The increasing complexity of IT environments, containing a large number of heterogeneous systems, causes high integration costs and forces the implementation of time-consuming integration projects.
One method of reducing costs could be reducing the number of connections between systems by using a hub instead of peer-to-peer connections and the use of a single platform integrating information and all systems. A certain change of approach may also turn out to be significant, from thinking in terms of integration projects towards products that fulfil these tasks.
To meet such problems, SAP offers the SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration product (successor to SAP Process Integration and SAP Exchange Infrastructure), which allows you to solve integration problems in a much simpler way and at a noticeably lower cost. It provides tools and an environment that ensure ease of use, scalability and high adaptability, thereby increasing the flexibility of business processes. It is also a product addressed to customers who have not had SAP systems so far. Its capabilities allow the integration of many different applications from individual vendors. As part of this product, a complete environment is delivered, allowing to design and configure data exchange between systems, define rules related to addressing and mapping and conversion algorithms. The runtime environment is supported by monitoring and testing tools, creating a complete, comprehensive solution.
SAP NetWeaver Process Orchestration provides open integration technologies that support process-oriented collaboration across all SAP components and external – within and outside the enterprise.