Flexible Integration Solutions

Cluster Reply has more than 20 years’ integration experience optimising business efficiency and mobile strategies. We offer a clear approach to integrating business systems both internally and externally. Our integration solutions are deployed on the latest, innovative Microsoft technologies and can be deployed on-premises, as a hybrid solution, or in the cloud.

BUSINESS DRIVERS FOR INTEGRATION:

• Reduce cost & time to market
• Connect traditional systems to modern applications
• Improve communication
• Drive profitability
• Leverage existing IT investments
• Streamline business processes
• Engage customers & trading partners
• Drive organisational transformation
• Optimise Customer Experience

MODERN INTEGRATION

Modern organisations need to find ways to unlock the value of their data and technology, and bring them together to connect customers, partners and employees. As organisations adopt an increasing number of cloud services, the need for a new generation of integration technologies, supported by the cloud, is essential.

Data now resides in new ‘cloud silos’ as well as disparate on-premises systems. For an organisation to exploit their data, a new approach to integration is required.

Modern integration connects on-premises with cloud services, to deliver true enterprise level results that fuel digital transformation programmes.

Modern Integration delivers a powerful and highly scalable platform to integrate applications, data and processes.

THE BENEFITS OF MODERN VS TRADITIONAL INTEGRATION

Traditional: On-Premises Systems Integration

• Enterprise- centric
• Heavyweight business processes
• Product & license based capital expenditure
• Hosted in-house or in a datacentre
• Requires infrastructure support
• Focused on integration structural data

Modern: Cloud Hosted Integration

• Enterprise and beyond
• Agile processes
• Opex based subscription model
• Hosted in the cloud
• Dev Ops support
• Focused on integrating Social, Mobile, analytics and cloud

“Our partners are getting access to the same flight information we’ve been collecting for years, & it’s been made a lot easier to provide thanks to Microsoft Azure.” - Chris Howell, Head of Business Systems, Gatwick Airport

MICROSOFT INTEGRATION PLATFORM

Integrating devices and disparate systems seamlessly requires a flexible and robust platform which Microsoft Azure offers.

With Microsoft Azure, businesses can:

• Build for the future with API-centric connectivity
• Gain actionable insight by using the growing set if Azure services including Machine Learning and Cognitive Services
• Increase productivity with enterprise application integration
• Automate business processes by seamlessly connecting on-premises systems to cloud-based applications using BizTalk Server

HYBRID INTEGRATION

With the progression of cloud-based APIs and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, the need to integrate with the on-premises enterprise has become essential. However, a cloud-only integration strategy may not be the right solution for all organisations.

Hybrid integration allows on-premises applications to seamlessly integrate with cloud-based applications, whilst maintaining an organisation’s legacy integration investments.

Key Benefits:

• Connect on-premises , hybrid and cloud applications
• Run mission-critical, complex integration scenarios with ease
• Leverage cloud APIs for the enterprise
• Increase the value of on-premises investment
• Act as a stepping stone to a cloud-only strategy
• Allow third parties to access data without compromising systems