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To successfully connect and optimize enterprise systems, services, skills, and other endpoints with all types of cloud-based SaaS applications, businesses need ... WhatMakeswebMethodsaCompleteHybridIntegrationPlatform?September05th,2019PostedByKelltonTechInsightsWhenthebusinesseswerehitbythefourthindustrialrevolution,continuouslyupwiththenewrace,wasnotamongtheoptions.Atsuchatime,hybridintegrationplatforms(HIP)and webMethodsintegrationserviceemergedtorescuebusinessesandhelpthemleapatthedigital-bornopportunities. There’snodoubtthatbusinesses,allovertheworld,arehavingasplendidtime.It’sthedigitaleuphoriatheyseemtobecelebrating.Buttotheirdistress,thecontinuouslyevolvingtechnologiesandtheneedtore-engineerthebusinessmodelsinaccordancewiththechangingdemandsarecreatinghavocintheindustry.Insuchacondition,it’sthehybridintegrationplatformsthatcankeepthefestivemoodofenterprisesbuoyedup.  Hybridintegrationplatformsarethegatewaytoanenvironmentwhereenterprisescanefficientlyintegratedataandapplicationsinbothon-premiseandmulti-cloudscenarios.Besides,controllingthecompleteintegrationflow,theplatformcanleveragedisparatedatastores,systems,applications,services,andmoretobuildrobustAPIsandcustombusinessapplications.Italsosetsthestagerightforaperfectmarriageofthetraditionalwiththemodern,upscalinginfrastructure.Hybridintegrationplatformsaremanybutafewamongthemgaintractionamongbusinesses.OneofthemisthewebMethodsintegrationcloud.Let’sexplorethereasonsbehindandunravelthecapabilitiesofthishybridintegrationplatformbySoftwareAG.  WhyiswebMethodsIntegrationCloudDifferentfromOtherHIPs?webMethodsintegrationcloudiscomplete.Inotherwords,itconsistsofanadvancedsetoffeaturesthatprovidesenterpriseswithintelligenttoolsthattogetherhelpthemsimplifythebusinessintegrationlandscape.Interestingly,thewebMethodsintegrationservice doesnotdemandspecializedskillsandtherefore,reducedependencyonIT.Inotherwords,webMethodsintegrationcloudcanbeavailedasaService.Evenanon-technicalpersoncanquicklyintegrateSaaS(SoftwareasaService)applicationshostedinthecloudwithon-premiseassets,includingtheenterpriseservicebus(ESB)architecture.WhenwetalkaboutaHIP,webMethodsintegrationcloudhasanedgeoverothers.Beitcloud-to-ground,on-premises,orbeitcloud-to-cloudintegration,webMethodssupportseamlessconfigurationandoffersareliablehybridintegrationenvironmentalongwithoptimumsecurity.webMethodsOfferSeamlessCloudIntegrationSolutionsTosuccessfullyconnectandoptimizeenterprisesystems,services,skills,andotherendpointswithalltypesofcloud-basedSaaSapplications,businessesneedaHIPthatenablestoscaleupanddownaccordingtousage.webMethodsintegrationcloudisaptamongallthehybridintegrationplatformsavailableinthemarket. Simpleyetpowerful,WebMethodsIntegrationService:Supportsseamlesscloudintegrationwithoutcoding Offerswizard-drivenservicedevelopmentComeswithadvancedconnectors Simplifiesthecompletecloudintegrationprocess Provideusers(evennon-IT)witheasy-to-operateuser-interface(UI)toperformdiverseintegrationtasks,eventhroughcompatiblemobiledevices Providestrafficanalyticsforbothcustomersaswellasproviders AnintegratedPlatformasaService(iPaaS),webMethodsintegrationcloudenablestheon-premiseapplicationstointegratequicklyandseamlesslyacrosspublicandprivatecloudscenarios.Itisdesignedwithhigh-end,agilecapabilitiessuchasdraganddropapproachandmulti-tenantarchitecturewhichallowtheuserstorunfullsoftwaredevelopmentlifecycleinthecloud.TopologiesforwebMethodsHybridIntegrationRequirementswithrespecttointegrationcanvaryfromorganizationtoorganizationandwebMethodsisapttohandlealldemands,irrespectiveoftheirnature.Let’sbrieflydiscussthefourdifferentscenarios,withrespecttothewebMethodshybridintegrationplatform.  