Application Integration Technologies Primer

Application Integration Technologies Primer

The drop zone concept is to export a data file from a source environment into a neutral area (file folder) that the target application retrieves and reads.  The direct connect model leverages application program interface (API) modules.  There is an API specific to the source and target applications.  These APIs talk to each other. Then there is the enterprise service bus (EBS), referred to as the “hub and spoke” model.  BizTalk from Microsoft and WebSphere from IBM were some of the solutions developed years ago that popularized the hub and spoke idea...

Read More

What’s the Difference between Autodesk Vault and Aras Innovator?

What’s the Difference between Autodesk Vault and Aras Innovator?

As a long time partner to Autodesk, we have in recent years developed integrations technologies that bridge Vault with other applications.  In particular, this has been facilitated by Vault Connect, a solution marketed and sold by Autodesk.  Given our work with Aras, we encounter prospects that also use and/or are considering the use of Vault.  As a result, it not uncommon to get the question … “what’s the difference between Autodesk Vault and Aras Innovator?”

 

Read More