In the world of digital transformation system-integration plays a critical role, enterprises moving their applications to the cloud and business continuously looking for new ways of achieving competitive advantages. To cope with the ever-changing ecosystem, there has been a need for integration solutions which are built on the cloud (Software as a Service – SaaS) model, and that are capable of fulfilling business integration requirements for both SaaS and on-premise applications. These integration platforms or tools are called iPaas (Integration Platform as a Service).
What is iPaas?
In simple terms, iPaaS is a platform for building and deploying integrations within the cloud and between the cloud and enterprise. With iPaaS, we can develop integration flows that connect applications residing in the cloud or on-premises and then deploy them without installing or managing any hardware or middleware.
There are numerous vendors providing iPaas solutions including Rojo Consultancy, as well as our partners SAP, Dell, and Snaplogic. This article will focus on the iPaas solution provided by Dell which is Dell Boomi. In this article, I will talk about the basics of Dell Boomi and how Dell Boomi can fit into your landscape.
Dell Boomi Integration Overview
In the below diagram, we can see that the ERP, CRM and many other solutions are migrating from their traditional On-premise installation to the cloud. With solutions moving to the cloud, there is a need for integration with these cloud applications.
To facilitate these integrations and to have the integration running in much less time, iPaas solutions are emerging in market rapidly. Dell Boomi platform is one of the most demanding iPaas tool in the market at present.
Source, Dell Boomi 2018
From Dell Boomi platform, following applications are available:
- AtomSphere – enables application integration
- API Management – enables you to create, publish and manage API’s
- MDM (Master data management) – master data synchronization platform
Dell Boomi positioning
When we talk about the positioning of Dell Boomi in any landscape, the below picture will give a better understanding as to where Dell Boomi fits best in the landscape. As you can see, Boomi is capable of catering to both On-premise and cloud integration needs, it fits in the middle of two cloud applications or a cloud application and On-premise application.
Source, Dell Boomi 2018
Dell Boomi AtmoSphere is a 100 percent native cloud, multi-tenant platform that supports application integration for anything, anytime, anywhere, including:
- Cloud to cloud
- SaaS to SaaS (software-as-a-service)
- Cloud to On-premise
- On-premise to On-premise
- B2B integration
Written by Shashank Singh, Enterpreise Integration Consultant at Rojo Consultancy.