Open Source Integration
Start for the Savings. Stay for the Flexibility.
Enterprises have already taken advantage of the significant savings afforded by open source software in the operating system, application server, and application framework arenas. The next major area for open source in the enterprise is integration.
“If any software market deserved to be shaken up by open source alternatives, it's enterprise data integration.” – Infoworld, December 2008
Mergers, acquisitions, software upgrades, mainframe migrations, integrations across enterprises – all these and more have increased the need for enterprise integration. Done well, integrations provide significant value. However, using costly and complex integration tools can diminish or eliminate that value.
MomentumSI enables enterprises to rapidly reduce integration costs and complexity through the use of high quality open source integration tools and effective integration practices. MomentumSI’s Open Source Integration Strategy offering helps integration leaders find ways to start saving with open source integration and build a comprehensive integration platform to meet all types of integration requirements. MomentumSI also provides Open Source Integration Implementation services that leverage our team’s use of integration best practices combined with our knowledge of leading-edge open source tools to rapidly deliver high-quality solutions.
Open Source vs. Proprietary Integration Solutions
Open source integration tools provide many advantages over proprietary solutions including:
- Substantially Lower Costs. While using open source software in an enterprise usually entails paying for support, the fees are usually much lower than proprietary software. Using open source integration usually results in both substantial up-front and on-going cost reduction.
- Higher Quality. The leading open source integration solutions provide greater usability and fewer bugs than proprietary offerings. This advantage is a result of direct user input into the design process, community support, and a committed pool of developers that rapidly fix problems.
- No Lock-In. Many enterprises have hundreds of integration points and find themselves at the mercy of their integration platform vendor who is usually concerned more with pleasing new customers than addressing the needs of existing clients. Open source users aren’t locked in to a single vendor and have many options available to get the results they need.
Support for All Integration Styles
Integration is a broad area that addresses many types of problems. Today’s open source integration tools provide support across each of the major styles of integration. MomentumSI’s open source integration offerings include:
- Open Source for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Open Source for ETL
- Open Source for Application Integration
- Open Source for Data Services
- Open Source for Master Data Management (MDM)
- Open Source for Business Process Management (BPM)
Your Open Source Integration Strategy
The earlier an enterprise moves from costly, complex, and expensive integration solutions the more money they will save. Successfully making the switch requires an understanding of your true integration requirements, proof that open source options will work, and a plan to migrate with minimal disruption. Our Open Source Integration Strategy engagement includes the following activities and deliverables:
- Calculate existing integration costs including tool fees and configuration/development
- Document existing and anticipated integration technical requirements
- Design and construct proof of concept(s) to demonstrate the ability to meet integration requirements with open source tools including connectivity, ease of design, and scalability.
- Demonstrate solutions and review results
- Develop migration plan and supporting business case
- Provide business case and action plan for moving to open source integration
Fees are based on environment complexity and are low enough to create a positive ROI within one year.
Open Source Integration Implementation
MomentumSI’s integration architects and developers are experienced in rapidly solving integration problems using the latest open source solutions. Whether you are building a services based integration, migrating data to a new system, integrating systems with your data warehouse or MDM hub, or need to setup consistent system to system replications, our team is uniquely prepared to help. Our integration methods place a strong emphasis on creating solutions that can be easily maintained and extended. Not only are your initial implementation costs and license fees reduced, but your ongoing costs of operations are also cut. Our knowledge of the tools will get you up and running fast to help you meet the most demanding project timelines.
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