"Together, IBM and Vodafone will use the power of the hybrid cloud to securely integrate critical business applications, driving business innovation – from agriculture to next- generation retail".
When farmers log into Ag-Analytics.Org, they can easily and securely integrate their data with the John Deere Operations Center with a few clicks.
However, this concept must evolve to meet the requirements of today's corporate landscape, where IT boundaries are blurring, driven by the need to securely integrate with partners, cloud and mobile applications.
In that scenario, enterprises can securely integrate with all their partners and suppliers.
"IBM is now able to offer clients the same program [we implemented internally] to easily and securely integrate Macs with their enterprise systems and applications," Previn explained.
This shift is possible because banks are opening their application programming interfaces, also known as APIs, to allow tech companies to securely integrate their services with those of a bank and vice versa.
IBM's value prop is essentially save money on legacy app support, securely integrate with third parties for implementations such as Blockchain and simply develop twelve-factor cloud-native applications in a microservices architecture.
By securely integrating source control management with build management software and a release management tool, the engineering teams automate the process of rapidly iterating through the build and release phases of software.
FeedHenry's mobile application platform – built between Ireland and the U.S. – helps businesses build mobile apps that integrate securely to their business through the cloud.
Powered by the API platform Plaid, Trim is able to integrate securely with 15,000 financial institutions across the U.S. to pull in credit or debit card data, or roughly 98percentt of the market.
