Strategy, Selection, Migration & Consolidation of Enterprise Integration Platforms

iVolve - An approach that embraces Accelerators, Frameworks, AI and Automation

Integration - The Challenges

Implementing Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) in enterprise integration strategies is seen as challenging due to complex factors. Enterprise systems, with diverse applications and technologies, pose a significant hurdle. Legacy systems with unique architectures and data formats complicate seamless integration as organizations grow. The large volume of data in enterprises requires meticulous planning for consistency.

Real-time data exchange needs, security considerations, and industry standards compliance add to the complexity. The cultural shift and change management further complicate iPaaS implementation as employees adapt to new workflows. Overcoming these challenges requires a strategic, phased approach aligning technology with organizational goals in enterprise-wide integration programs.

What is iVolve?

iVolve (Integration Evolution) is Tarento’s Bold Vision that approaches the topic of integration with a 360 degree view on not only helping Enterprises evaluate, decide and develop a strategy and roadmap for strategic integration platform(s) but also in easing the process of adopting and migrating to the chosen platform.

iVolve framework - Key data points

Al embedded automation framework for selection and migration of platforms

Upto 70% Effort Savings around migration

1.5X faster realization of Rol

Developed in Consultation with over 100+ stakeholders, personas include ClOs, Integration Architects, Gartner and other independent analysts

A platform agnostic future roadmap - Many to Many vision (Migration of SAP PI, SAP PO, Webmethods, Mulesoft, Azure Integration, SAP Integration Suite, Boomi, etc.)

Only partner currently in the world focused on Al based automated framework for integration platforms

Solution fitment for Large and Medium Enterprises

Flexible, transparent commercial & engagement model

A r’Evolutionary approach towards helping enterprises with the Integration Strategy

Our r’Evolutionary path includes 3 major steps – Decluttering Decision, Building Absolute Clarity and then Moving to Cloud. Each of these steps or phases is supported by tools and frameworks which help customer accelerate the whole process of their strategic integration journey.

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Integration Platform Recommendation Tool

Decluttering the decision making in Enterprise Integration platform investments

Reduce the inertia by leveraging our platform selection tool as a starting point. The tool continuously source several best of breed platform information including inputs from key experts in the integration space (practitioners, architects, customers and advisors) to provide an initial subset of platform recommendation based on customer inputs.

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Vector Sprint

Building Absolute Clarity for the future platform

Vector Sprint is a 4-5 week multiple workshops driven approach to further the clarity, evaluating deeply every aspect of enterprise integration needs of your organization, and delivering a comprehensive integration strategy outcome for confidently embarking on integration transformation engagements.

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Migration Automation Framework & Accelerators

Move to Cloud

From setting up the cloud environment, developing interfaces and setting up the governance process to migrating and consolidating existing legacy integration landscapes, automation including a plethora of tools and accelerators to deliver early Rol while lowering the total cost of migration significantly.

Tarento’s AI based automated integration migration platform

Enterprises often acquire multiple integration platforms over time, through M&As, internal business unit mergers, or to meet specific past needs (e.g., EDI management, file transfers, event-based processing). With modern iPaaS solutions like SAP Integration Suite, Workato, and Mulesoft transforming core integration capabilities, there's growing awareness of the legacy systems that companies must maintain.

Discussions with CIOs and Platform Owners reveal surprising costs associated with recurring licenses, specific skills, and teams required to sustain legacy integration systems. Despite recognizing the benefits of consolidating the integration landscape, many are reluctant due to the challenges of migration or transformation, involving costs, efforts across business units, documentation development, and understanding dependencies.

Enter Tarento's AI-based automated integration migration platform, offering a solution to streamline this complex process.

Tarento’s Move to Cloud : An AI based Automated Migration Offering

Pillars of Migration

Discovery

Supported by vector Sprint Methodology & ‘Assessment Accelerator’

Migration

Selective Migration powered by ‘Tarento Migration Automator’

Testing

Supported by Manual Testing / Automation testing suite

Integration Operations

Supported by Tarento’s Clone, Enhanced monitoring tool (Integration Inspector)

Many to Many : Migrate from Any Platform to Any Platform

The focus on automating migration for SAP integration initially, with a fully automated approach for SAP PI and SAP PO, has resulted in potential savings of up to 70% in migration costs for customers. The solution is now extended to include automated discovery and accelerated migration of popular legacy middleware platforms like Webmethods and modern iPaaS like Mulesoft, taking another step toward assisting customers in their migration journey.

