B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

When you think about system integration, we bet that one of the first things that come to mind isn’t how much value you can deliver to your customers. Yet, system integration can deliver enormous value to customers.

In our blog that examined the ERP industry’s shift from on-premises systems to cloud-based delivery, we looked at what the trend means for IT leaders and integration managers. Now, with end of mainstream maintenance for ECC 6.0 on the horizon, we want to discuss what migrating to SAP S/4HANA means for the business and system integration tech stack (EDI, EAI, MFT, APIs).

According to MMR, the rising adoption of cloud EDI is expected to boost significant growth in the global EDI market, on track now to grow at a CAGR of 12.1% to reach $72.59B by 2030. Why is cloud adoption growing?

Since 2015 or so, we’ve been seeing a generational shift in ERP systems away from on-premises installations to cloud-based delivery. This article explains what’s at stake not just for CIOs and IT Directors, but for those responsible for maintaining the EDI/B2B integration stack.

The Challenge

A national logistics company relies on BizTalk to integrate with their trading partners via X12 EDI and XML messages. They were faced with slow performance, heavy human support requirements, and very slow time-to-revenue for new trading partners due to an inefficient implementation, overly customized processes, and non-existent maintenance procedures.