Cloud-based data integration allows organizations to connect on-premises and cloud-based applications or data sources using pre-built connectors with the management infrastructure hosted by a solution provider. The solution provider manages the software, including patching and software upgrades, which reduces the IT effort for the client organization.
Cloud-based data integration can be extended to support new collaboration models such as integration-as-a-service (IaaS) and integration-platform-as-a-service (iPaaS), which make a single multi-tenant data integration system available to multiple business partners on a subscription basis.
Why is Cloud-Based Data Integration Important?
Vor dem Aufkommen der Cloud Datenintegration mussten die IT-Abteilungen der Unternehmen Hardware in ihren Rechenzentren anschaffen, lizenzierte Software beschaffen und die Software installieren und warten. Als sich Cloud-Anwendungen durchsetzten und Unternehmen ihre bestehenden Anwendungen in die Cloud verlagerten und neue Anwendungen erstellten, haben sich die Unternehmen natürlich für cloudbasierte Infrastrukturlösungen entschieden. Cloud-Lösungen senken die Verwaltungskosten, erhöhen die Serviceverfügbarkeit und unterstützen eine abonnementbasierte Preisgestaltung, so dass der Erwerb von Servern, die Beschaffung von Lizenzen und die Wartung der Software in On-Premises-Rechenzentren entfallen.
Hauptmerkmale einer cloudbasierten Integrationslösung
Die Funktionen einer cloudbasierten Integrationslösung variieren. Nachfolgend sind einige wesentliche Merkmale aufgeführt.
Data Connectors
Data integration solutions have a primary purpose of connecting disparate data sources and applications. To do this, such solutions include pre-built connectors to different data formats, including files, data streams, and applications.
Data Pipeline Orchestration
Visual workflow design tools help construct data flows from data sources to the target analytic system. A library of reusable components makes it easy to build data pipelines without coding custom scripts.
Flexible Integration Architecture
The integration platform needs to support traditional point-to-point connections in addition to bus-based and hub and spoke-based connection models.
Scheduling
Managing the movement of data across hundreds of point-to-point integrations is not scalable and is expensive to manage. Integration solutions should provide a centralized view of all data pipelines to allow IT to schedule and pause data movements.
Streamed Data
Data that needs to be shared in real-time, such as stock price changes, need to be shared as changes occur. Stream management services such as Kafka allow client applications to subscribe to data streams. Advanced integrations need to support such pull-based and pushed-based data streams.
Central Management
Managing a web of interconnected applications, data sources, and data warehouses is complex. Integration solutions can ease this process by monitoring integrations, logging exceptions, and alerting IT about failures.
Role-Based Security
Durch die Möglichkeit, die Erstellung und Verwaltung von Integrationen auf der Grundlage von Geschäftsfunktionen und Rollen zu delegieren, wird das cloudbasierte Integrationsmanagement für die IT-Abteilung und die Geschäftsbereiche, die die Integration nutzen, leichter zugänglich. Wenn verschiedene Geschäftspartner eine Integration gemeinsam nutzen, ist es wichtig, starke Authentifizierungsregeln für die Zugriffskontrolle zu verwenden. Daten, die der Einhaltung von Vorschriften wie HIPAA oder GDPR unterliegen, erfordern zusätzliche Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zum Schutz der Privatsphäre.
Flexibler Einsatz
Große Unternehmen brauchen mitunter ein Jahrzehnt oder länger, um den Übergang zur Cloud zu vollziehen. Daher profitieren sie von Integrationslösungen, die sowohl vor Ort als auch über mehrere öffentliche Clouds hinweg betrieben werden können.
Data Integration Use Cases
Below are real-world use cases of integration solutions provided by Actian DataConnect:
- Hannover Re uses DataConnect to collect data from regional offices around the globe and provide a consolidated view. The insights gained from the consolidated view allow the sales team to build credibility and trust from customers by sharing regional and industry-specific benchmark data.
- FICO uses DataConnect to integrate data into its internal applications.
- ADP uses DataConnect to connect to and transform data feeds from its partners and customers.
- Xactly uses DataConnect to enable its customers to pull critical data into the Xactly Incent solution for analysis.
- GE Oil & Gas nutzt Actian Business Xchange, einen cloudbasierten Integrationsdienst, um interne Geschäftsprozesse zu rationalisieren und Handelspartner schnell einzubinden, um Zahlungen schneller zu erhalten.
Vorteile der cloudbasierten Datenintegration
The benefits of cloud-based data integration include:
- Provides pre-built connectors to hundreds of file formats, application APIs, and streamed data managers.
- Simplifies management of data pipelines through centralized monitoring and administration.
- Supports subscription-based pricing that uses operational budgets.
- Eliminates the need to procure, install, and maintain integration software.
- Replaces ad hoc, point-to-point integrations with more advanced bud- and hub-based alternatives.
- Enables secure cross-company data integrations, including industry-specific exchanges.
- Provides a foundation for component-based application architectures.
Actian and the Data Intelligence Platform
Actian Data Intelligence Platform is purpose-built to help organizations unify, manage, and understand their data across hybrid environments. It brings together metadata management, governance, lineage, quality monitoring, and automation in a single platform. This enables teams to see where data comes from, how it’s used, and whether it meets internal and external requirements.
Through its centralized interface, Actian supports real-time insight into data structures and flows, making it easier to apply policies, resolve issues, and collaborate across departments. The platform also helps connect data to business context, enabling teams to use data more effectively and responsibly. Actian’s platform is designed to scale with evolving data ecosystems, supporting consistent, intelligent, and secure data use across the enterprise. Request your personalized demo.
