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The traditional enterprise boundary is disappearing.


San Francisco-based Bank of the West —
What was once a clearly delineated, moat-like barrier a wholly owned subsidiary of global financial
services leader BNP Paribas, with more
protected by firewalls and security policies is being than $63 billion in assets — uses Axway 5
stretched, blurred and challenged — from the inside Suite to manage the flow of inter- and intra-
company data and deliver innovative services
out and the outside in. to its customers. With Axway 5 Suite, Bank
of the West adds critical technology to its
Why? Because it is up against an unstoppable, transformational wave — a infrastructure and is now able to offer a broad
torrent of business initiatives that require some degree of integration with spectrum of new products and services to its
other departments or external partners; cloud and/or mobile access to data commercial clients.
and transactions; and the ability for business units, individuals and partners to
“The Axway 5 Suite platform has allowed us
exchange new types of information anytime, anywhere. Over the next few years,
to deliver a number of services by leveraging
more than two thirds of all integration will occur across or outside the firewall.
a single solution. We have all the resources
It’s a powerful force, and far too important to ignore.
to make things happen, and to discover new
ways to help our customers be efficient and
If you want to provide mobile access to millions of healthcare customers,
effective. We have a great relationship with
optimize inventory across hundreds of global partners, or process billions of
Axway, and we look forward to continuing it
financial transactions across international borders, you need to be able to
into the future.”
integrate a combination of internal and external entities, the cloud, mobile
devices, the Internet of Things, and big data. — O
 mar Loya
CTP Product Group Manager,  VP
Bank of the West

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But none of this comes easy. When integration goes outside the enterprise and
The New Integration Challenge data is distributed on-premise, across systems and via cloud services, your work
becomes even more complex. Data becomes hard to secure, monitor and track,
increasing the risk of security breaches, data loss and compliance issues. Service
Integration is no longer contained within
level agreements (SLAs) are harder to measure and maintain because information
the four walls of the enterprise. Over
the next few years, more than two thirds gets routed through more systems and people, and delivered to new kinds of
of all integration will take place across endpoints beyond the firewall. And that’s a big problem, because with business SLAs
and outside the traditional enterprise or regulatory compliance, losses and penalties can run into the hundreds of millions
boundary, the firewall. To enable high- of dollars.
value business interactions, data needs
to flow along many paths comprised To turn the tide in favor of your business, you need to be able to quickly capitalize
of many points inside and outside the on new technologies and opportunities without violating enterprise security policies
firewall, including internal applications,
designed to keep private data in and “bad things” out. You need to be able to
partner communities, people, and cloud
support new standards and styles of integration to take advantage of cloud and
and mobile applications.
mobile channels. And you need to ensure end-to-end visibility and control of all flows
of data across old and new technologies.
Axway 5 Suite gives you the power to
govern any flow of data — structured
or unstructured, real-time or historical, Axway 5 Suite can help you do all of these things and more. It has already given
simple or complex — across the edge thousands of companies a new way to defend today’s amorphous enterprise
of the enterprise, whether it moves boundary, while gaining the power to integrate and govern the data that needs to
between people or systems, on-premise, cross that boundary.
in the cloud or via mobile devices.
With Axway 5 Suite, they are:
By helping you move away from point-to- ƒƒ Inviting employees, partners and customers into business-critical processes
point integrations and toward governing
end-to-end flows of data, Axway 5 Suite ƒƒ Freeing information previously trapped in legacy systems
can help you accelerate new business ƒƒ Enabling secure and auditable human interactions
initiatives and improve reliability, security
ƒƒ Harnessing the power of the cloud, the mobile revolution and big data
and compliance — all at a lower overall
cost of ownership

Mobile & Cloud


Internet of Things

API

SCM
B2B
M FT

CRM SOA

ERP

Core

IN TE
G R ATI O N
Human Partner
Interactions Communities

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GOVERN THE FLOW OF DATA Govern data flows in the context of