On-PremiseIntegration On-premiseintegrationisascenariowheretwoseparateapplicationshostedon-premiseareintegratedwitheachother.Inthistopology,boththeapplicationscontainindividualinteractionserver,whichinteractswiththeirrespectiveapplications.webMethodsfacilitateshassle-freeintegration.Forinstance,itusesuniversalmessaging,whichallowsboththeintegratedserverstointeractwitheachother.   On-PremiseIntegrationTopologySaaS(SoftwareasaService)IntegrationInthistopology,thewebMethodsintegrationcloudserverhelporganizationsintegratemultipleapplicationsanddisparatedatasourcesbasedonthesamecloud.webMethodsusecloudconnectorstoconnectapplicationsanddatasourcesandthus,facilitateshassle-freeinteraction.ItfurthertakestheSSI(Self-ServiceIntegration)approach,wheretasks,withsubjecttointegration,areautomated,whichallowsyoutotriggeranaction.Whenaneventoccurs,SSIcompletestheactiondemandedbytherespectiverecipes.  SaaSIntegrationTopologyOn-PremisesandSaaSIntegration Thistopologyispreferredwhensomeofyourapplicationsarerunninginasinglecloudenvironment,whereasothersarehostedontheon-premisedatacenter.webMethodshybridintegrationplatformenablesenterpriseapplicationshostedon-premisetointegrateandinteractwiththecloud-basedSaaSapplicationinonesinglescenario. Boththeintegrationserversareconnectedthroughthecloudconnectorsandformthehybridintegrationplatform. On-PremiseandSaaS IntegrationTopologyMulti-CloudSaaSIntegration Thisscenarioisrecommendedwhenbusinesseswanttointegrateapplicationsdeployedinmultiple,distinctcloudenvironment.webMethodsintegrationcloudserverfacilitatesaseamlessconnectionbetweendisparateapplicationsdeployedindifferentcloudenvironments.Inthistopology,SSIautomatestheintegrationtasksandtriggersanactionthatcanbefurtherusedtointegrateapplicationsdeployedinamulti-cloudenvironment. Multi-CloudSaasIntegrationTopologyThisscenarioisrecommendedwhenbusinesseswanttointegrateapplicationsdeployedinmultiple,distinctcloudenvironment.webMethodsintegrationcloudserverfacilitatesaseamlessconnectionbetweendisparateapplicationsdeployedindifferentcloudenvironments.Inthistopology,SSIautomatestheintegrationtasksandtriggersanactionthatcanbefurtherusedtointegrateapplicationsdeployedinamulti-cloudenvironment.webMethodsIntegrationCloudisComplete,WhileHIPLandscapeisStillNascentItwon’tbewrongifwecallhybridintegrationplatformstobenascentbecausetheircapabilitiesarestillbeingexplored.Reportssuggestthatby2022,theHIPmarketsizeisexpectedtoreach$33.60billion.TodaythereareselectedplayerssuchasMuleSoft,Oracle,andSoftwareAG,whichleadstheHIPrace.webMethodsintegrationcloud,amongalltheavailableoptions,hasgainedthetrustofthelargenumberofenterprisesworldwideasitoffershigh-enddeliverymodels,caterstothediversewebMethodsintegrationservicerequirements,andleveragesitsfullsupporttousersofdifferenttypesandnature.  RelatedBlogsBacktoMainSoftwareAGOptimizeforInfrastructure(OFI):InstallationandConfigurationJanuary21st,2020webMethodsOptimizeisusedtomonitorresourceavailabilityandthresholds.Italsosendsalertsandtakesactionsincaseoffailuresorruleviolations.  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