Business and IT requirements
Integration projects often involve heterogeneous applications, multiple middleware generations and cloud migration. The priorities are dependency management, reliable exchanges and data access.
We assess the existing environment, map interfaces and identify critical flows. We then define an architecture combining middleware, API management and event streaming according to project needs.
Our services
- Integration architecture and assessmentFlow mapping, interface inventory and dependency analysis to define a target architecture that meets technical and operational constraints.
- Hybrid and event-driven designAPI-led connectivity where synchronous contracts matter, event streaming where volume and decoupling matter, managed file transfer where partners and regulators still require it.
- Build, mapping and intelligent routingContent-based routing, enrichment from databases and APIs, aggregation of several flows into unified messages, multi-step orchestration with retries and alerting.
- Real-time synchronisationMove from batch to continuous processing where business deadlines, reporting or consuming applications require it.
- Run and managed serviceMonitoring, incident handling, evolution and on-call cover on critical flows, with your team or in place of it.
A documented integration architecture supports data access and new business, analytics and AI applications.
Typical project needs
- Cloud or ERP project requiring interface changes.
- Systems integration or separation during a merger or carve-out.
- An AI or analytics initiative blocked on data access
- End of support on an existing middleware platform
- Batch processing exceeding operational deadlines.
Technologies and standards
- IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE)
- IBM MQ
- IBM WTX / ITX
- Axway Amplify API Management
- Axway CFT
- Apache Kafka, IBM Event Streams
- Azure Service Bus, Data Factory, Logic Apps
- REST, SOAP, JMS, AS2, SFTP
Assessment and scoping
A 5 to 15 day assessment gives you a map of this scope, a gap analysis and a costed plan.
Proof
Project references
International financial institution
Central inter-application communication platform
Design and implementation of the central integration platform carrying critical inter-application flows, with security, regulatory compliance and end-to-end traceability built in from the first design review.
Integration hub · MQ · API · Security · Compliance
Engagement models
Assessment — 5 to 15 days, fixed price. Flow cartography, gap analysis, costed plan. A short document written to be signed by a decision-maker.
Build — A bounded project. Design, development, testing and cut-over on a defined perimeter.
Run — Recurring. Operations, monitoring, evolution and on-call cover on your critical flows.
Assess your integration architecture
A 5 to 15 day assessment gives you a flow map, a gap analysis and a costed plan. Short, fixed price, written to be signed by a decision-maker.