part of its cloud architecture initiative. The roadmap targets an API-first and event-driven integration model. SAPinsider featured the case study at the 2024 Technology and Innovation Summit.
What SAPinsider Research Supports This Topic?
SAP BTP Data, Integration, and Application Development 2025
SAPinsider research found SAP Integration Suite is the most widely used SAP BTP service at 80%, up from 63% the prior year. Respondents integrate an average of 37 applications using 11 tools. Integration ranked as the most important SAP BTP capability, with 85% citing it.
Enterprise Integration for SAP 2025
SAPinsider benchmark research found that while most organizations are progressing toward cohesive, automated integration, only a select few have achieved full real-time data flow across all systems. The research maps integration maturity and identifies key traits of high-performing integration strategies.
Technology Leader’s Strategic Agenda for 2026
SAPinsider benchmark research found that 53% of technology leaders identify SAP BTP development and integration as the single most critical skill to acquire in 2026, and 48% plan to invest in SAP BTP beyond core ERP, making cloud integration platform proficiency a defining competency for SAP teams this year.
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Mar 25, 2026
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Oct 28, 2024
•3 minute read
And Boomi! You’re integrated: Composing an SAP partnershipEd Macosky, chief product and technology officer at Boomi, talks SAP partnerships, the iPaaS offering, and why composability is here to stay. SAP users are making friends elsewhere. With SAP users very, very rarely able to stick to that one specific software ecosystem entirely, they bring in hyperscalers like AWS or Google Cloud, Azure or […]
Aug 22, 2024
•3 minute read
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Jun 18, 2024
•4 minute read
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