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Future-proof enterprise architecture – a success factor for data management

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Christian Sperlich

July 31, 2025

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SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework guides companies through transformation processes in a structured manner. SAP ISA-M (Integration Solution Advisory Methodology) acts as a strategic lever for successful integration architectures. Central insight: Powerful integration is the key to a future-proof enterprise architecture. (see valantic blog).

But what are success factors for practical implementation?

Overview of SAP ISA-M as a pie chart — Development of custom-tailored integration strategies using the SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (SAP ISA-M)

From framework to practice: Integration assessment

SAP’s Integration Assessment Capability of the SAP Integration Suite is a central tool for mapping integration strategies in real life. Interfaces are evaluated, and integration patterns, technologies, and providers are maintained centrally. This creates transparency, reduces complexity, and improves decision-making processes.

The underestimated success factor

The biggest hurdle? The initial effort to transfer the IT environment to the Integration Assessment. In our Integration Strategy Workshops, customers often ask the question: “How can master data such as applications, technologies, and vendors be collected quickly and efficiently?”

The good news: There are various approaches.

Flowchart showing three pathways to SAP Integration Assessment: LeanIX Integration Suite Packages (LeanIX), Immediate API Usage (Custom Development), and Quick Import (valantic Best Practice) for Enterprise Architecture using SAP Integration Suite. — Different approaches of integration

Conclusion: Your integration strategy starts with valantic

Whether via LeanIX, APIs, or our valantic solution – maintaining data is not an end in itself, but the prerequisite for a sustainable integration strategy. Only when applications, technologies, and interfaces are properly documented can companies realize the full potential of SAP Integration Assessment and SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISA-M).

This clean and structured data is not only the basis for informed decisions and a successful integration architecture, but also for using advanced technology such as artificial intelligence.

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