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APIs for your business – it’s time you took a strategic approach

Despite APIs being a significant engine for business growth, most companies have not yet created a formal API Strategy. Previously we discussed how APIs evolved to become a critical digital business enabler, in this blog we’ll identify common questions that businesses ask when looking to gain more business value from their APIs. Whether your business […]

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Technology

APIs – Whether you like it or not…

We’re all in control of our enterprise architectures, right? If we need a new technology capability, we have proven governance and management systems in place to procure or develop them. If we don’t request things, they don’t happen. And with that in mind, if we need an API we are equally set up to procure […]

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Case Studies

Crowdsourced Architecture

“Open” this, anything “as-a-service”, and “crowd” that. Do you ever feel as if you are caught in an avalanche of buzzwords? Crowd-sourcing is a hot topic, and for good reason. If conceived and done well it can harness the abilities and inputs of a group, and through iterative continuous improvement tend towards producing at a […]

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Why BPMS projects fail

Businesses that are ‘business process mature’ typically have an integration advantage. When it comes to technology, we’ve seen some great examples of using Business Process Management Systems (BPMS) but we’ve also seen a large number of BPMS failures. Here we share our view of what can trigger roadblocks, and tricks to add to your enterprise […]

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Digital

Transforming your business in 2017

We at IntegrationWorks do a lot of integration strategy which, coupled with growth strategy, forms the basis of Digital Transformation projects and transformation of the entire environment whether that be on a small or large scale. After a full year full of fuelling integration agility in 2016, we thought we’d cap off the year with […]

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Are you REALLY doing Digital Transformation?

Digital Transformation is a buzzword bandied around in IT teams, outsourcers and consultancies these days. But how far into the realm of major Digital Transformation has your organisation gone? Or is it a simple case of a small transition project that is being touted as the solution to major IT problems? In this article, we […]

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Technology

Docker Game Changer Part 2: Using Docker to help our clients go faster

The team here at IntegrationWorks are all about automation and deployment of faster, more agile and robust integration platforms. In this three-part series we will highlight the importance of Docker and why it’s a game-changer. Our devOps team have been using Docker for the last 12 months and in this series will explain how we […]

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Digital

Highlights: Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration Summit 2016

As mobile, cloud and the Internet of Things transform businesses, we find our clients need to have an application strategy that is primed to seize new opportunities. This year, as part of our integration community awareness initiatives we co-sponsored a booth with our vendor partner IBM at the Gartner Application Architecture, Development & Integration (AADI) […]

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Digital

Microservices Foundations: Funding IT “projects” in the age of microservices

After our three-part series introducing microservices, we’ll now be rolling out our multi-blog series outlining Microservices Foundations. Due to the large and often complex nature of microservices transitions, resources and funding are required from all components of the enterprise that may present some roadblocks. In this blog Ian Vanstone, Chief Technology Officer at IntegrationWorks will […]

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Technology

The API Economy – API technology connectivity for beginners

Written by Ian Vanstone Before we kick off for another massive week at IntegrationWorks after Easter and after our highly successful API Economy tech-breakfast sessions in Australia, we’ve taken some feedback from people who are wanting to learn more about the API Economy but who are not sure where to start or what the overall […]