by Deepa Salem, Vice President and Research Director, SAPinsider ERP modernization is a vital topic for every CIO and every IT leader today. Yet, SAPInsider research shows that complex integrations with SAP and non-SAP applications is huge challenge for more than half of our community (58%). SAP customers are also connecting an increasing number of solutions. In SAPinsider’s 2021 research on Integration, we found that an average of 11 solutions were being integrated with SAP, with 90% of respondents needing to integrate non-SAP to SAP data. SAPInsider discussed the challenge of integration and some solutions in the context of ERP modernization with Ed Macosky, Senior Vice President and Head of Products at Boomi, a leading Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS) provider. Boomi offers a cloud-native and a cloud-first iPaaS called AtomSphere, which provides multiple services and features that can help SAP customers modernize their ERP. With a large data catalog, full lifecycle API management, multiple B2B and EDI standards, Boomi's AtomSphere can accelerate cloud migration, deployment of artificial intelligence(AI)/analytics capabilities, and reliable data migration, while also enabling a composable architecture to deliver superlative experiences. Macosky also described aXis for SAP, Boomi's low-code way of connecting SAP to other applications. With this low-code tool, business users can quickly connect and manage connections across workflows, data, and applications. Watch the video of the conversation here:  [embed]https://vimeo.com/681938856[/embed]