The Two-in-One Solution for Enterprise and Cloud App Integration

Someone may have already advised you that an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) or an API management solution will solve your connectivity issues. But this advice is only partially accurate because you need both iPaaS and full lifecycle API management to meet the total integration requirements for enterprise systems. However, this doesn’t mean you must stretch your budget by purchasing two solutions to remedy one problem. This article will explain:

• The difference between the two solutions
• Why your technology stack needs both iPaaS and API Full Lifecycle management
• How you can get both solutions in one platform.

What Does iPaaS Stand for?

The acronym iPaaS stands for integration platform as a service. It allows you to build and deploy integrations among cloud applications and your in-house technology stacks. In other words, an enterprise iPaaS solution is a platform of cloud-based applications that facilitate connectivity among other cloud-based applications, software as a solution (SaaS), on-premises, and legacy applications. In addition, iPaaS does its job without any hardware or middleware support.

What Does Full Lifecycle API Management Mean?

To understand the definition of API management, you must understand the meaning of API and how API works. APIs are physical components that allow software systems to communicate according to protocols and definitions. For example, financial reporting software systems gather daily stock market activity. So, APIs will enable the stock market app on your cell phone to communicate with the financial reporting system and display stock market updates on your phone. So, APIs are the vessels that activate iPaaS solutions.

Full lifecycle API Management solutions are necessary to create and deploy APIs. They also grant the capacity to oversee, secure, and manage APIs through a single glass pane that ensures organization-wide visibility for troubleshooting and maintenance. As part of the package, API management solutions offer features such as API analytics, API design studios, and API stores.

Why iPaaS and Full Lifecycle API Management Are Essential to Your Organization

Now that you know what iPaaS stand for and how API management works, you can better understand why enterprises with ballooning technology stacks need the iPaaS solutions’ unique cloud-based integrations and the governance of full lifecycle API management systems. Since creating and deploying APIs without these two solutions would be messy at best, enterprise iPaaS and full lifecycle API management solutions must work in tandem to support a well-integrated data ecosystem.

Lumino, the All-in-One Integration Solution by Ariox

Fortunately, Ariox’s Lumino Platform has both iPaaS and full lifecycle API management in one platform with infinite possibilities. This next-generation iPaaS platform offers all the advantages of user-managed integration control and API management beyond any other iPaaS solution.

With the support of Lumino, your organization will have access to an entire suite of integration features for increasing automation and correspondence between systems without the need for manual data entry. As a result, your organization can provide faster logistics and response times, speedier data transmission, and enhanced efficiency. Get a demo today.