Securing SuccessFactors Extensions on SAP HANA Cloud Platform

Overview

SAP HANA Cloud Platform, extension package for SuccessFactors allows you to extend your SuccessFactors scope with applications running on the platform. The extension package makes it quick and easy for companies to adapt and integrate SuccessFactors cloud applications to their existing business processes, thus helping them maintain competitive advantage, engage their workforce and improve their bottom line.

SuccessFactors Adapter in SAP HANA Cloud Integration (SAP HCI)

 Overview

With more customers moving towards a cloud based IT investment strategy for their HCM solution the need to integrate with their existing OnPremise setup and other 3rd party systems is on the rise. Large companies generally move towards a Cloud HCM investment like SuccessFactors in a phased manner. The phased approach is generally in two dimensions the first one being the solution dimension where only certain processes are first moved to the cloud example Performance Management or Compensation Management or Recruiting and later on the other core processes of the company follow. The second dimension is location wise where HCM Business processes in select set of locations are moved first before the rest of the larger regions follow.

What this results in; is the requirement to keep all of the systems in sync and ensure the processes cross interacts in a smooth manner. A few examples of this setup that leads to an integration requirement in SuccessFactors could be the follows: