Anya Consultancy Services and IBM webMethods
As a business that lives and breathes systems integration – whether helping our customers or through our own experience of growth via acquisition – we are always seeking (and speaking about) the best ways in which organisations can bring together disparate systems.
Recently, we’ve undertaken an exercise of listening to Enterprise Architects talk about their biggest integration challenges, and the solutions that are top of mind. We’ve found that IBM webMethods is proving to be a popular choice in three specific scenarios.
At the same time, we’ve also been told there’s not enough plain-speaking content that talks to people who are tasked with untangling their organisation’s most complex (and significant) integration challenges. So here’s our contribution!
Reason 1: Reducing the cost per API connector
When you’re tasked with integrating an infrastructure that spans dozens of platforms and potentially thousands of connectors, you don’t want to pay the same amount for a connector that carries precious little traffic as one that’s working 24/7 transporting mission-critical data.
With webMethods, costs are based on consumption. This means fairer and more accurate cost distribution aligned with actual usage.
What’s additionally appealing is that organisations that want to gradually phase out an old iPaaS, or need to retain it for a specific business unit or legacy system, can run webMethods alongside other iPaaS platforms.
One example of this is an enterprise keeping its ‘cost per connector’ solution for high traffic apps and switching to webMethods for everything else. Not only has this made financial sense, it offered them more granular detail and better decision making around usage and cost.
Reason 2: Improving iPaaS governance in regulated industries
For the clients and interested parties we’ve spoken with in regulated industries, the option to select webMethods as an on-premises solution is incredibly powerful. When your files must remain within your four walls, but you want your iPaaS to perform with the same speed and capability as the most modern cloud app, webMethods provides a stable, trusted and secure solution. If we can talk technical just for one moment, this extract gives a small sample of what webMethods has to offer:
“webMethods API Gateway provides complete run-time governance of APIs. webMethods API Gateway enforces access tokens, such as API key checks and OAuth2 tokens. It also enforces operational policies, such as security policies, for run-time requests between applications and native services.”
Reason 3: Delivering Business As Usual for the highly acquisitive
When you’re in the business of buying businesses, it’s a full-time job (often for more than one person) when you’ve got loads of legacy applications you can’t get rid of. How do you keep revenue flowing when you’ve got three ERP systems and five CRMs?
With webMethods’ single pane of glass interface it’s easy to build a bridge between applications that doesn’t just take the data, it’s takes the workflows too and surfaces them in a way that’s easy to manage and understand.
Plus, because webMethods is entirely adapted to public and private cloud, hybrid and on prem, it doesn’t matter where the SaaS apps, databases, worksheets or 3rd party connectors are.
And the real icing on the cake comes thanks to the fact that webMethods also includes IBM API Connect. What this means is that whether you prefer low code / no code or want to get down and dirty from a development perspective, you can choose the method that suits you best.
Ready to consider webMethods? We’re ready to help!
Anya Consultancy Services is proud to be an IBM Silver Partner. With experience in delivering successful integration projects for clients whether on-shore, near-shore or off-shore, our adaptable approach backed with broad technical expertise will enable you to consider your best options with confidence.
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