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In the modern digital world, system integrations are key to ensuring that your business continues to run smoothly. However, with so many different types of middleware available from vendors like SAP, MuleSoft, Informatica, Boomi and Microsoft, it can be difficult to know which one is right for you. To help you select the right middleware for your organization, let’s take a look at what goes into choosing a middleware and the different options available.

What is middleware? Middleware is a tool that connects two or more applications together by allowing them to share data and services. By using middleware, organizations can quickly and easily integrate their existing systems with new ones without having to create costly custom solutions from scratch. This makes it easier and more cost-effective to build complex integrations between disparate systems.

Implementing The Right Middleware

When selecting a middleware solution, some of the key factors to consider are:

• Scalability

• Security

• Performance

• Flexibility

• Team Skillset

• Cost

You want to make sure that the solution you choose will meet the needs of your organization both now and in the future. It is important to ensure your chosen solution has robust security measures in place as well as strong performance capabilities. Finally, you want to ensure that it is flexible enough for your current team members to make future changes or additions within your budget constraints.

Different Types Of Middleware

There are several types of middleware available on the market today, including message-oriented middleware (MOM) and enterprise service bus (ESB). Each type of middleware has its own unique set of features and benefits that should be weighed against your specific requirements in order to determine which one is right for you. For example, MOM focuses on sending messages between systems, while ESB provides a centralized platform for managing multiple integrations.

SAP Integration Suite and MuleSoft are two of the most popular platforms for integrating different applications into one system. Both solutions offer a range of features designed to make data exchange, integration and automation easier and more efficient. Gartner ranks both SAP Integration Suite and MuleSoft in the Leaders Quadrant.

At a high level, both SAP Integration Suite and MuleSoft provide an integration platform that allows developers to build applications that can access and exchange data from different systems. This means that organizations can easily integrate their existing databases, applications, services and other technologies into one larger system.

SAP Integration Suite Vs. MuleSoft

The SAP Integration Suite is a comprehensive platform designed to enable the development of integrated business processes by connecting various enterprise applications across multiple platforms. It allows developers to create custom integrations between SAP components, such as ERP (S/4HANA), CRM and analytics applications. The suite also provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface for designing integrations and automating business processes.

MuleSoft is a platform designed to simplify the process of integrating different systems and services together. It’s built on the principles of application integration, allowing developers to create, deploy and manage integrations between different services rapidly. It provides a wide range of tools and features, including an integration designer, an API manager, connectors for popular cloud platforms and a library of prebuilt templates and services.

When choosing a middleware platform for your organization’s needs, it ultimately comes down to what you need from the integration platform. The SAP Integration Suite is ideal for organizations that have an existing investment in SAP components and run S/4HANA as their ERP, whereas MuleSoft may be better suited for non-SAP or Salesforce platform-based organizations that need a more comprehensive solution and want to create custom integrations with multiple services. Ultimately, both solutions offer powerful features that can help organizations streamline and automate their business processes.

When it comes to selecting the right solution, organizations should consider their needs and preferences carefully and take into account factors such as cost, scalability, integration capabilities and ease of use.

Migration From SAP To MuleSoft, Or Vice Versa

Migrating from SAP Integration Suite to MuleSoft or vice versa may not be the best idea for some organizations. While both solutions offer powerful features for integration, a few of the key reasons for migrating from SAP to MuleSoft should be considered before making the switch.

One of the primary considerations is the cost of migration and the skillsets of the team members. If an organization relies heavily on SAP components, it may not be cost-effective to migrate to MuleSoft. Additionally, the platform architecture and underlying technologies of each solution are quite different and must also be taken into consideration. As such, organizations should weigh the costs and benefits of migrating before taking any action.

In summary, both SAP Integration Suite and MuleSoft offer a lot in terms of integration platforms. Each solution has its own strengths and weaknesses, so organizations should carefully consider their needs before selecting the right platform for their specific requirements. Migration from one platform to another also requires careful consideration, as there are many factors to consider before making the switch. Ultimately, with the right solution, organizations can streamline and automate their business processes to create a more efficient and cost-effective operation.

Conclusion

In a sales-heavy world, choosing the right middleware solution for system integrations can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. By understanding what goes into choosing a middleware solution, as well as the different types available on the market today, organizations can select the best option for their specific needs and budget constraints—helping them get up and running quickly with minimal disruption or downtime. With careful consideration of all aspects involved in selecting a suitable solution, businesses will have access to powerful integration capabilities that will enable them to remain competitive in today’s ever-evolving digital landscape.

