IBM Cloud Pak for Integration

INTEGRATION PLATFORM CAN HELP MODERNIZE YOUR INTEGRATION CAPABILITIES AND ACHIEVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WITH YOUR NEW INTEGRATION PROJECTS, IT DELIVERS THESE CAPABILITIES • Easy to manage with multi-tenant capabilities for API Management, Application Integration, Messaging and Secure Gateway
• Unified Platform with common management, access control and interaction capabilities delivered through Cloud Private
• Enables the integration of applications and data usage
• Increases productivity and speed
• Augments the value of your IT investments to have a competitive advantage

Integration Platform enables the following benefits:
• SEAMLESSLY CONNECT TO HUNDREDS OF END POINTS TO APPLICATIONS AND DATA IN THE CLOUD AND ON-PREMISE DEPLOYMENTS WITH INDUSTRY-LEADING CAPABILITIES IN API SECURITY AND LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATION INTEGRATION.
• RAPIDLY CREATE, MANAGE, HELP SECURE, SOCIALIZE, ANALYZE, AND MONETIZE APIS TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION, UNLOCK NEW MARKETS AND DRIVE NEW REVENUE.
• CONFIGURE SECURE GUARANTEED MESSAGE DELIVERY FOR YOUR CRITICAL APPLICATIONS AND USE TOPICS AND QUEUES WHERE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE MESSAGES ARE DELIVERED.
• EFFICIENTLY SCALE WITH PERFORMANCE AND SCALABILITY TO MEET THE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS (SLAS) OF YOUR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS WITH THE CONTAINERIZED FLEXIBILITY OF THE CLOUD PRIVATE ARCHITECTURE.

Integration Platform enables the following benefits:
• SEAMLESSLY CONNECT TO HUNDREDS OF END POINTS TO APPLICATIONS AND DATA IN THE CLOUD AND ON-IBM APP CONNECT IS DESIGNED TO SOLVE ALL INTEGRATION REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN BACK-END SYSTEMS, FROM SIMPLE POINT-TO-POINT CONNECTIVITY TO SOPHISTICATED TOPOLOGICAL PATTERNS SUCH AS ESBS. IT HAS A WIDE RANGE OF BUILT-IN CONNECTORS THAT ENABLE INTEGRATION BETWEEN WEB SERVICES, FILES, DATABASES, PACKAGED APPLICATIONS SUCH AS SAP AND MICROSOFT® DYNAMICS CRM, PLUS A VARIETY OF CONFIGURATION AND TRANSFORMATION OPTIONS SUCH AS GRAPHICAL MAPPING, JAVA™, AND MICROSOFT .NET®. AS YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ESB NOW, AND YOU ARE BUILDING AN END TO END SOLUTION THAT CONSIST OF DIFFERENT LAYERS, ENTERPRISE SERVICE BUS BECOME A MANDATED COMPONENT OF THE SOLUTION.

TO INCREASE REVENUE, ORGANIZATIONS CAN PUBLISH THEIR APIS TO SELECT BUSINESS PARTNERS OR DEVELOPER COMMUNITIES USING VARYING RATE LIMIT PLANS—AND USE API CONNECT TO ANALYZE API USAGE TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE OFFERINGS. API CONNECT ALSO PROMOTES VISIBILITY AND CONSISTENCY AMONG DEVELOPMENT, OPERATIONS AND LINE-OF-BUSINESS TEAMS, HELPING ORGANIZATIONS BETTER ALIGN TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY WITH BUSINESS STRATEGY.

API CONNECT IS A COMPREHENSIVE, STREAMLINED MANAGEMENT SOLUTION THAT ADDRESSES ALL FOUR ASPECTS OF THE API LIFECYCLE: CREATE, RUN, MANAGE AND SECURE. THIS MAKES API CONNECT FAR MORE COST-EFFECTIVE THAN LIMITED POINT SOLUTIONS THAT FOCUS ON A FEW LIFECYCLE PHASES—AND CAN END UP COLLECTIVELY COSTING MORE AS ORGANIZATIONS PIECE COMPONENTS TOGETHER.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS, LIKE MOBILE AND API MANAGEMENT, ALLOW BUSINESSES TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF VALUABLE IT ASSETS TO NEW CHANNELS AND USE CASES. THESE SHIFTS IN TECHNOLOGY ENABLE BUSINESSES TO REACH CONSUMERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND CLIENTS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AT ANY TIME. THESE NEW OPPORTUNITIES REQUIRE THE ENTERPRISE TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL SECURITY CAPABILITIES, ACCESS CONTROLS, AND TO MANAGE THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN APPLICATION TRAFFIC.

IBM DATAPOWER GATEWAY CAN HELP UNTANGLE COSTLY IT COMPLEXITY ASSOCIATED WITH POINT-TO-POINT CONNECTIVITY AND INTEGRATION, APPLICATION AND DATA SECURITY, API MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY, AND ENTERPRISE MOBILITY WITH A SINGLE “DROP-IN” GATEWAY. THE SINGLE, CONSISTENT CONFIGURATION-DRIVEN APPROACH TO SECURITY AND INTEGRATION HELPS SIMPLIFY THE TOPOLOGY, REDUCE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND SIMPLIFY OPERATIONS, RESULTING IN COST SAVINGS AND REDUCED RISK.