Application Integration

The shift in B2B integration is not the how, it’s the who

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For most large enterprises the keys to internal and external B2B integration are held by a few specialists in a center of excellence or infrastructure group. They know their tools, they have an organizational history. There is a small amount of these, this is why it takes so long to go live.

Key goals of B2B integration

While integration technologies have evolved (from file transfer, ESB and B2B gateways to newer APIs), the bottleneck has remained. One of the key goals of a Hybrid Integration Platform (HIP), is to change that.

To simplify integration to a set of functions that can be used by a wider audience to build new applications, that combine new data sources—with existing data—to create new customer experiences across more devices, FASTER.

These new common functions (APIs, microservices) can contain the necessary security and management capability while simplifying integration to a core set of services (this is the how). The real power is whether that can be surfaced so others can use them.

This new who might be a business analyst, marketing power user or a data scientist. With the help of a HIP, a new set of business specialists can use DIY integration facilitation to create new applications without having to wait on an integration specialist.

Think about what this means for your Digital Transformation initiatives

  • Multiple project teams can build, test and put into production new applications without waiting in the queue for a specialist
  • Faster delivery cycles with a lower cost of ownership

Think about what this means

  • Freed from the minutia of reimplementing common integration patterns, they can focus on new and more complex integration functions.
  • Support for existing interfaces is reduced because there are fewer used.

What this means to your new agile developers

  • Empowered to better discover what integration points are available.
  • Simplified implementation through example code and templates.
  • Quicker project go-live.

What are you doing to modernize your IT infrastructure to utilize these new resources? Axway can help!

Learn about all things HIP in the resource center here.

Read more in our three reasons to modernize your IT infrastructure infographic.