Do your data pipelines and workloads need a little SOAP?

If you've ever struggled with data silos, manual workarounds, or workflow bottlenecks, your business might be in dire need of a little SOAP: Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms. Let’s explore why SOAP has become indispensable for modern enterprises—and how it can help scale, secure, and streamline operations. 

The challenge: When complexity becomes a bottleneck

Many organizations don’t realize they need orchestration and automation until they experience one (or all) of these common challenges:

• Disconnected systems & data silos: Your business runs on multiple platforms—SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, cloud services, legacy systems—but they don’t talk to each other efficiently. You need manual workarounds and custom scripts to transfer data. 
• Repetitive manual workflows: Your IT and business teams spend hours manually triggering, monitoring, and troubleshooting workflows, which reduces productivity.
  Workflow failures & delays: Your mission-critical workloads frequently stall due to job dependencies, slow handoffs, or lack of visibility into status.
• Lack of security & compliance control: Your workloads span multiple systems—and ensuring effective auditing, access controls, and compliance has become a nightmare. 
• Scalability & performance limitations: Your current automation solutions struggle to handle spikes in demand, leading to performance degradation and failed SLAs.
  
  

Do any of these challenges sound familiar? Your organization might be running into operational inefficiencies that could be costing you valuable time, money, and opportunities.

The turning point: When companies realize they need SOAP Service Orchestration and Automation Platform

Most organizations don't wake up one day and decide to invest in a Service Orchestration and Automation Platform. Instead, they reach a breaking point where their existing automation tools fail to keep up.

Here are some common triggers that push businesses toward SOAP adoption:

• Digital transformation initiatives: The business wants to modernize and integrate cloud-native and on-premises workloads.
•  Scaling challenges: The workload volume increases, but legacy automation tools cannot handle the complexity.
•  Increased compliance requirements: New regulations require more stringent access control, audit trails, and process standardization.
• AI & data pipeline expansion: Data teams need seamless orchestration for machine learning workflows, ETL processes, ETL pipelines and real-time analytics.
• Need for faster service delivery: The organization wants to improve IT and business agility by automating repetitive tasks and reducing bottlenecks.
• Industry insights: A large analyst house predicts that by 2027, 90% of organizations delivering workload automation will transition to SOAP to orchestrate workloads and data pipelines across IT and business domains.

The solution for workloads and data pipelines automation: What are the options?

When organizations recognize their automation needs, they typically explore different solutions. Let’s break down the available options:

1. Scripting & custom automation
Many organizations start by building custom scripts to automate specific workflows. While this can work in the short term, it quickly leads to fragility, maintenance burdens, and scalability issues.

Pros: Tailored to specific needs, relatively low initial cost. 
Cons: Requires ongoing developer effort, lacks flexibility for complex workloads, difficult to scale.

2. Standalone workload automation tools
Traditional workload automation platforms allow businesses to schedule and automate tasks. However, they often lack cross-platform orchestration or deep integration with modern cloud-native architectures.

Pros: Well-established in IT operations, handles scheduled job execution. 
Cons: Limited visibility into end-to-end workflows, often not agile enough for modern DevOps and AI-driven environments.

3. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for business processes
RPA tools automate repetitive, rule-based tasks by mimicking user interactions. However, they are not designed for orchestrating complex IT workloads, data pipelines, or enterprise-scale automation.

Pros: Easy to deploy for simple tasks, reduces manual effort. 
Cons: Not suited for large-scale process orchestration, can create “automation silos.”

4. Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAP)
SOAP solutions unify automation across IT and business functions. With them, organizations can manage workflows, workloads, and data pipelines across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. They provide:

• Event-driven automation to trigger workflows based on real-time conditions.
• End-to-end visibility across all business and IT processes.
• AI-driven optimization to anticipate failures and automate troubleshooting.
• Scalability to support enterprise growth without excessive manual intervention.

Pros: Comprehensive automation and orchestration, integrates with DevOps, AI, and cloud-native workflows, improves efficiency and security. 
Cons: Requires initial investment and proper implementation planning.

The big picture: SOAP expands beyond traditional workload automation, providing a future-ready approach for organizations aiming to scale operations efficiently.

We have the market-leading technology and expertise

We at Tietoevry Tech Services support several major Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAP) available in the market today, ensuring that your business leverages the most advanced and reliable technologies. We stay at the forefront of technological developments to provide robust solutions that are tailored to your needs, maximizing efficiency and ensuring compatibility with your existing systems.

Our team has decades of experience in automation services. This has given us deep expertise in implementing and optimizing automation solutions for businesses of all sizes and industries. We understand the complexities of modern digital infrastructures, and we deliver customized and effective solutions that drive tangible business outcomes.

Our SOAP as a service offering provides a risk-free, turn-key solution without the need for long-term commitments. We handle everything from setup to ongoing management, allowing you to focus on your core business. With our flexible model, you can access world-class automation technology and expertise without the overhead of in-house resources. This gives you the freedom to scale as needed.

Our multinational team ensures that your automated processes run smoothly and accurately, no matter where you operate. We offer global reach and local expertise, providing personalized support tailored to regional requirements—while maintaining the consistent quality and performance needed for international operations.