PRIMEUR GHIBLI NEXT™: Enterprise Data Integration Platform
- 1. Primeur Ghibli Next TM Integration Platform White paper V 1.1 StationofReggioEmiliaAVMediopadana,Italy(SantiagoCalatrava)-2013
- 2. Primeur Group | November 2017 Index 1 An API for Data: Primeur Ghibli Next™ Integration Platform ............................................................................ 3 2 Market Dynamics .................................................................................................................................................... 3 3 What is Primeur Ghibli Next™? .............................................................................................................................. 3 4 Why Primeur Ghibli Next™? .................................................................................................................................. 5 5 Why is it a “Platform”? ............................................................................................................................................ 5 6 Does it Work? ........................................................................................................................................................... 6
- 3. Primeur Ghibli Next TM | V 1.1 | White Paper 3Copyright © 2017 Primeur | www.primeur.com | All Rights Reserved 1 - An API for Data: Primeur Ghibli Next™ Integration Platform As enterprises shift from an application economy to an API economy, the need to connect applications and data becomes increasingly important. With workloads shifting from traditional data center to cloud and back, IT is often charged with managing a broad range of data stores, including ERP, CRM, and other line-of- business application data that was developed – and exists – in multiple siloes. Additionally, every organization is experiencing a data deluge, as the volume and variety of digital information continues to increase, putting new pressure on organizations to extract actionable value out of the flow of data, and to find ways to integrate the continually growing number of business applications with the disparate data stores. Because applications and users who benefit by consuming data are not necessarily those who are creating the data, there is a need to match data producer to consumer, which can be an arduous task. For these reasons, Primeur has developed the Primeur Ghibli Next™ Integration Platform, which can be thought of as exposing an API not for code but for data. The past decade has brought increasing levels of complexity to information systems. Heterogeneous platforms are now the norm, and hybrid IT environments including on-premises, private, and public cloud components are only further complicated by emerging tech including the internet of things (IoT), social marketing, and multichannel customer interfaces. As a result, businesses are challenged to not only integrate data from various sources, but to facilitate the exchange of data between different systems and applications regardless of the frequency when it is created or when it is accessed. The emergence of big data and predictive analytics requires that business decision-makers have all possible information sources to improve accuracy of their forecasts and help steer the business in the Named for the legendary African desert winds, the PrimeurGhibliNext™IntegrationPlatformspeedsdata integration with a modular approach that eliminates the need to rip-and-replace existing integrations or tools. This lets organizations upgrade their existing architecture in an evolutionary manner, providing continual stability even as applications and infrastructure change over time. Primeur Ghibli Next™ utilizes a publish-and-subscribe model to enable users and applications of all kinds to either contribute data to, or access data from, a central view of all enterprise information, without the need to make a single change to any application. Primeur Ghibli Next™ integrates data governance, data manipulation, transport and connectivity tools, delivering a seamless integration platform for all file and object data. Primeur Ghibli Next™ decouples data producers and consumers, enabling publishers to contribute content withoutanyknowledgeofwhotheusersorsubscribers are, or even how many users and applications are subscribing to their data. Likewise, subscribers (applications or users) simply express an interest In one or more data sets in the repository (known as a DataBox), and need only access the information that is of interest to them, without needing to know which applications or users published that data. right direction. This is increasingly difficult as new applications are continually added into the enterprise mix, requiring new data correlations between this ever-growing pool of applications. The challenge for IT professionals is to deliver this data integration on-demand, without incurring high costs to do so. What is needed is an integration platform that works with existing applications, data stores and tools to expose a simple uniform data interface for all applications, hiding the complexity and heterogeneity to enable simplified orchestration of a broad range of systems. This is what led to the development of the Primeur Ghibli Next™ Integration Platform. 2 - Market Dynamics 3 - What is Primeur Ghibli Next™?
- 4. Primeur Group | November 2017 4 Copyright © 2017 Primeur | www.primeur.com | All Rights Reserved The major components of Primeur Ghibli Next™ are: • Input Connector – accepts data from ‘producer’ applications data storage, performs any pre- processing defined by the producer application’s template, and places the result into the Primeur Ghibli Next™ “DataBox”. There is a significant number of pre-defined connectors for integration with some of the most popular applications including SAP, Salesforce, NetSuite and Amazon AWS to name a few. • Databox – Manages all information related to any object in the Primeur Ghibli Next™ platform (file, message, etc.). Maintains attributes for each data item such as format, compression/encryption, EOF/LF conversions, workflow processing events, and data management including retention, cloud archiving, storage devices, etc. Objects in the DataBox are never duplicated, but multiple databoxes (with their own unique processing and retention requirements) can be associated with an object. The enables re-use and visibility of any given data amongst different users or applications without data duplication. • Mediator – Performs required operations on DataBox objects to prepare for use by the ‘consumer’ application or user. This can include mapping file formats (flat, CSV, XLSX, etc), transforming data between different formats, aggregating data (any to any) from different sources, split a file into multiple files, and if necessary transports data to a remote DataBox. • Output Connector – Retrieves data from DataBox, performs any post-processing necessary and inserts the result directly into the data store for the consumer application – without the need for any code modifications on either end.
