End of the year is usually the time to recap past year and talk about plans for the forthcoming period.

So, let’s go immediately with the recap – articles/blogs I did and published in the SAP blogging platform(s)…

In 2023, most of my time and effort (in writing the articles) was well spent (I hope) in talking about integrations…

• Here, by all means, my favorite article was Building Integration Architecture for the Omni-channel Commerce, not because it is the most “visited” or the most “liked” blog – actually, most of my articles are attracting more audience and visits – but in this article I was trying to go really “deep-dive” into Integration Architecture, addressing very specific, and very dynamic, Line-of-Business. And building integrations for the Omni-channel commerce – well, let me say – this is very challenging task… Now, this article is just a Solution Concept (like majoring of my articles), inspired by past experiences, but it’s not a specific “detail” Solution Design – so I do not really provide all the technical details (after all, some things I leave for the audience to “discover”), but still, I do believe this is a good one… I like it, and I am happy I found time to write it…

Figure 1. From Multi-channel to Omni-channel commerce (link)

The other topics I was “blogging” a lot in 2023 – Enterprise Architecture and the “ways of working”…

• I did several “longer” articles – but my favorite is actually “2-cents” Architecture is about building the system… – because it basically “says it all”… Architecture is about building the SYSTEM which provides SOLUTION(S) – let’s be “brave” enough and step aways from the constant fixing of the issues and nursing the problem… We should be building the SYSTEM…

List of my articles in 2023…

Integration Strategy articles/blogs:

• How to gain the knowledge to become SAP Integration Black-Belt? – it looks like this is the most “visited” blog I wrote – covering some guidelines how to train yourself to become SAP Integration Black-Belt (edition 2023).
• Building Integration Architecture for the Omni-channel Commerce – as indicated, personally, my favorite article in 2023 – sort of, putting all the previous articles about the Integration Architecture in particle “motion”…
• Part 3: Next steps in building the Integration Architecture for the Intelligent Enterprise
• Part 2: How to build an Integration Architecture for the Intelligent Enterprise
• How to build an Integration Architecture for the Intelligent Enterprise – 1^st part of three article series for building holistic Integration Architecture for both, SAP and non-SAP, enterprise environments, but also addressing some features of SAP ISA-M and SAP Integration Suite.
• Agile EA – from SOA to Interoperability – Are we moving beyond traditional SOA?

Enterprise Architecture and the “ways of working” articles/blogs:

• Do we need real engineering knowledge to be successful IT professionals? – “Be more likable” vs. “Be more knowledgeable”… my 2-cents…
• Architecture is about building the system… – building the SYSTEM vs. persisting the problem – my 2-cents…
• What do I (dis)like in Agile? – Sometimes I feel we generally misinterpret Agile framework – this is my view how it can/should be done.
• Artwork of the Enterprise and Solution Architecture – I would like to believe IT Architecture can also has some ”personal” touch and “artistic” feeling.
• Enterprise Architecture in the era of Agile…

AI article (well, I could not avoid it in 2023…):

• Do we have too much AI these days? – “too much “ AI these days – I was trying to put an impartial overview of the current AI trends… At least trying…

Sustainability articles:

• Sustainability is not just about reporting… It is a philosophy… – Sustainability is really much more than reporting – and even reporting is only “tip of an iceberg”…
• GHG spillovers – a challenge which still needs to be addressed… – ESG should be fair – at least I think so…
• Can we use ChatGPT to enhance Supplier data collection for ESG? – Possible use case of GenAI? On top of some previous articles I did regarding Ariba Business Network.

Figure 2. Sustainability is not just reporting…

Next steps in 2024…

What do I want to talk about in 2024…

Let’s say, the 1^st choice would be Integration Architecture, especially Event-Driven Architecture and Microservice Architecture; but I do not exclude few articles in some other domains… Time will tell…

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