How Ecotone & Expertum Automated SAP Integration Suite Maintenance

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How do you execute scheduled IT maintenance on a 24/7 production environment with over 150 interfaces—without risking missed orders, downtime, or a flood of false error alerts? 

In our latest live episode of HANA Cafe NL, Jan Penninkhof and I sit down with Petra Mooijer (Expertum), Bart van de Kamp (Ecotone), and Arian de Mall (Ecotone) to explore how they solved this exact challenge using SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP).

What started as a VNSG SAP BTP Hackathon finalist case has evolved into an "Autonomous ALM" solution built to simplify interface operations.

Key takeaways from the session:

  • The Challenge: Moving away from legacy systems (like BizTalk) meant needing a safe, automated way to undeploy and redeploy 150+ SAP Integration Suite iFlows without manual error.
  • The Technical Stack: Combining SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP), SAP BTP Job Scheduler, process automation, and natural language control via Joule.
  • Intelligent Downtime: Using metadata tracking and automated deployment plans so only the exact interfaces affected by maintenance are paused and safely restored.
  • Future-Proofing ALM: How extending AI into Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) shifts IT management from reactive firefighting to proactive automation.

Whether you are managing complex cloud integrations or exploring practical AI/automation use cases on SAP BTP, this conversation offers plenty of real-world insights!

Watch or listen to the full episode and recording here:


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