One of our most frequently asked questions is "How long is it going to take?" There is a misconception that it takes months and months to complete an integration conversion project, when it can take as little as seven weeks! There are several factors that affect the timeline, but let's lay out a scenario for a 284-hour conversion from Gentran:Server Windows to B2B Integrator.
This is my last blog in the series Key Components to B2B Integration (see below for links to previous posts in the series). Below is the graphic that I have used to represent the different components of B2B integration. The next topic is investigate.
I am continuing on my integration ladder with flow. My series started with Mapping - A Key Component Of B2B Integration, and continued with Transform And Translate - A Key Component Of B2B Integration, Communicate (Part 1) - A Key Component Of B2B Integration, and my last post, Communicate (Part 2) - A Key Component Of B2B Integration.
Several months ago, I started this blog series to give an overview of the products that are in the IBM® B2B Integration track and explain how they work together and what they do.
The series is based on the image below, which is my simplified version of the layers of B2B and data integration.
So far I've gone through mapping, transform/translate, and a portion of communicate. This post will be the second part of communicate, which focuses on IBM's Managed File Transfer products. These products can be stand-alone products or integrate with some of IBM's integration products.
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I took a hiatus from my IBM products review and now I am back to move to the next rung of the ladder….communicate.
For me, this is the most convoluted of all the areas of B2B integration. I think it is because I have been removed from the communications aspect of data integration for some time. Just looking at all the IBM products in the B2B Integration and Managed File Transfer product lines, made my head spin. For this reason, I'm going to split this blog into several to cover all the products.