ACROSS DOMAINS AND ECOSYSTEMS business interactions

The majority of integration done today spans departments, customers, partners, However you blend the components of
mobile and cloud technologies, and new types of “big” data. This poses a new Axway 5 Suite, and whether you deploy
integration challenge because each new project comes with yet another integration them on premise or in the cloud as
services, you have the ability to achieve
technology. And the more technologies you add, the harder it is to monitor and
greater control, security and visibility of
manage the end-to-end flow of data that supports your business processes. To
all data flows required to support your
speed up delivery of new services, gain visibility, improve reliability and cut costs,
business-critical interactions, from start
new integration technologies must be able to work with the old ones across domains to finish.
and ecosystems.

A unique combination of capabilities


Axway 5 Suite is the convergence of Axway’s market-leading integration, managed file provides true data flow governance for
transfer, B2B and API management products and cloud services. It helps companies system- and human-initiated interactions
break down barriers between departments, application silos and user ecosystems, within the enterprise, across partner
and gives them the ability to cost effectively govern the flow of data: communities, and out
to the cloud and mobile devices, so
ƒƒ within internal infrastructures
you can finally tap into the full value
ƒƒ across partner communities of your business interactions.
ƒƒ from person to system and person to person
Instead of managing each file transfer,
ƒƒ to and from cloud applications, mobile devices and the Internet of Things
EDI transaction, or partner provisioning
process in isolation, you can govern
Across new and existing applications, systems and technologies, Axway 5 enables: them all together as a single end-
ƒƒ Integration — Exchange data between business entities, wherever they are to-end flow of data. And, along the
way, you can gain the knowledge you
located, in an intelligent, reliable and secure manner.
need to make changes that improve
ƒƒ API management — Standardize and centralize control over all services that business relationships and enterprise
interact with mission-critical systems and communities inside and outside performance.
your organization.
ƒƒ Community management — Reduce risk and improve customer and partner
satisfaction by automating and streamlining how you on-board, manage and Available on-premise or in the cloud
interact with members of your trading community.
ƒƒ Visibility — Provide data flow analytics that enable technical and business users Axway 5 Suite components can be
to proactively identify and solve problems before they disrupt business processes, installed on premise or consumed as
using real-time dashboards, reports and alerts. cloud services managed by your IT
organization or by Axway. This flexibility
ƒƒ Policy — Define and enforce policies that govern access, routing and remediation
makes it easy to quickly connect
to guarantee that interactions happen as expected, even when people, devices,
your on-premise systems to your
and infrastructure are outside your data center’s control.
partner networks and mobile and web
ƒƒ Identity management — Bridge identity management solutions across firewalls applications without having to buy new
and standards for cost-effective access control across end-to-end flows of data. hardware or disrupt your internal IT
infrastructure and staff.
ƒƒ Security and compliance — Protect against security breaches and data loss,
capture complete audit trails, and ensure compliance with industry and
government regulations as well as your organization’s internal security and privacy
policies, with a broad spectrum of policy-based security capabilities and control.

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ACROSS PARTNER COMMUNITIES
Partner
Communities In a typical interaction, data may be sent by a partner, captured by a gateway, moved with
several file transfer solutions to different internal applications, integrated with the target
applications through disparate technologies (MOM/ESB/web services), and
acknowledged by reversing the entire sequence...or not acknowledged at all. By
removing the complexity and cost of tracking and controlling data on its journey from the
outside, into and throughout the enterprise, and back out to external communities, Axway 5
Suite gives you the power to capitalize on the inherent value of your business information.