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CINCINNATI, Jan. 24, 2023 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) -- enosix releases a MuleSoft certified connector to simplify real-time, bi-directional integration to SAP ECC and S/4HANA ERP platforms; helping companies to deliver intelligent customer experiences, faster

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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the global leader in CRM, today announced that Gartner® named MuleSoft a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service, Worldwide (iPaaS). This is the eighth time that MuleSoft has been recognized.

As a leading unified platform for integration, APIs, and automation, MuleSoft provides easy-to-use tools to integrate systems and data from anywhere — on-premises, cloud, or hybrid. Using MuleSoft, teams from IT to business users can do more with less, quickly creating workflows and integrations that provide efficient growth and faster time to value while creating differentiated customer experiences.

"The Gartner recognition of MuleSoft as a Leader, we feel, signals the value we consistently deliver to our customers," said Brent Hayward, Chief Executive Officer, MuleSoft. "Our customers trust MuleSoft to deliver easy-to-use technology that saves time, increases productivity, and enables great experiences through unparalleled integration, APIs, and automation. These are all key to our continued Leader position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service, Worldwide."

This Gartner recognition follows MuleSoft's latest release of Anypoint Code Builder in open beta. This next-generation web-based IDE allows developers to design, develop, and deploy APIs, integrations, and automations from a single environment. This enables developers to empower business teams to build their own automations by developing APIs in Anypoint Platform and sharing it in MuleSoft Composer, further strengthening collaboration across teams.

Hayward continued, "MuleSoft provides customers with a complete suite of automation and integration tools and technologies that help companies do more with less while capturing value to create new opportunities and growth."

Additional information: 

• A complimentary copy of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), Worldwide report is available here.

• Learn more about Anypoint Platform here.

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KiCad is undeniably the hacker favourite when it comes to PCB design, and we’ve built a large amount of infrastructure around it – plugins, integrations, exporters, viewers, and much more. Now, [Stargirl Flowers] is working on what we could call a web viewer for KiCad files – though calling the KiCanvas project a “KiCad viewer” would be an understatement, given everything it aims to let you do. It will help you do exciting things like copy-pasting circuits between KiCad and browser windows, embed circuits into your blog and show component properties/part numbers interactively, and of course, it will work as a standalone online viewer for KiCad files!

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The Digital Governance Council and Data Collaboration Alliance have announced the public release of Zero-Copy Integration, which is a Canadian standard that provides a framework for meeting strict data protection regulations and dealing with the risks related to data silos and copy-based data integration. 

The Zero-Copy Integration framework establishes the following principles: data management via a shared data architecture, data sharing via access-based data collaboration, data protection via universal access controls set in the data layer, data governance via data products and federated stewardship, prioritization of data-centricity and active metadata, and prioritization of solution modularity. 

It supports a project-by-project approach to reducing data silos and avoiding “rip and replace” approaches that don’t factor in existing IT investments. 

Zero-Copy integration is ideal for developing new applications, predictive analysis, digital twins, customers 360 views, AI/ML operationalization, workflow automations, and legacy system modernization. 

Currently the Digital Governance Standards Institute is working on plans to advance the standard in international standards organizations. 

“By eliminating silos and copies from new digital solutions, Zero-Copy Integration offers great potential in public health, social research, open banking, and sustainability,” said Keith Jansa, CEO at the Digital Governance Council. “These are among the many areas in which essential collaboration has been constrained by the lack of meaningful control associated with traditional approaches to data sharing.”

If you zoom into the screen you are practicing this on, you’d see an extremely fine pattern of red, green, and blue emitters, probably LEDs of some kind. This somewhat limits the resolution you can obtain since you have to cram three LEDs into each screen pixel. Engineers at MIT, however, want to do it differently. By growing thin LED films and sandwiching them together, they can produce 4-micron-wide LEDs that produce the full range of color, with each color part of a vertical stack of LEDs.

To put things in perspective, a standard TV LED is at least 200 microns across. Mini LEDs measure upwards of 100 microns, and micro LEDs are the smallest of all. A key factor for displays is the pitch — the distance from the center of one pixel to the center of the next. For example, the 44mm version of the Apple Watch has a pitch of around 77 microns. A Samsung Galaxy 10 is just over 46 microns.  This is important because it sets the minimum size for a high-resolution screen, especially if you are building large screens (such as when you build custom video walls (see the video below for more about that).

