The document discusses the role of event mesh as a critical architectural layer for enabling digital transformation in enterprises, emphasizing the importance of event-driven architectures (EDA). It cites Gartner's projections regarding the necessity of real-time event processing for future business solutions and outlines how SAP integrates event mesh within its cloud platform for various applications. The partnership between SAP and Solace is highlighted, showcasing a roadmap for enterprise messaging and event management capabilities.

1. Crispin Clarke
SVP Europe, Solace
Dr. Harsh Jegadeesan
Head of Product Management Integration Platform SAP
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Gartner Symposium 2018, Barcelona
Event Mesh
The architecture layer that will power your Digital
Transformation

2. Events have become the life blood of the
modern real-time enterprise
Events need flow freely and easily, across every
environment and component of the digital
enterprise.

3. Event mesh is an architectural layer that routes
events from producers to consumers in a flexible,
reliable and governed manner, no matter where
your apps are deployed.

4. 2018
“80% of new business ecosystems will require
support for event processing”
Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: Event-Driven Model. 8. March 2018

5. 2018
“By 2022, event-sourced, real-time situational
awareness will be a required characteristic for
70% of new digital business solutions.”
Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2018: Event-Driven Model. 8. March 2018

6. Enterprises are implementing EDA to
power their digital transformations.

7. SAP Case Study
Using Event Mesh to integrate the
Intelligent Enterprise

8. The digital era is evolving into the intelligence era
Mainframe
& PCs
Client Server
& Internet
Cloud, Mobile
& Big Data
Intelligent
Technologies
Transistors &
silicon revolution
Large-scale mainframe
computing adoption
Emergence of PCs
Plant floor
automation
Widespread PC
adoption
Broadband Internet
ERP & business
process
technologies
Mobile &
smartphone ubiquity
Cloud computing
Social networks
Big Data
Real-time Integration
Machine learning & artificial
intelligence
IoT & distributed computing
Blockchain
Industrial
Automation
Business Process
Automation
Digital
Transformation
Intelligent
Enterprise

9. Digital Core
People
Engagement
Manufacturing
& Supply Chain
Intelligent
Technologies
AI
IoT
Analytics
Machine Learning
Customer
Experience
Network &
Spend Management
Digital
Platform
Data
Management
Cloud
Platform
Intelligent Suite
The Intelligent Enterprise

10. CP Integration CP Open Connectors
API Management
Enterprise Messaging
Reliable Messaging
Adapters
Formulas
Common Resources
Connectors
SAP 3rd Party
API and Event-based
Integration
SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite
Out-of-the-box | Open | Holistic | Agile
Integration
SAP C/4HANA
SAP SuccessFactors
C/4
SAP Concur
SAP Fieldglass
SAP Ariba
SAP S/4HANA Cloud S/4
Integrating the Intelligent Enterprise

11. SAP & Solace Partnership
SAP Cloud Platform Integration Suite
Cloud Integration for A2A/B2B
Integration
reliable messaging for multi-
cloud scale messaging
Enterprise Messaging
and Function aaS
pub/sub service for microservices
and serverless
*roadmap
Enterprise Event-Mesh*
Enterprise Event-Mesh for
Process, Master Data,
Digital Twin
Multi-cloud and hybrid

12. SAP Cloud Platform Enterprise
Messaging for Event Driven
Architectures:
ü Propagate/Distribute Events across distributed
landscapes across cloud and on premise
ü Out of the box event enablement frameworks for
S/4HANA, Cloud platform
ü Open standards & Protocol based
communication
ü Scalable & High Volume communication
infrastructure
ü Support for 3rd
party events
Enterprise Messaging with Events Management
CONSUMER APP
DEVELOPER
S/4 HANA
EVENTS
REGISTRY
EVENTS
ENABLEMENT F/W
3rd
PARTY
EVENTS INTERFACE
SAP CP
EVENTS
REGISTRY
CXS ENABLEMENT
F/W
BUSINESS SUITE
EVENTS
REGISTRY
EVENTS
ENABLEMENT F/W
EVENTS
REPOSITORY &
COCKPIT
EVENTS GATEWAY
EVENTS CATALOG
CON. APP
EVENTS ADMINISTRATOR
EVENTS DEVELOPER
SAP CLOUD PLATFORM
ENTERPRISE MESSAGING
1
2 3
4
5
6
CORE MESSAGING

13. Solace
Solace
Solace
Solace
SolaceSolace
Solace interconnects the SAP Cloud
SAP Cloud
Datacenters
SAP Customer

15. Thank you!
Crispin Clarke
crispin.clarke@solace.com
Visit us at booth #510