Using Axway 5 Suite, you can seamlessly integrate EDI, XML and other data flows
with entities outside of your enterprise, including suppliers, customers, financial
institutions, and regulatory bodies. The data flows are manageable, secure and
auditable, with end-to-end visibility that lets you monitor and track the data flows and
events that impact your supply or value chain across your entire IT infrastructure.
Don’t risk SLA penalties and
lost business When data moves into, out of, or within your business systems, the right people will
know about it — whether they’re on the assembly line, at corporate headquarters or
in a regional accounting group.
Data that arrives late or with
inaccuracies or other defects will hit
you where it hurts — on the top and the Cloud-based community management
bottom lines. What happens if you can’t
meet your SLAs or a partner or customer Axway 5 Suite also extends traditional on-premise infrastructures and hub-and-
receives the wrong product? How long spoke models with cloud-based community management that provides everything
will it be before you’re no longer asked you need to design, automate and monitor workflows in a hybrid cloud/on-premise
to bid on new business or your customer environment. Automated on-boarding closes the gap between business relationship
chooses a different vendor?
management and technical connectivity, so partners can quickly join and begin
interacting with your trading community in a whole new way.

Con-way is a $5 billion publicly traded


transportation and logistics company spanning Revolutionize the
440 locations in 18 countries, and with more
than 30,000 employees. supply chain.
Axway 5 Suite provides Con-way with an
integrated and dynamic EDI/EAI infrastructure
that connects 200 applications and 10,000
partners, governing the flow of 260 million
messages per year.

“We see supply chain networks getting more


and more sophisticated, and time getting
more and more compressed. With Axway,
our people don’t have to be intermediaries
with our customers’ data. Customers
have visibility as never before, and are
empowered to get what they need, when
they need it.”

—  John Reich
IT Manager
Con-way

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WITHIN YOUR ENTERPRISE
Even if data isn’t traveling beyond the firewall, corporate and government mandates
require that it be managed and secured as it flows among departments, applications SCM

and sites within an organization. Yet many enterprises rely on outdated proprietary CRM SOA

software to facilitate the movement of data across internal domains, or live in fear of
a ticking time bomb made up of rogue integration, B2B and FTP sites and vulnerable
homegrown and point-to-point connections.
ERP

Core

With Axway 5 Suite, you can consolidate your internal cross-departmental integration
with a single solution that provides:
ƒƒ Secure, fast and reliable transfer and tracking of data and files internally across
mainframes, AS/400, ERP and other systems in any mode — scheduled, event-
driven, store-and-forward, push or pull — regardless of changing file sizes and volumes or Don’t risk losses in productivity
spikes in loads, without accidental data leakage or loss, and without application rewrites. and efficiency

ƒƒ Real-time integration across applications both on premise and in the cloud, with
support for messaging, web services and a host of B2B protocols, as well rich In today’s world, where organizations are
support for new de facto cloud integration standards including REST and JSON. highly interdependent, any disruption in
the flow of critical data can have a far-
ƒƒ Security and identity management with integrated security administration and reaching ripple effect — the IT director,
identity mediation that bridge across identity management solutions and security the application manager, the business
standards, including SAML and OAuth, on premise and in the cloud. process owner, the vice president
ƒƒ End-to-end visibility through dashboards that provide technical and business metrics of supply chain, the CIO, partners,
customers, and even the CEO can be
on end-to-end flows of data across file, application integration and B2B interactions.
adversely impacted.
ƒƒ End-to-end data flow governance and control with the ability to define policies and
monitor data flows across different integrations and technologies, and take action
Without the ability to fully govern the flow
based on business rules to optimize business performance and satisfy SLAs. of data across your internal infrastructure,
ƒƒ Auditing with built-in support for audit trails and logging of data and security, with identifying and solving problems can
the ability to monitor for any changes in security or suspicious behavior. quickly turn into a futile exercise that
wastes valuable time and energy.

Create the best


Delhaize Group is a Belgian international
food retailer with operations in six countries

customer experience. spanning three continents, and a sales network


of 3,400 stores employing more than 158,000
associates worldwide.

Every day, Delhaize uses Axway 5 Suite to


govern 30,000 file transfers from 800 shops
to corporate headquarters.

“With Axway MFT, we have the visibility we


require to manage sales figures, promotion
activities, segmentation, customer loyalty
programs, and pricing. Receiving and
analyzing this information in a reliable and
timely manner ultimately leads to a better
in-store experience for our customers.”