For example, consider a 4K screen with 3840×2160 pixels. If you can only do a 0.1mm pitch, your monitor will have to be at least 16 inches wide. A 4K TV with a 75-inch screen needs a 432 micron pitch, but to make a 24-inch screen with the same resolution requires 138 microns. While that means it is easier to make a large high-resolution display, it is harder to view the large screen up close. This can be a problem for computer monitors or VR headsets.

But imagine if these new LEDs would allow, say, 10 micron pitch. Then you could pack a 4K screen into a bit more than an inch and a half! VR headsets could easily be 4K if this were possible.

So far, the team has made a single multicolor pixel. Of course, they want to continue to produce a true array. Some of the overhead of that will reduce the pixel density, but it still could offer impressive results.

If you want to read more about microLED technology, [Maya] can help with that. Until this new tech goes mainstream, OLED is still the one to beat. You can actually make your own.

The integration streamlines communication efforts for franchise brands that use FranConnect and communicate with customers via Text Request.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Text Request, the industry-leading business messaging platform, announced today an integration with FranConnect.

FranConnect is a leading franchise management software. With a large swath of its customers operating in the franchise space, Text Request developed the FranConnect integration to provide a more seamless experience for expanding franchise brands, and for franchisees looking to connect with their customers via text message. Users of the integration can now take advantage of the following features, whether they're using FranConnect CRM, FranConnect Sales, or both:

• Conversation Sync will push messages from Text Request into FranConnect's contact pages.

• Contact Sync will pull contacts from FranConnect into the Text Request contact list.

• Workflows allow customers to create text message triggers to automatically text new leads as they come into FranConnect.

"Text Request was born out of necessity, and this sentiment holds true for all of the enhancements, integrations, and updates we've released along the way," said Text Request CTO, Rob Reagan. "We set out each day to make things easier for our customers — and for their customers — and providing a new and improved experience for those in the franchise space is one more way we're achieving that goal."

Customers using both Text Request and FranConnect can enable the integration, and customize their settings, from the Integrations section inside their Text Request account.

For more information on the integration, visit textrequest.com/integrations/franconnect. For more details on Text Request, or to see a demo, visit textrequest.com/demo.

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Text Request is the business texting platform built to ignite customer engagement. We've crafted plug-and-play messaging solutions to your everyday communication problems, so you can cut through the noise and connect with customers anytime, anywhere. See how we help at textrequest.com.

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Showtime laid off approximately 120 staffers Monday amid a streaming-focused restructuring that saw the exits of several top execs as the pay TV channel’s team was merged into MTV Entertainment Studios, a spokesperson confirmed.

No other details were available regarding which departments within Showtime were impacted, though a source close to the situation tells Variety those cuts could amount to roughly 25% of Showtime’s workforce.

As reported earlier Monday, Showtime co-presidents Gary Levine and Jana Winograde are exiting their current posts amid a continuing shakeup at the pay TV channel, with Levine shifting to an advisory role and Winograde leaving Paramount Global entirely.

The move and new leadership team, announced by president and CEO of Showtime and Paramount Media Networks Chris McCarthy in a memo to staff Monday, comes following the Jan. 30 news that both Showtime’s linear and streaming platforms will be integrated into Paramount+ and rebranded as “Paramount+ With Showtime.”

In a memo to staff, McCarthy revealed the plan, noting that, as a result of the merging of departments, these execs will be leaving, along with with previously announced Winograde: Paramount Global Premium Group CFO and COO Michael Crotty; SVP of docs, unscripted and sports programming Vinnie Malhotra; creative director global brand and originals at Paramount International Rob Rosenberg; and Showtime’s EVP of content acquisition Kent Sevener.

"With this new structure, we will be saying goodbye to several colleagues and friends who have been vital in making SHOWTIME what is today including from the executive team: Michael Crotty, Vinnie Malhotra, Rob Rosenberg, Kent Sevener and, as announced earlier today, Jana Winograde," McCarthy wrote in his note, acknowledging the lay offs without elaborating beyond leadership roles. "Please join me in thanking them for their invaluable contributions and wishing them the best in their next endeavors."

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