webMethods Integration Platform

webMethods Integration Platform is a single platform of integration with the developed opportunities of automation and monitoring of business processes. Provides integration and management of applications, mobile devices, services, Big Data and API interfaces. Works in any environment: in a cloud and on own equipment.

2019: Variety of opportunities for integration

According to information for August, 2019 webMethods supports extensive library of cloud and local adapters (160+) and implements the drag&drop mechanism for integration with webMethods of the most various applications, bases and data recording systems. On mobile, cloud and IoT-platforms. Thanks to the built-in BigMemory mechanism, the platform digests any amounts of data in real time, and its integration with Zementis (platform of operational deployment of the analytical models created by artificial intelligence techniques) realizes the potential of all saved-up business data in the solutions on the basis of AI, machine learning or forecasting.

Using a linking of webMethods Dynamic Apps Platform and webMethods RPA, developers receive completely integrated, powerful tool kit for any kind of automation: from simple workflows to difficult robotic initiatives in scales of all enterprise.

WebMethods JIS packet easily and quickly integrates mainframe IT infrastructure with the Internet and mobile devices. Without any changes in the existing program code. The JIS mechanism quickly joins "green screens" of mainframes with modern interfaces. As a result users interact with mainframes like IBM iSeries via the normal web browser.

Cloud integration

The above-mentioned belongs, generally to local integration. As for cloud, in webMethods AgileApps Cloud and Integration Cloud are responsible for it.

AgileApps Cloud, the platform of cloud applicaions (aPaaS), provides to developers a set of construction blocks: applications can be designed visually, but not to write in the code. Process of creating applications becomes simpler, and [[B </security|B</безопасность]] increases (influence of a human factor decreases: the programmer practically does not write the code, opportunities to be mistaken less).

Integration Cloud represents a multifunction multicloud integration platform (iPaaS). It allows the enterprises quickly and to easily join the IT- assets with cloud applicaions (Salesforce Google Apps Amazon Web Services). Both in the hybrid scenarios "cloud — a cloud", and in "a cloud — the local environment". Integration Cloud creates integration projects in a full-function development environment on a basis Eclipse.

Strategy of Lift & Shift

That process of migration of corporate IT systems in a cloud took place quickly, smoothly and without serious consequences (without suspension), and the result turned out flexible, webMethods Integration Cloud implements the strategy of migration of Lift & Shift.

Integration Cloud supports the containers Docker and packs already existing integration services constructed based on webMethods into separate Docker-containers, scales them under needs of business and starts in Integration Cloud. Without need to recreate from scratch all business logic. All this can be done directly of the browser. It is important that the solution of standard tasks for strategy implementation of Lift & Shift does not require big skills in programming: in the browser webMethods Integration Cloud interface the mechanism of the so-called supervised development — with masters and templates is implemented.

Integration by forces of the decentralized DevOps-command

webMethods DevOps Edition will be useful to implementation of difficult projects which the qualified DevOps-group can do only. It creates the decentralized DevOps-commands and keeps much-needed integration in focus.

DevOps Edition allows developers to create and edit the code from any place in the world — from the personal PC or the notebook. At the same time an opportunity to start the automated tests in a direct system is not lost. For testing the special framework is used, it accelerates development process and improves quality of the code, does not allow "corrections" to break already working code. The last is protected also thanks to VCS plug-ins (Version Control System; version management system) in DevOps Edition.

Lightweight rantime-environment for microservices

During integration quite often there is a need for carrying out decomposition of a monolith of already existing IT system. The purpose — implementation in the form of separate microservices. The integration webMethods platform contains the lightweight scalable rantime-environment for microservices: webMethods MSC (Microservices Container). It is compatible to Docker and Kubernetes. The dynamic webMethods MSC configuration separates an image of a container from its configuration therefore the same Docker-image can be used in different environments.

