It’s time for the IpaaS revolution
In at least one in three data integration projects, go-live is delayed because in one system, the necessary tasks are timed differently from the others. Due to its real-time integration capabilities, cloud-based MuleSoft can produce live environment-level integration efficiently and in the shortest possible time. .
While the use of incompatible technologies can be mostly avoided for new systems, differences in data extraction speeds and business requirements can be easily managed, the integration of existing, often outdated systems almost always requires custom solutions. And there is a growing business demand for real-time integration; the well-known 360-degree customer view, for example, often requires the synchronisation of data previously maintained in multiple systems.
"In these cases, for example, the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) approach is often used to minimise the investment by manually loading data in the first planned project phase and only expanding the investment in later phases with a multi-system integration."
- says Tamás G. Tamás, Technical Architect, Deloitte Digital Hungary.
This practice, which is well established in product development, usually requires considerable manual work before the project can move on to the home stretch: true integration across multiple systems.
It is also a recurring case when an organisation needs to move to a modular IT architecture, developed on a modern, advanced basis, to survive: either because they are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain outdated technologies or because their own IT team is unable to deliver new components in time. Tamás G. Tamás says that when upgrading an existing system, it is common to see multiple integration products being used in parallel, and that consolidating and replacing them can bring immediate cost reductions.
"When planning a project for data integration, the lifecycle of the source systems should always be taken into account"
– the expert stresses.
Careful consideration should be given to which systems are worth integrating at all, and which systems are ripe for phasing out, even in the near future. The type of data integration required is usually determined by the way and frequency of data loading.
What are the pitfalls to look out for when planning?
According to Tamás G. Tamás, projects often run into difficulties because they do not consult with the operators of all the systems involved in the integration about the planned dates.
"In our own experience, at least one in three integration implementations has been thwarted by the fact that one of the systems has timed the necessary tasks differently."
- the expert concludes.
A typical example is Salesforce, which releases three mandatory updates each year, with dates available in advance and new features to be tested weeks in advance. Yet, integrations that have not been thoroughly tested before the update arrives are regularly broken or become completely inoperable.
To help overcome all these pitfalls, MuleSoft iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) is a technology solution that combines the Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud category with Integration.
"Convenient, fast, efficient and reliable"
- are the reasons listed by Tamás G. Tamás why iPaaS is rapidly gaining ground over the outdated, costly and, above all, time-consuming so-called on-premise solutions, which often lack even real-time integration capabilities.
Because of the capabilities of the cloud, MuleSoft can deliver live environment-level integration in the shortest possible time and in the most efficient way. Another advantage of iPaaS technology is that the customer only pays for what he uses: there is no need to maintain redundant servers, which are replaced by the cloud service providers behind MuleSoft.
Although we are talking about an integration technology that is only in its infancy, not only in Hungary but even in Central Europe, the benefits of iPaaS are likely to make it quickly popular and in demand. This is what Deloitte, which already has a dedicated team in its Central European organisation dedicated exclusively to solving integration problems, can help with.
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