Choosing the right enterprise integration platforms is one of the most significant business decisions. Today, most companies, regardless of age, size or industry is a technology company. With digital transformation, it has become crucial for businesses to embrace technology.
Every business must think of the ways to integrate applications, data and systems.
If you do not engage with these technologies, you run a high risk.
On the other hand, taking the opportunities of digital transformation offers an array of advantages.
Every year, both clients as well as organisations eagerly await the research findings of Gartner, a well-known IT consulting firm. Gartner research features top vendors. They also highlight the strengths and potential challenges faced by these vendors.
Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service
According to Gartner, Enterprise Integration Platform is “a suite of Integration Platform as a Service technologies.” The report further states that iPaaS enables the tenants or subscribers to implement the integration projects that uses a combination of on-premises and cloud endpoints. They achieve this by deploying, developing, executing, monitoring and managing the integration flows and processes that connects several endpoints.
iPaaS is usually used for cloud service integration, business to business ecosystem integration, internet of things and multi-experience scenarios. Gartner recommends buyers to develop a comprehensive understanding of priorities and requirements before beginning vendor evaluation. In 2020 Magic Quadrant, Gartner evaluated the weaknesses and strengths of 17 providers whom they consider as most important in the market. Gartner provides with a graph, placing vendors depending on the ability to execute as well as ability to reach their vision. This graph is divided into challengers, leaders, visionaries and niche players.
Magic Quadrant Results
Let us try to understand each category of the graph.
Challengers: Organisations with established presence that comes with a wide variety of product capability.
Leaders: Companies demonstrating depth across a wide range of iPaaS technologies for business.
Visionaries: Enterprises with a strong understanding of current as well as future market trends.
Niche Players: Specialists who focus on a small market.
Let us take a look at the 2020 results now.
Challengers: Talend, TIBCO Software.
Leaders: Informatica, Boomi, Workato, SAP, Jitterbit, Oracle, MuleSoft, Microsoft, SnapLogic.
Visionaries: Software AG, IBM.
Niche Players: Tray.io, Celigo, Adaptris, Cloud Elements.
Here is a sneak peek of some of the dominant placeholders now.
Informatica: Once Again the Leader
Informatica is once again named a leader by Gartner this year. Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services or IICS is the leading enterprise iPaaS. Modern, comprehensive and micro-services based, it ensures highest trust.
Boomi: Still Holds a Commanding Spot
A Dell Technologies Subsidiary, Boomi is not far behind, all thanks to evolution of professional and managed services apart from strategic acquisitions. Ability to follow and understand marketing trends is one of the biggest strengths of Boomi. It has built up a platform appealing both the big and the smaller enterprises.
SAP: Does Not Lag Behind
The Gartner report recognises SAP as a Leader on the basis of their ability to execute as well as completeness of vision following the evaluation of its Extension Suite.
The Cloud Platform Extension Suite helps to simplify development as well as application extensions, optimisation of business processes and accelerating business value. The integration suite of SAP comes with a wide range of RPA services and integration capacities.
With a huge base of business applications and significant footmarks in integration software, SAP hosts an impressive offering.
Mulesoft: Positioned as a Leader
Mulesoft has been recognised by Gartner as a Leader.
Gartner has also recognised it as a Leader for Full Life Cycle API Management for Gartner Magic Quadrant.
Today, organisations, regardless of the industry it belongs to, must unlock data as soon as possible, so that there is an increase in efficiency, agility and speed. Connecting data from a system is easy with Anypoint Platform of Mulesoft when it comes to delivery of critical and time-sensitive projects.
Organisations can start fresh, realising immediate value, that too in a future-proof way, turning processes and data to building blocks. These building blocks are discoverable as well as re-usable across the organisation.
Microsoft: EiPaaS Leader for the 3rd Year
Microsoft is positioned the Leader once again for their ability to execute as well as vision completeness. As pointed out by Gartner, the enterprise iPaaS providers keep broadening their go-to-market strategy covering a wide range of integration scenarios. The vision of Microsoft is helping customers to enable integration in different areas of operation, right from business-led activities to traditional central IT.
Azure Integration Services or AIS comprises of Logic Apps, API Management, Event Grid as well as Service Bus and it helps to connect data and applications seamlessly to cloud for services like machine learning and analytics. This increases agility and visibility throughout the enterprise.
With data and applications becoming more connected, integration has become a significant part of application building. Azure Integration Services offer a cohesive and comprehensive collection of integration capabilities, covering data, applications and AI. It has more than 370 connectors as well as UI automation, connecting everything quickly and easily.
Jitterbit: Secures Position as Integrations Leader
Jitterbit, the API transformation company earns place as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Critical Capabilities.
The Critical Capabilities Report is very crucial for organisations looking forward to finding a provider who can deliver integration needs.
Jitterbit makes it easier and of course faster to exploit data allowing to innovate and take faster and more effective decisions. The API integration platform of Jitterbit allows companies to connect on-premises, SaaS as well as cloud applications, infusing intelligence into all business processes. It makes digital transformation easy with the perfect balance of no code/low code and unique solutions. Customers across the world earn a huge return of investment through Jitterbit’s commendable technology and support for successfully navigating through integration initiatives.
Though the chief leaders of the Enterprise Integration Platform as announced by Gartner retained their position, the position change for some of the vendors show the need of organisations to adapt as well as evolve technologies and offerings.
