Technical Insights:

A Modern Approach
to Integration
Matt Brasier

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Traditional Integration Approach
Requirements Customers

IT Changes IT Professionals

Integration
Team
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Increased Integration Demands
Requirements Customers

Cloud
IT Professionals

IT Changes

Business
Digital Business Users
Integration
Team
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Increased Integration Demands
Requirements Customers
Embedded
Integration
Cloud
IT Professionals

Bottleneck Burnout

IT Changes

Shadow IT
Integrations

Business
Digital Business Users
Integration
Team
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A New Way of Working

Business
Requirements

Application Database
Developer Administrator

API-Based Integration

API API API API API

Complex Integration
Integration
Shared Integration Platform
Team

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Implementing a Modern Approach to Integration

1. Lay the foundations

2. Transform your delivery approach
3. Create your hybrid integration platform

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Implementing a modern approach to integration

1. Lay the foundations

2. Transform your delivery approach
3. Create your hybrid integration platform

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 Integration Is
Just Plumbing

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Integration Is a Bridge

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Adopt Modern Integration Principles

Agile
Secure Governed

Democratized
Consumer-Centric

Cost-Controlled
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Implementing a Modern Approach to Integration

1. Lay the foundations

2. Transform your delivery approach
3. Create your hybrid integration platform

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 Define Your Use Cases

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Define Your Use Cases

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Define Your Use Case

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Target Use Case

Integration of legacy Agile integration

applications and COTS of APIs and services

Data synchronization Stream-based integration

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Define Your Personas

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Integration Personas

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Hybrid Integration Platform Capabilities Matrix

Specialist Specialist Ad Hoc Ad Hoc Ad Hoc

(ESB) (ETL) (Java Dev) (DBA) (SaaS Admin) Citizen

Legacy
Integration x x x x
Agile
Integration + + + + + x
Data
Synchronization x x x
Streaming
Integration
x x x x x
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Create Your Integration Architects
Ad hoc Integrator
Specialist Integrator
Integration Delivery
Integration Delivery

Integration Operations
Integration
Architecture

Integration Design Integration Architect

Integration
Architecture
Integration Operations

Integration Design

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Implementing a Modern Approach to Integration

1. Lay the foundations

2. Transform your delivery approach
3. Create your hybrid integration platform

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Hybrid Integration Platform Capability Framework
Role-based User Experience

Packaged Integration

Orchestration
Governance

Operations
Integration Scenario Specific Support

Data Event Application

RPA IoT

Communication Styles and Protocols

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 A Well Organized Set of Tools Is a Sign
of a Successful Professional

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You Already Have the Basis of Your Advice!

Specialist Specialist Ad Hoc Ad Hoc Ad Hoc

(ESB) (ETL) (Java Dev) (DBA) (SaaS Admin) Citizen

x x x x
Legacy Product Product
Integration 1 2

x
Agile Product Product Product Product Product
Integration 3 3 4 3 3

Data
Synchronization x Product
2 x Product
2
Product
3 x
Streaming
Integration
Product
3 x x x x x
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Demonstrate Value Early

Stable Integration Flow

x Stable Integration Flow

Urgent Integration Need Delivered Quickly

Unstable Integration Flow Stable Integration Flow

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Recommendations

Use a matrix to identify your current and required capabilities based

on personas and use cases
Create a democratized hybrid integration platform consisting of
multiple capabilities
Provide clear guidance on when to use each integration technology

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Recommended Gartner Research

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