Webinar: Digital Transformation With Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
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The document discusses the importance of cloud solutions and integration platforms as a service (iPaaS) for business growth, emphasizing their benefits in data integration and scalability. It highlights key features of iPaaS, including support for multiple protocols, complex data mapping, and seamless application integration. The document also introduces Appseconnect as a customizable and secure iPaaS solution designed to facilitate digital transformation for businesses.
Webinar: Digital Transformation With Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)
- 2. ABHISHEK SUR • VP Products at InSync Tech-Fin Solutions • Most Valuable Professional at Microsoft • Software Innovator at Intel • Author abhi2434 abhi2434 inabhi2434
- 3. AGENDA • How Cloud can help a business to grow. • Types of cloud software delivery. • What is an iPaaS ? • Benefits of iPaaS in business • Understanding protocols on network communication • Data Integration vs Application Integration • What to expect from an iPaaS platform. • Digital Transformation with iPaaS - APPSeCONNECT Success Story
- 4. WHY CLOUD IS FUTURE ? • Increased adoption / traction of cloud applications. SAP S4 Hana – By Design, MS Dynamics 365, Netsuite, Salesforce. • Cloud is considered as a first class citizen for businesses worldwide - why should you or we be on premise ? • Cloud is a highly secured zone having lesser downtime, network or any infrastructure issues. • Infinitely scalable- the more power you need, cloud can scale in or scale out easily. • No capital investment.
- 5. SaaS PaaS IaaS Software as a Service Platform as a Service Infrastructure as a Service
- 7. iPaaS Why is it important for your business
- 8. WHAT IS iPaaS? A platform that enables developers and practitioners to configure and implement integration projects involving multiple endpoints and processes. Some major features : • Support for a variety of protocols and data formats. • Support for complex data mapping and transformation. • Adapter development toolkit. • Pre-packaged Templates. • Error handling and mitigation.
- 9. “ Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) is an emerging, cloud – based way for directors of integration to deliver integration platform capabilities. ” GARTNER SAYS… “
- 10. LIMITATIONS OF POINT TO POINT • Cannot leverage functional resources during delivery. • Strong development effort and testing is needed during delivery. • Need of a developer for any customization in maintenance phase • Deep functional understanding is required. • Cannot be time tested as customizations are done within the project itself. • Cannot be productized easily in changing scenarios.
- 11. INTEGRATION CHALLENGES API proliferation Numerous APIs been developed and upgraded Disconnected Silos APIs from different Apps work differently and cannot be directly consumed easily Analytics and Error handling When dealing with data, it is important to identify problems in data Quality of Connection A developer spends a lot of time to create integration between apps, but are not efficiently time tested ?
- 12. BENEFITS OF IPAAS IN E-BUSINESS • 360 degree view of valuable business data • Use of best LOB solutions that fits your business need • Invest less on overall IT. • Allow business agility • Supports scalability • Minimize manual jobs
- 13. NETWORK PROTOCOLS How data is communicated between applications
- 14. SOME INSIGHTS • Applications follows some fixed set of rules called protocols. • Protocols are fixed set of rules to define format and structure of data transferred from one platform to another. Some popular examples : REST, SOAP, FTP
- 15. DATA INTEGRATION VS APPLICATION INTEGRATION Data Integration • Mainly concerned with the data at rest. • Various data sources or data sets from warehouse is used to integrate data. • Business processes are not marked - need of functional understanding to integrate. • Best for legacy systems where application integration is challenging. Application Integration • Mainly concerned with real time operational data connectivity. • Real time application integration based on APIs provided by applications. • Business process is baked into the APIs, so it’s easier to integrate. • Modern way of doing integration.
- 16. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM AN iPaaS PLATFORM • Seamless integration between business applications. • Power of extensibility and scalability. • Easier change resolution with auditing. • Support of wide variety of protocols and standards • Pre-packaged connectors to support integration requirement.
- 17. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM AN iPaaS PLATFORM • Security is primal. • Dependency management. • Constant monitoring. • Regular reporting.
- 18. APPSeCONNECT as an Integration Platform Here we will discuss some of the usefull features of APPSeCONNECT which can help in digital transformation.
- 19. Prepackaged Template • Time tested , Readymade integration for your business • We offer best of breed solution to complex business scenarios. • Business processes are mapped based on best practices. • Can be easily customized as per business requirements.
- 20. Process Mapper • Schemas and structures are not required to be entered manually. • Strongly typed schema with support to one to one and one to many Relationships. • Supports high level mapping with no code. • Support for variable field for temporary store. • Access to library for complex mapping requirements. • Write it yourself (full IDE for C# functions) directly on APPSeCONNECT portal.
- 21. Visual Workflow • Visually orchestrate process integration. • Loop over objects and data. • Split or merge and do actual message - based process orchestration. • You can take decisions and many more…
- 22. Constant Monitoring Through Rules • You have automated your business processes, but are you sure all your business data follows the defined rules ? • No, they don't, and when it fails, you need constant eye over it. • How do you do that ? With rules. • Constantly monitor business process and environment. • Invoke notifications or process actions when something fails.
- 23. Notifications over multiple channels • Business needs notification • Token based access to notifications enabled such that your notifications are dynamic. • Notifications can be used to implement business intelligence. Support for Email, Tickets, Advanced notification through Webhooks etc.
- 24. Portable Connector • Integration is complex and requires lots of software to be installed on the system. What if we remove everything? • Our connector is portable since it is just a web application. • You can move with the connector, change / deploy immediately to your premise without logging in to it. • You can get notified directly when there is a problem identified.
- 25. Full Cloud or Hybrid • With APPSeCONNECT, the application can be hosted on premise or on cloud. • Why do you need to install or maintain a server to connect your applications ? You don’t. With a single click, your connector will be deployed on cloud. Fine grained micro services infrastructure that scale with your business need. • Or, if you want your transaction data to reside on your own network only, you can go with our hybrid solution, which does not transfer any data outside your network.
- 26. Highly secure • Is Security your concern ? I bet it is… • With APPSeCONNECT, we provide both TLS + SSL level security. • If it is on-premise, data will never move outside your own network; if it is Cloud, we make sure your data is always secure and encrypted even at rest. • APPSeCONNECT execution server is not accessible to the outside world, we have added IP based firewalls in place.
- 28. And many more... • Interactive / Customizable Dashboards • Maintain your contact for integration • Fully customizable SDKs to develop Adapters • Protocol based generic adapters • Free training and access to all resources • and so on...
- 29. Q & A
- 30. Thank you