Agent-Based Transformation With Real-Time as an SAP BTP Alternative

Boomi, a market leader in AI-driven automation, announced the general availability of native Change Data Capture (CDC) for SAP data at an event in London. Available immediately, the new capability enables SAP inventory customers to import data from ERP/ECC 6.0, S/4 and Business Warehouse (SAP BW) into any cloud data lake or warehouse without writing a single line of code. Real-time access - ex-SAP CTO Vishal Sikka would be delighted - to important SAP data should enable ERP users to respond faster to insights, improve their operational agility and better support AI and analytics initiatives.

„This launch is an important milestone for SAP customers looking to modernize their data infrastructure,“ said Mani Gill, VP of Product for Data and AI at Boomi. „By combining multi-table ingestion, integrated CDC and schema-aware transformation, we are unlocking SAP data for real-time decision making without the need for specialized expertise or custom development.“ With over 25,000 customers and a network of more than 800 partners, Boomi aims to drive agent-based transformation and help existing SAP customers achieve agility, efficiency and innovation at scale.

With SAP customers generating 84 percent of all global commerce and 98 of the world's 100 largest companies using SAP, the ability to easily access and utilize SAP data is critical to driving orchestration and operational efficiency. Boomi's new CDC capture capability can help existing SAP customers modernize their analytics with minimal effort, as SAP data can be captured in minutes without abap coding. By combining SAP and non-SAP data in real time, ERP users can reduce the time to insight for both AI and business intelligence use cases.

Steve Lucas, CEO at Boomi, emphasized the particular importance of governance when dealing with AI agents and their downstream data processing during his keynote speech in London at the beginning of October. Ultimately, it is not just about the rapid provision of ERP data, but in particular about responsible handling. Even an AI agent must not execute commands to delete entire databases and export to unknown sinks - even if the AI agent could! Steve Lucas has held CEO and senior management positions at some of the world's leading cloud companies, including Marketo, iCIMS, Adobe, SAP, Salesforce and BusinessObjects.

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„This market launch is an important milestone for SAP customers who want to modernize their data infrastructure.“ 

Mani Gill,
VP of Product for Data and AI,
Boomi

In contrast to integration tools and platforms such as Databricks and SAP BDC, Boomi aims to offer flexibility and freedom of choice so that existing SAP customers can feed data into any cloud data lake or cloud data warehouse without being tied to a specific provider. The solution is also intended to reduce costs and resource expenditure, as no customer-specific SAP development - neither Abap nor on the BTP - is required. Above all, CDC is designed to meet the requirements of current IT architectures and enable existing SAP customers to develop scalable, cloud-native and AI-driven data strategies.

„Reliably extracting data from critical enterprise applications like SAP for operational and analytical workloads has always been a technical challenge,“ said Matt Aslett, Director of Research, Data and Analytics at ISG, in an analyst call. „Products that simplify data access and processing are becoming increasingly important to improve business agility and support AI and analytics strategies at scale.“