In need of webMethods MSC it is possible to use several programming languages at once. webMethods MSC is delivered with several hundred preset useful API, services, frameworks. Supports EDA (Event-Driven Architecture; event - the focused architecture) and a grid-data management system in memories and also open standards, standards of security and data transfer protocols for implementation of modern applications. The microservices unrolled in webMethods MSC support hot swap: they can be changed safely directly during operation a container, without reset of the server. Microservices by the nature of the architecture constantly need interconnections to different applications, data sources and technologies of information storage — webMethods MSC provides to the developer a full range of adapters for support of the most modern standards, such as OData, REST, SOAP.

API interfaces

webMethods API Management Platform, with its API Portal and API Gateway components, provides complex tool kit for development of an ecosystem of API interfaces: managements of all lifecycle of API interfaces, observations of their state of health and wellbeing and trackings of dependences between different API.

API Portal gives to third-party developers the chance to find all available API at the enterprise.

API Gateway allows to create interfaces on the basis of REST, Swagger (Open API), web sockets and JSON schemes.

OpenAPI v3 support is implemented, with all its specifications — it considerably increases security of API interfaces. API Gateway configures secure access to the IT resources — for third-party developers, partners and other consumers. That those, by means of API, could address IT resources of the enterprise from the web applications, mobile applications and IoT-applications.

API Gateway supports API hybrids which represent a chain of the integrated API calls. Some links of a chain of an API hybrid can be caused in parallel, but the answer is provided uniform; The API hybrid itself resolves all issues of synchronization. It is possible to make changes to interfaces in the hot mode, without suspension of the server and idle times in service. Thanks to the fact that API Gateway supports OpenAPI v3 asynchronous API are created. For them it is possible to set callbacks and, thus, to implement event model. The REST API interfaces can react to events through JMS (Java Message Service) and AMPQ (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol; expanded protocol of the organization of a message queue).

2015: Representation of webMethods Integration Platform

On May 28, 2015 the Software AG company the Platform provided webMethods Integration Platform — the middleware integrating all product portfolio of Software AG into the uniform DBP platform (Digital Business Platform; platform of digital business).

webMethods Integration Platform offers ample opportunities, integrating applications, B2B-technologies and cloud services, devices, processes and data. In its structure there are management tools of API, file transfer, master data, SOA and a full range of tools for work with mobile applications.

Properties

• Connection of any system or separate applications
• Data exchange between systems
• Safe connection mobile and the SaaS-applications with corporate systems
• Use of one gateway B2B for connection of all trading partners
• Dissemination of information and applications among employees, clients and partners in any place
• Use of the existing services and systems for acceleration of an output of products and services on the market
• Fast adaptation to the new and changing business needs — for example, to new rules, merges, mobile applications and cloud integration
• Stimulation of innovations using management of API, provision of services and management of them
• Use of mobile opportunities in IT infrastructure
• Use of the operating resources for reduction of TCO
• Cost reduction and failure of compromises as for integration
• Elimination of the excess or unnecessary systems of acquired companies
• Improvement of risk management and compliance to regulatory requirements posredsvy one version of shared data.

Specific Features

• Connection of separate applications
• Databases, user, package and mainframes-applications can interact and communicate with ease.
• Cutting of costs for service
• Time and cost of integration of new applications is reduced, eliminating complex point couplings.
• Acceleration of an output of applications to the market
• Analysis of Big Data
• The in-memory databases integrating data from different sources are supported, guaranteeing at the same time their accuracy.
• Support of corporate mobile applications
• Providing data and functions for start of the protected, well managed mobile business applications.
• Improvement of partner relationship
• Use of advantages of unique data
• API is provided to third-party developers for creation of new applications and involvement of customers.

2007: Purchase of webMethods by Software AG company

In 2007 the Software AG company purchased the webMethods platform.

1996: webMethods exit

The webMethods platform was issued in 1996. She thought as a possibility of interaction of separate software products in real time (by means of HTTP and XML). Afterwards technologies such were called web services. XML-RPC and WIDL (Web Interface Definition Language; language of the description of web interfaces), created on the webMethods platform, laid the foundation for SOAP and WSDL (Web Services Description Language; web services description language).