— Freiko Baeyens
IT Europe & Asia, Director
Infrastructure CoE
Delhaize Group

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IN THE CLOUD
Cloud
Business users are increasingly turning to cloud-based services — with or without
IT support or permission — to improve collaboration, support new business
initiatives and lower costs. But integrating these new services with what’s running
on-premise is hard for a number of reasons. For example, cloud services rely on
a host of new technology standards, including REST and JSON for integration and
OAuth for security. They’re also outside the firewall. And the additional loads from
new offerings like customer self-service or online ordering can overwhelm existing
systems. Without sufficient controls in place, enterprise security, privacy, compliance
and reliability are at risk.

Using Axway technology, IT organizations have achieved the best of both worlds
— delivering cloud initiatives that support the agility and self-service capabilities
the business needs, while integrating, securing and governing all types of cloud
Cohesion through API Management
applications and services (SaaS, IaaS and PaaS) with on-premise, mobile and
B2B applications and services to stay in compliance and keep the business
up and running. As an alternative to on-premise applications, Axway also offers
Today’s business ecosystems are more
comprehensive Managed Services or hosted environments.
dynamic and connected than ever — a
reality that is putting enormous pressure
on IT organizations to pick up the pace By leveraging the API management capabilities of Axway 5 Suite to build, manage
of integration. and secure integration between on-premise and cloud-based applications and
services, you can:

But yesterday’s SOA and ESB


ƒƒ Expose existing assets as APIs using a graphical development environment with
implementations are proving too native support for REST, web services and messaging.
heavyweight for the new world of cloud, ƒƒ Integrate cloud and on-premise services with advanced transformation, mediation
social and mobile applications, and and policy-based rules.
simply exposing legacy system APIs is
not enough. ƒƒ Secure APIs with encryption, data masking and SAML-and OAuth-based single
sign-on to any combination of cloud-based services, traditional B2B services and
on-premise applications.
With Axway 5 Suite’s API management
capabilities, you can blend old and new ƒƒ Deliver Identity-as-a-Service to extend identity management beyond the firewall.
by preserving the good aspects of your Axway provides out-of-the box connectors that enable integration with existing
SOA investments — re-use and shared enterprise security infrastructures and controls, including authentication,
services — and deploying them using authorization, audit, trust relationship management and identity federation.
modern REST APIs and an innovative
API Catalog.
ƒƒ Monitor, manage and govern any traffic using built-in administration and
monitoring, rich data-flow analytics, and independent audit trails that provide
end-to-end visibility and control for governing the flow of data.
With no coding required, you can
create API facades in front of existing
infrastructure to gain a top-down,
centralized view of, and control over,
all services that interact with mission-
critical systems and communities inside
and outside your organization. Axway
secures your REST APIs using the latest
standards (such as OAuth 2.0), and
leverages your existing security and
identity infrastructure.

This unique approach enables a level of


cohesion across functional components
that no other provider can match.

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FOR MOBILE DEVICES AND
Mobile &
THE “INTERNET OF THINGS” Internet of Things
The mobile world is officially here, with approximately 1 billion smartphones, 7 billion
mobile devices and nearly 1 trillion interconnected devices worldwide. Add in connectivity
to machines and to remote devices like vehicles, home appliances and smart meters
(the “Internet of Things”), and you must not only move a magnitude of data, but also
support a proliferation of endpoints that produce and consume the data — a “data
tsunami” that threatens to overwhelm IT systems. Companies need to make these
channels a real part of how business gets done, because employees, consumers,
customers and partners expect to be able to use their mobile and other interconnected
devices to access data and execute business transactions.
The mobile and connected world is built on a new set of standards and integration
approaches that are not supported by the application-integration and service-oriented
Don’t risk missed opportunities to
architectures many companies have in place today. Axway 5 Suite provides the
reach new markets and generate
capabilities you need to quickly transform existing applications and web services into incremental revenue
secure APIs for mobile and machine-to-machine communications, so you can:
ƒƒ Enable BYOD initiatives by extending your existing identity management platform If you can’t support the right kinds
to secure mobile access and ensure that all data is delivered to mobile apps of interactions — like BYOD mobile
through secure APIs (rather than storing data on unsecured, untrusted and easily access to a service, or a web portal to
lost or stolen mobile devices). legacy applications — you simply can’t
play in those markets. The inability to
ƒƒ Expose existing assets via secure, mobile- and connected-device-friendly APIs.
reach new customers and create new
Axway provides a graphical development environment with native support for REST, revenue streams is a clear and present
web services and OAuth, so you can easily grant access to existing back-end danger to your business.
systems without making intrusive changes.
ƒƒ Secure data and minimize risk by ensuring that your mobile APIs do not become
an avenue for Denial-of-Service or data-mining attacks. Axway’s out-of-the-box API
security capabilities enable you to control access to, and secure data transmitted
by, API and SOA services. Complete auditing, monitoring, logging and reporting
capabilities also help you meet stringent compliance mandates.
ƒƒ Support high data volumes generated and consumed by Internet-connected devices,
while overcoming intermittent connections through asynchronous communications.

