The Evolution of Integration

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First, it is important to understand where the data is coming from; cloud, mobile, IoT and/or any other modern application architectures. Nowadays, systems are made up of many distributed components. One of the most common ways to have these distributed components communicate is by leveraging Message-oriented middleware (MOM)

MOM provides a common way for developers to securely and reliable exchange messages between applications or components of an application. This common approach eliminates the need for the developers to worry about the underlying complexity of providing secure and reliable communication and they can focus on the other aspects of the application they are developing.

You can check out some more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message-oriented_middleware

Messaging has often been compared to plumbing. We all know, plumbing isn’t really interesting. However, the day you have trouble with it you realize without it many critical capabilities in the house are incapacitated. You cannot do most of the basic house tasks: laundry, dishes, shower, etc. so messaging in the enterprise world is very similar, without it major organisations would not be able to operate.

And second, it is integration per se. Integration has evolved from Point-to-Point, Hub and Spoke, through the service Bus (very popular and a revolution in the 2000s) which evolved into Middleware (incorporating a service bus, messaging, event-processing and APIs), and lately the API-led integration. Created to capture the benefits of cloud-native architectures and extract value from on-premise investments, API-led Integration connects systems across cloud and on-premise environments for maximum scale, speed, and agility based on reusable, API-enabled services

All the above combined with the connectivity capabilities to integrate multiple applications, translates into an integration platform.

Many customers we spoke to, face the same issue, they have moved their applications to the cloud and now they have the data in silos. Customers must get those applications talking to each other, so they have the right information available at the right time to grow their business. Connecting CRMs, marketing automation solutions, accounting and database systems is certainly quicker and easier than ever before.

Ask yourself the following questions:

Would my business benefit from having our applications and data sources seamlessly connected?
What could our organization accomplish if it was more agile, collaborative with the business, and had reduced technology debt?
What if we had a way to empower users with varied technical skills connect their own applications?

Most likely your answer will lead to the following business outcomes:

We want to have a connected ecosystem which will lead to a better operational intelligence and decision making
We will achieve faster time to market, what will lead to a greater differentiation that will provide a competitive advantage
We will reduce the risk and improve the ROI on innovation investments
And consequently, we will reduce OPEX

If so, reach out to us and we will tell you more about Tibco, who offers one of the leading integration platforms as a service (iPaaS) in the market.

You can find out more about Tibco and the Connect portfolio here:

https://www.tibco.com/connect

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Adam Barbera
Vendor Alliances Manager | Data Solutions & IoT | TD SYNNEX Europe