Integration Excellence

Integration Excellence

By Adam Kiwon, Sebastian MeyerTechnology
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Integration Excellence episodes

  • E61 - Integration Cockpit
    Interview Cockpit
    This episode is generated by NotebookLM (Google) describing the use case of WHINT Integration Cockpit as a conversation with great analogies from Interface Discovery and Inventory, over Documentation and Enterprise Architecture to Governance with Reporting and Checks. Imagine a system that maps, governs, and optimizes every digital connection in your company - instantly. No manual spreadsheets, no endless meetings, just seamless control. This isn’t just about better documentation; it’s about transforming chaos into order with governance - ensuring compliance.
    43 min
  • E60 - AI in SAP Integration Suite with Udo Paltzer
    Interview

    Further Information:

    AI Features](https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/ai-feature/464fdfbe-5809-4a0a-b6e8-65c79033837d/))

    Enhanced Edition](https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blog-posts-by-sap/introducing-sap-integration-suite-enhanced-edition/ba-p/14346638))

    Contact Udo Paltzer on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paltzer-udo-sap-cloud-platform/))

    43 min
  • E59 - Roles & Personas
    Culture

    Catch Up:

    SAP TechEd & Microsoft Ignite

    • SAP Innovation Guide: https://www.sap.com/topics/innovation-guide/h2
    • Ignite Updates Logic Apps: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/integrationsonazureblog/%F0%9F%93%A2-agent-loop-ignite-upd…
    • Logic Apps Designer: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/integrationsonazureblog/moving-the-logic-apps-designer-for…
    • MCP Server with Logic Apps: https://youtu.be/etvJo5daxcs?si=SVu0KKzFa-yYLtJG

      • Deep Dive:

      https://www.integration-excellence.com/integration-roles-personas-top-10/

      54 min
    • E58 - SAP AI & Joule with Chris Carter
      Interview

      Further Information:

      Mastering SAP Books](https://amzn.eu/d/14VO60m))

      Approyo (Chris´company)](https://approyo.com))

      Contact Chris Carter on [LinkedIn]

      (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-carter-885159/))

      41 min
    • E57 - Azure Integration Services vs. SAP Integration Suite
      Architecture

      Catch-Up:

      • Aviators Event: https://aviators-germany.de/2025/07/11/rueckblick-aviators-germany-2025-insights-austausch-elbblick/

        • Product News:

        SAP

        • News: IDocs & clean core https://me.sap.com/notes/3578329/E
        • Integration Strategy document: https://www.sap.com/documents/2020/02/520ea921-847d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.html

          • Microsoft

          • Logic Apps https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/integrationsonazureblog/codeful-workflows-a-new-authoring-model-for-logic-apps-standard/
          • Azure API Center & MCP: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/api-center/register-discover-mcp-server
            • 1 hr 12 min
          • E56 - Kafka & CAP with Mike Zaschka
            Interview

            Further Information:

            Blogpost: Kafka & CAP](https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blog-posts-by-members/using-apache-kafka-for-messaging-in-the-sap-cloud-application-programming/ba-p/13970176))

            Contact Mike Zaschka on [LinkedIn]

            (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-zaschka-7395949/))

            42 min
          • E55 - SAP Interface Management Guide
            Strategy

            Catch-Up:

            Integration Event AVIATORS Germany in Hamburg (12.06.2025) https://aviators-germany.de following the INTEGRATE event in London https://turbo360.com/events/integrate-2025/

            Product News:

            SAP Integration Modernization Series: Register for "Integration Cockpit for Strategy Alignment & Insights with SAP Integration Suite": https://go4.events.sap.com/expertsession-integrationcockpit/en_us/home.html

            Further Information:

            SAP press book: https://www.rheinwerk-verlag.de/sap-integration-management-guide

            NotebookLM: https://notebooklm.google.com

            1 hr 15 min
          • E54 - AI Basics
            Architecture

            Catch-Up:

            • Sebastian journey to Seattle for MVP Summit
            • DSAG & Talk about EIC
            • Magdeburger develoer days

              • Product News:

              SAP

              • Event Catalog (API-M): https://community.sap.com/t5/integration-blog-posts/enable-sap-developer-hub-as-central-event-catalog/ba-p/14076495
              • Aufzählungs-TextIntegration Cell for BTP

                • Microsoft

                • Data Mapper
                • APIM MCP Support

                  • Deep Dive on GenAI:

                  Foundation

                  • Language Models (Image, Text etc.)
                  • S/L
                  • openAI
                  • Llama (Meta)
                  • Gemini (Google)
                  • Bedrock (Anthropic, Amazon)

                    • Copilots

                    • SAP Joule
                    • M365 Copilot
                    • ChatGPT

                      • Use Case

                      • Development (developer productivity)
                      • Natural Language Processing (iFlow generation)
                      • PreDefined Content
                      • Operational Excellence (API anomaly detection)
                      • AI Agents
                      • …

                        • MCP

                        • Model Context Protocol (Tools)

                          • Further Information:

                          SAP

                          • https://community.sap.com/t5/technology-blogs-by-sap/sap-integration-suite-generative-ai-based-integration-flow-generation/ba-p/13761166
                          • https://community.sap.com/t5/integration-blog-posts/api-anomaly-detection-in-sap-integration-suite/ba-p/13726636
                          • Integration Advisor
                          • Joule & BTP AI
                            • 45 min
                          • E53 - Event Driven Integration
                            Architecture

                            Catch-Up:

                            • Sebastian is now Permanent Guest (Co-Host)
                            • Upcoming DSAG Technology Days 2.-3. April

                              • Product News:

                              • SAP Cloud Integration
                              • EOIO-support (XI QoS & JMS 1.4 Exclusive Access Type )
                              • Microsoft
                              • Hybrid Deployment Model: RabbitMQ, SAP Support

                                • Deep Dive EDA:

                                • SAP Event Mesh, Advanced Event Mesh & Solace
                                • Asapio & AIF for SAP Backends
                                • Azure: Event Grid, Event Hubs, Service Bus
                                • RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka
                                • MassTransit (SQLserver)

                                  • Further Information:

                                  Edge Integration Cell for Azure

                                  Masstransit

                                  54 min

                                About Integration Excellence

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                                This is whitepaper.id's podcast about enterprise integration and interface management: We speak about challenges around integration topics and interfaces for SAP and beyond. We discuss aspects of interface design, architecture, optimization and operations. Adam also invites experts from integration domains for an interview.