One of the largest not-for-profit health plans in


North America uses Axway 5 Suite to provide
Empower consumers, its 9.1 million members with 24x7 global

partners and access to personal medical information from


their mobile devices — anytime, anywhere.
employees with In a world where accessing health information
secure data access from any device is quickly becoming the new

at their fingertips. norm for care, this enterprise is the most


electronically connected healthcare delivery
system available, deploying A5 Suite to give
its patients and members the connectivity
they clearly want and expect.

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FROM PERSON-TO-PERSON AND
Human PERSON-TO-SYSTEM
Interactions
In today’s fluid, fast-paced, and highly collaborative business environment, it isn’t
possible (or necessarily beneficial) to pre-plan every data exchange. Partners,
vendors, and customers need information when they need it, and your business
users will employ whatever tools they have at their fingertips to move documents
and files where they need to go — including email systems that are isolated from
system traffic, unsecured and unmanaged FTP sites, and consumer-focused file-
sharing services in the cloud.

Of course, standard email and simple ad-hoc file-sharing sites are not designed for
enterprise-class data exchange. They may be fast and easy compared to logging
into a separate application or web site to send and receive data securely, but they
Don’t risk data losses, leaks lack the controls, encryption and audit trails required to prevent data breaches and
or breaches compliance violations that can compromise business relationships, intellectual
property and corporate brands. And they lack the visibility, integration and reliability
When personal health or financial data, required to meet tight SLAs and prevent business interruptions by ensuring that data
confidential business information, or arrives intact, on time and uncorrupted.
intellectual property is leaked, breached
or lost — whether due to unintended
Axway 5 Suite brings enterprise-class security and visibility to ad hoc person-to-
human error or malicious activity — your
person and person-to-system data exchange, enabling you to:
company can face regulatory fines and
penalties, and your brand and credibility ƒƒ Deliver a managed shared service that enables business users to securely send
can take a very costly hit. and receive files of any size and any type at any time using familiar and easy-to-
use interfaces including Lotus Notes, Outlook, web-based email, or a web portal.
ƒƒ Consolidate file-transfer requirements from multiple business units, divisions
or projects on one infrastructure while meeting their various usage needs and
security requirements.
ƒƒ Define and centrally enforce policies that secure data, control file access and
movement, create audit trails, and ensure regulatory compliance, with no need for
users to change the way they work or learn a new application or tool.
ƒƒ Gain visibility into human-oriented and system-oriented data flows in one place,
breaking down the barriers that have separated these domains in the past.
ƒƒ Use single sign-on and LDAP to simplify adoption and on-boarding while
maintaining the ability to govern the flow of data beyond your corporate network.
ƒƒ Establish a valuable two-way communications channel that creates stronger
relationships with customers and partners, differentiates your services from the
competition, and reduces the cost of sending and receiving sensitive information.

Axway 5 Suite
Reshaping business interactions on premise, in the
cloud, on mobile devices; across the enterprise,
across communities, without boundaries.

For more information, visit www.axway.com


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