The automated process guarantees a minimum of 40% cost savings for customers, with ongoing enhancements, including AI capabilities, boosting automation accuracy significantly. Positioned to cater to a diverse global customer base and after discussions with CIOs, Integration Architects, SMEs, and analysts, the migration platform's vision is to be 'Many to Many,' aiming to automate migration regardless of the source and target platforms.

What are the current supported scenarios that the automation framework caters to?

Summary of integration platforms supported as part of automated migration including discovery currently in the solution includes;

Source/Legacy Platforms

SAP Process Integration

SAP Process Orchestration

WebMethods

Mulesoft

Boomi

Target Strategic Platforms

SAP BTP / Integration Suite

Azure Integration / Logic Apps

Mulesoft

Workato

Integration landscape consolidation

Our Accelerators & their Advantages

Complimenting some of the tools provided by SAP, our framework incorporates a series of tools and accelerators in the larger integration context. The summary below will help understand some of the key differentiators.

Assessment Accelerator (Discovery Tool)

Utility tool - Reduces the pre-study of manual effort up to 50% for SAP and Non SAP landscapes
Generate As-Is Documentation & Reports
Produces accurate inventory of interfaces in as-is landscape
Automatic Complexity determination
Risk and Compatibility Checks
Accurate Estimates

Groovy Script Repository

Scripts built on best practices from deep expertise
Reusability of common functionality for effort reduction

Clone and Failover Management Tool

Clone artifacts from one tenant to other tenant, single to multiple tenants
Supports migration from Neo to Cloud Foundry Platform
Supports High Availability and Zero Downtime Architecture with a scale in – scale out / provisioning of tenants across regions on demand

Advanced Transport Management & Governance Tool

Transport management capabilities
Compare artefacts and versions
Easy access to adapter configuration details
Updating of externalized parameters etc

Enhanced Monitoring via Integration Inspector

Feature/functionalities over and above standard SAP Cloud Integration Suite

Migration Automator

Automated Migration (Click based)
Integrated tool (Project management, Aligned with Discovery outcome, Tracking etc)
AI powered framework catering to SAP and Non SAP Platform migration

Automation Factor / Effort Savings Benchmark (As of Q4 2023)

50-70%

PI/PO to SAP IS

35-50%

Webmethods to SAP IS

40-60%

Mulesoft to SAP IS

40-50%

PI/PO to Azure Integration

30%

Webmethods to Azure Integration

40-50%

Mulesoft to Azure Integration

References

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Case Studies

Next-Gen Retail Experience for a leading Consumer Electronics Retailer with SAP Integration Suite

The customer managed twelve different legacy systems that could not support the company’s vision for a next-generation retail customer experience. With the existing systems no longer able to accommodate growing requirements, the vision involved to build a holistic Next Generation Retail (NGR) program; a digital transformation program that was designed to impact Customer Experience, Efficient Planning, Transparency and Cost Control.

Tarento's Seamless B2B/EDI Integration for Plasman: Illuminating the path to seamless collaboration and innovation.

In response to the evolving landscape of integration technologies, our client, previously reliant on the legacy SAP Business Connector (BC) as a middleware solution for linking SAP systems to non-SAP partner systems, recognized the imperative to modernize their integration infrastructure.

Testimonials

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“We had a project of considerable size that we would have struggled to deliver without our partner, Tarento. Tarento showed themselves as the real experts in the area. They have done quick deliveries of complex scenarios and helped us go through highly important periods without any downtime, keeping clear and good communication with all the stakeholders. Additionally, Tarento is flexible and technology agnostic with a real passion to help. It has been and it still is a pleasure to work with Tarento."

Mirko Adamovic
ITDS Integration Lead, Elkjøp Nordic

“We at Plasman Europe use Tarento for all of our integration work (Overall SAP B2B / EDI Integration). They have been a key supplier in our transformation from SAP business connector to SAP cloud process integrator as well as in our adaption as a supplier to BMW.
Highly recommend their services !"

Johan Vangstad
System Analyst SAP & Qlikview, Plasman

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