- 5. Primeur Ghibli Next TM | V 1.1 | White Paper 5Copyright © 2017 Primeur | www.primeur.com | All Rights Reserved 4 - Why Primeur Ghibli Next™? 5 - Why is it a “Platform”? Primeur Ghibli Next™ simply allows integration of data from different applications without making any changes to the applications that create or utilize the data. This enables asynchronous data movement between synchronous applications, since each application contributes data during its normal cycle, and consuming applications access data from a DataBox when needed. Data in anonomyized, as users and applications that create data are unaware of users and applications that consume data. Primeur Ghibli Next™ is an open platform that integrates with third party tools already in use, and simplifies the data integration process, ultimately minimizing the cost and time involved in ensuring businesses are gaining the greatest possible value from all their data by making it available to the broadest number of users and applications. Support for a broad range of heterogenous technologies yields a single platform that delivers end-to-end flow control and visibility of data – your most precious asset. Primeur Ghibli Next™ goes far beyond data transformation by providing integration of every element necessary to manage data safely and efficiently in a heterogenous, multi-modal IT environment. Provisions are made for security and governance, modeling, monitoring and reporting, a wide host of workflow, API and data transformations along with the connectivity needed to support the broadest range of use cases and protocols. Besides using an input connector, data producers can publish into a DataBox using a web client, CLI, ftp or other protocol via client-server. Similarly, data consumers can utilize an output connector as described above and also utilize web client, ftp, or other protocols to access information in a DataBox. Other elements of the platform include: • Modeler – Manages the configuration and interaction between data producer and consumer and how data is acted upon • Workflow engine – Edits new workflows, executes pre-defined processes and automates many tasks including exception handling and authorization requests. Even pre-defined workflows can be modified as needs change • Archiving – Manages archival and external storage upon data expiration including automatic deletion if desired • Security – Provides for authentication, authorization and audit, and can interface to an existing security infrastructure such as LDAP or Active Directory. Also provides adherence to customizable security policies and provides functions for encryption, certificates and keys exchanged. • API Integration – A set of REST APIs for managing configuration, initiation, and up-and download from a Primeur Ghibli Next™ DataBox • Tracking – Collects information on all events from creators and consumers, both users and applications, that interface with the Primeur Ghibli Next™ platform. Extensible to include external services to ensure a complete view of all activities involved in processing data. • End to End Governance – Ensures all activities are supervised and carried out based on agreed service levels, and enables following data flow from producer to consumer. • Managed File Transfer – Secure, managed file transfer solution supporting multiple products, protocols and platforms, decoupling sender and receiver • Data processing – Connectors and tools enabling integration with the broadest range of sources such as mainframes, proprietary line of business applications, off-the-shelf applications or cloud. • Data Quality – This optional element uncovers inconsistencies and data anomalies, and first level quality control such as duplicate key, field normalization and validation, data enrichment as well as second level QC for business control including data certification, reconciliation, other business checks).
- 6. Primeur Group | November 2017 6 Copyright © 2017 Primeur | www.primeur.com | All Rights Reserved 6 - Does it Work? The Primeur Ghibli Next™ platform has been adopted by some of the world’s most prestigious companies, including a 130-year old coffee production company seeking to accelerate integration of information system from newly acquired companies, to one of the world’s leading automotive groups, looking for ways to simplify data integration between on-premises applications and those installed in the AWS cloud. Can a single product solve every data integration problem? Every business has its own specific needs, processes and infrastructure that make it unique. The Primeur Ghibli Next™ Integration Platform is designed with that diversity in mind, offering an extensible and configurable platform enabling every business to adapt the platform to their specific requirements, and integrate Primeur Ghibli Next™ with existing applications and ad-hoc software tools to accelerate adoption and reduce resistance while providing the ability to adapt to future needs as new applications and systems are introduced into the business. Software products and solutions based on Primeur’s Integration Platform Managed File Transfer Data Governance & Lineage Business Integrator Person Centric Data Quality & Others
- 7. Primeur Ghibli Next TM | V 1.1 | White Paper
- 8. www.primeur.com - info@primeur.com Primeur Group Via Tinelle 18 6832 Chiasso-Pedrinate - CH Switzerland +41 91 9715070 About Primeur Group Primeur is a multinational company headquartered in Switzerland specializing in Enterprise Data Integration solutions. Using framework and proprietary technologies, it has developed software products and solutions for Hybrid Integration, designing and implementing the innovative platform Primeur Ghibli Next™ . The Group is widespread in Europe (Switzerland, Italy, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Spain and France), North America, Latam and Asia. Copyright © 2017 Primeur. Primeur Ghibli Next™ is a registered trademark. The names and marks of all Primeur products referenced are trademarks or registered trademarks of Primeur Group. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.