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The Power of the Specialist

Rob Benson CEO Recently, I reflected on our decision to adopt a technology-agnostic stance at IntegrationWorks, a concept that we hold dear. In essence, we resolved to work with a broad array of leading integration technologies because, truth be told, one size doesn’t fit all. We understand that product selection pivots on several factors, and […]

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Webinar – License Optimisation

Integration Modernisation with IBM Cloud Paks IntegrationWorks understand the critical role technology plays in transforming businesses, and we believe that optimising licensing and modernising integration are crucial steps towards achieving digital excellence. We organised this webinar to provide you with valuable insights and practical strategies to leverage the power of IBM Cloud Paks for your […]

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Digital Technology

The Pitfalls of Over Engineered Platforms

Vaughn Butt Senior Integration Developer Why Dumb Pipes are the Best Integration Design The Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and the descendant, the API Gateway (API-G), were originally created to apply routing, mediation, and transformation to integrated systems.   This was good.   Application developers did not need to implement the same logic in every app […]

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Digital Technology

Life of BIAN

Owen thomasIntegration Architect What is BIAN? The Banking Industry Architecture Network is created to establish, promote, and provide a common framework for banking interoperability issues and to become and to be recognised as a world-class reference point for interoperability in the banking industry. BIAN as a reference Architecture for the banking industry provides the guidelines […]

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The Individual Lens

Rene GrozdanovskiAuckland General Manager Finding Success in a Technology-Agnostic Environment Navigating through the terrain of a technology-agnostic environment like IntegrationWorks offers opportunities for incredible personal growth and development. At the core of what makes us tick, we prioritise mentoring and cultivate a spirit of knowledge sharing. At IntegrationWorks, mentoring and knowledge-sharing serve as critical pillars […]

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What’s with this Agnostic Thing anyway?

Rob Benson CEO Many years ago, (too many to admit perhaps), we, IntegrationWorks, made the decision to be agnostic with respect to the integration technologies we work with. At a time when everyone else was proclaiming their specialist skills around specific products and looking to develop businesses around those, we swam against the tide, and […]

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Digital Technology

Domain Driven Design and System Integration

Byran BanburyTechnical Lead What is domain driven design and is it a good fit for integration solutions?   Domain Driven Design (DDD) was originally introduced by Eric Evans in ‘Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software’.  DDD is a collection of design patterns and principles which focuses on modelling the business domain and encapsulating […]

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Cloud Computing Digital Technology

Decoding Cloud Strategies

Jonathan WhiteIntegration Architect Understanding Hybrid, Multi, and Poly Cloud Approaches Intro Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock has heard of the ubiquitous “Cloud” and the various benefits that taking advantage of it is liable to provide. Most organisations by now will at least have some flavour of “Cloud Strategy” in place or under […]

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The Digital Plumbers

What Do You Do, Anyway? Jonathan WhiteIntegration Architect Have you ever been at a socially responsible gathering of fellow humans, perhaps at a family event or school reunion, when someone without a technical background has asked you that question? What do you say? I start off generic, and slowly become more specific until the whites of my […]

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Digital Technology

Avoiding the Pitfalls of New Legacy

An Introduction This blog discusses a common challenge seen by organisations who have performed a cloud migration and yet are struggling to realise the benefits they were expecting. The question has been asked: Why do we face application performance and reliability issues despite migrating to cloud and modern technologies? An Analogy Picture a man in a […]