Cloud Integration 
         Cheat Sheet
         What is cloud integration?                                          What are the common mistakes IT makes when undertaking 
         Cloud integration simply means integrating cloud applications       a cloud integration project?
         with on-premise applications or other applications in the cloud.    t is ey that the integration proŒect is thought of as a business 
         Before Dell Boomi AtomSphere, customers needed to install           process enabler and e†plained that way to the proŒect 
         and maintain integration software or hardware appliances on-        staeholders. By designing the integration in this conte†t, 
         premise. AtomSphere enables any combination of SaaS and             the true alue of the integration will be apparent, and the 
         On Premise integration directly from the web without reuiring      comple†ity of the proŒect will be apparent and rationali…ed 
         software pacages or hardware appliances.                           from the beginning.
         How is cloud integration different from traditional middle-         Is custom coding a good option for cloud integration?
         ware products?                                                      Be sure to consider the full range of what is reuired to be 
         raditional middleware products were built before cloud was         done if custom coding the integration is being considered. 
         prealent. hey typically are traditional integration serer        Custom coding inoles writing code to integrate applications 
         products that hae connectors or adaptors built to connect          s. using a cloud integration platform. his is often a tempting 
         applications together. A number of them hae added or will          path, but the maintenance cost of this proŒect will always 
         add new connectors for SaaS applications such as salesforce.        outweigh the initial build of the integration. Cloud integration 
         com.                                                                platforms, due to their multi-tenancy, are optimal approaches 
                                                                             to ensure the integrations remain operational, een as the apps 
         oweer, ey concerns from  — as they focus on their cloud        being connected are upgraded or changed by the SaaS S™s 
         strategy — are not addressed in these solutions, such as ­€‚        themseles. Custom-coded solutions must also contemplate 
         automatic upgrades, ­ƒ‚ goernance of data as it pertains to        goernance capabilities, as it is critical to hae traceability of all 
         integration and moement of data between arious clouds             data as it leaes the enterprise.
         and on-premise applications, and ­„‚ centrali…ed deelopment 
         and operations to ensure e†ternal compliance, and scalably 
         manage integration infrastructure for an eer-growing number            Tips for Integration Process Development and Testing
         of clouds in use by an organi…ation.
                                                                                 Start simple and iterate. Create a ery simple process 
         Is cloud integration compatible with my existing                        that moes data from source to destination to mae 
         middle-ware solution?                                                   sure the connections, filters, and basic mapping are 
         ‡es, cloud integration solutions, such as AtomSphere, contain           correct. hen begin introducing alidations, routing, 
         ˆaa ‰essage Serice ­ˆ‰S‚ connectors to plug into e†isting             adanced mapping’functions, custom error handling, 
         middleware inestments such as ‰Š Series, Progress Software,            logging, etc.
         BCO and web‰ethods. his cloud gateway gies users the                Start with the end points. “hen building a new 
         ability to audit and goern the moement of data, enforce               process from scratch, begin by configuring the end 
         security of data prior to leaing the firewall, and access              points” the source connection’operation in the Start 
         connectiity to most maŒor SaaS applications.                           step and the destination connection’operation in 
         What is the difference between a single-tenant approach                 a Connector step. he operation configuration ­for 
         and a multi-tenant approach to cloud integration?                       most connectors‚ will automatically generate the 
                                                                                 Profile components that you will use in the mapping, 
         Single-tenant integration really Œust moes the traditional             decisions, or other steps.
          problems companies face today into a new data center. 
         By architecting a multi-tenant integration solution, users              Limit the amount of records. Don’t select all €––,––– 
         naturally benefit from the collectie intelligence of the               records from your database in the first test. During 
         community ­a recent e†ample being Boomi Suggest‚ because                initial testing, moc up small test files or use filters to 
         eeryone is using one highly scalable and secure instance of            restrict the number of records being processed ­e.g. 
         the platform. Žsers also benefit from rapid innoation and              select specific records by D or name‚. As you get 
         product improement only possible by a true SaaS offering.              more comfortable with the process, then introduce 
         Žsers, for e†ample, can centrally deelop, deploy, and manage           larger data sets.
         integrations across all of their applications from one central 
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