Integration as a strategic discipline is increasingly becoming essential to organizations as they interact with their customers, employees, and partners across multiple channels and touchpoints. And enterprise application has now been made more efficient thanks to integration platform as a service (iPaaS).
But with the mushrooming iPaaS vendors, and the increasing complexity of these solutions, business need to consider numerous factors before selecting the right vendor to partner with. In this blog post, we examine the major criteria that businesses must consider when evaluating iPaaS vendors.
Reusability
The principle of reusable assets, emerging from a service-oriented perspective has the potential to bolster developer capability and speed delivery time. Rather than creating a custom connectivity solution every time a developer wants to integrate an application, reusable connectors, templates, and assets make that job incredibly easy.
If this is not enough, a reusable asset can be assessed and governed by the central IT organization more easily. With iPaaS integration, you need to ensure that the solution you settle on allows for the provision and documentation of reusable business assets.
Governed Access
As you open up your systems to make both reuse and self-service easy, governance becomes essential. The last thing you want is developers building new assets without oversight merely because they have the capability. Central IT should limit access to your systems to the right people while at the same time making sure that data is being leveraged in the right way.
Keep in mind you can give, remove, limit, or expand access to different business groups in different geographies, functional groups, or any other criteria the organization cares to recognize. This can come in handy for businesses that would like to expand globally and offer different access to systems based on local needs.
Going with the increasing number of iPaaS vendors today, you must learn to exercise caution while looking for the best. You want to have an easy iPaaS integration process, and this can only happen when counting on the ideal vendor. So, take it upon yourself to do a bit of research before deciding on anything.