In this slide deck, Forrester VP and Principal Analyst John R. Rymer explores the new integration foundations, how to get started today, and how to prepare for the future. Watch video: https://wso2.com/library/conference/2018/07/wso2con-usa-2018-integration-is-the-new-app-foundation/

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Is Integration The New Foundation for
Apps?
John R. Rymer, VP, Principal Analyst
July 18, 2018

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Me
Coverage: Public cloud platforms, low-code platforms,
modern application development and delivery
Role focus: Application development & delivery pros
Experience: 28 years in software industry, mostly as an
industry analyst

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Modern apps are distributed,
meaning integration must now be
built in, not bolted on.

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Why torture ourselves with more distributed systems?
Scale &
performance
Openness
Access to
innovation
Speed &
Flexibility

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Obvious use
case #1: IoT
Source: “IoT Delivery Best Practice: Design An Event-Based Data Architecture” Forrester report.

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Obvious use case #2: Business process
Source: Genpact
Integration
& process

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Less obvious use case: Embedded analytics
Source: “The New Generation Of Embedded BI Will Close The Insights-To-Action Gap” Forrester report

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And modern software delivery
Source: “Use DevOps And Supply Chain Principles To Automate Application Delivery Governance” Forrester report
Continuous
integration
subprocess

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Emerging use
case:
Microservices
designs
Source: “Designing Microservice Apps For Containers And Cloud Platforms” Forrester report.

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Built-in integration means
integration technology is the new
app foundation.

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Integration is the
foundation of
these use cases
Image
Connect
Communicate
Coordinate
Control

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New integration
patterns are
coming on
strong
Source: Forrester Business Technographics Developer Survey, 2018; n = 3,228
Which of the following
are true about your
organization's dominant
approaches to /
strategies for application
architecture and
integration? Usage of established integration techniques
Usage of new integration techniques

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A new era brings new app foundations …
Operating
system
Database
Application
Server
Microservices
& Containers
Time
Architecturaldistribution
Cloud era
Web era
Client/server
era
Host era

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… as well as integration techniques and tech
Operating
system
Database
Application
Server
Time
Scale&scope
Messaging,
events, trust
Distributed
objects, SOA
EAI, ETL,
connectors
EDI, MFT,
LAN
Microservices
& Containers

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Built-in integration means we’ll need
new people, processes, and
products to succeed.

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Integration is a design center for digital business
Source: “A Developer's Guide To Forrester's Strategies For Integration And Digital Business Platforms” Forrester report.

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Start thinking in
business
scenarios, not
silos
An Insight-to-Action Cycle
Source: “The Dawn Of Digital Decisioning” Forrester report

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Expand your integration portfolio
Source: 2018 and 2018 Forrester BT Software Surveys

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Seek application platforms with built-in integration
Scale &
secure
Open
Address
new
services
Raise
developer
productivity
Requirements

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Build events into the programming model
Source: Vendors and “Demystifying Serverless Computing” Forrester report.
High coders Low coders No coders

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Integration development jobs will hollow out
Source: Based on “How The AI Era Will Hollow Out Software Development” Forrester report.
1. Integration
absorbed by
developers
2. Automation
simplifies some
integration tasks
3. Delegate simple
integration to
business people
• Event-based
app specialists
• Distributed
systems
developers

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And governance becomes more distributed
Operating
system
Database
Application
Server
Time
Scale&scope
Decentralized
to gain agility
Connectors
SkillsFormat &
protocol
standards
Microservices
& Containers
Centralized to leverage …

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Developers SME
s
High
code
No
code
Low
code
Architecture, Engineering & Support
Common Services
Catalog & Community
Application Change Management
Composition & assembly require support

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When you leave the conference …
›Managers
• Plot your integration labor and skills strategy.
• Bake integration into your digital business strategy and roadmap.
• Fund a composition/assembly pilot traversing your silos.
›Developers
• Experiment, learn, develop new expertise …
• In business domains of value.

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Thank you
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John R. Rymer
@johnrrymer
jrymer@forrester.com
With
Henry Peyret, Randy Heffner,
Jeffrey Hammond, Christopher
Condo, Boris Evelson, Rob
Koplowitz

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Extra slides
Not included in presentation

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Apps founded on integration will
drive new people, process, and
products.

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New integration patterns are coming on strong

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Build integration into the programming model
Source: Vendors and “Demystifying Serverless Computing” Forrester report.

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Take advantage of category convergence
Source: “The Future Of B2B Integration” Forrester report.
B2B Integration Segments