Thankfully, I find fewer project stakeholders insisting that I transfer data via email these days, than I did in the past. It seems the IT world has finally embraced the power of API’s and the many other, more sensible, integration tools available today. However, we still live
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The Mule Whisperer has worked on integration projects for over a decade. Most of these projects have included MuleSoft products among others. The Mule Whispererhas an intimate knowledge of both MuleSoft products and the Integration paradigm in general.
Integrated — And sustainable! Dott’s e-scooters service is changing how we see— and move around — the world! By integrating their internal systems with Google Maps, they have made their products and services available to travelers right on their mobile devices! The screen-shot on the right-hand side was taken
When working on IT projects in any organisation, one of the most common complaints I hear about 3rd party product vendors is that their support is _______ (enter adjective of your choice) Developers hate dealing with first-line support because it is usually inadequate at best. In fact, I
Without integration… They’re Just Things There is a lot of buzz around the Internet of Things (IoT) at present. This comes as no surprise, as internet-enabled things can add a whole new dimension to our lives. But, unless we are able to get information to and from these innovative products,
I recently had the opportunity to work on an interesting project. While most clients are content to manage their API landscape via Mule’s Cloudhub interface, one client was not. In this particular case, they had a sophisticated internal portal that their administrators used and they wanted to offer said
The text books are full of integration patterns and best practices. All worthy of study and the Holy Grail to which we aspire as solution architects, designers and developers. Then we encounter the real world where things just don’t work quite the way our training course and industry gurus
Batch Processing can be a complex beast to understand. Many a MuleSoft developer has fallen foul of the Batch. To the uninitiated, the Mule may appear anything from vaguely stubborn to downright obstinate when working with batch jobs for the first time. As is always the case, the Mule
One surefire way to remain unaffected by disruptors in your industry sector is to be the disruptor! Conventional wisdom dictates that this is easier for industry newcomers as they don’t have all the overhead of legacy systems and processes. This makes it easier for them to adopt new technologies and
Recently, I began to think about Business Integration Strategy in the, well — business — sense of the word. In my world, as a Mule Whisperer, I think of integration as helping companies to: digitally connect their systems collaborate with customers suppliers partners service vendors, and communicate with players across
Imminent project failure Averted! Sometimes even the best projects can suffer a devastating blow that leaves the team and stakeholders reeling. Such was a project that I worked on a few years back. It was a two-year development project that started off the back of the previous eighteen months of