More and more financial institutions are partnering with fintechs and leveraging Application Program Interfaces (APIs) to attract new prospects and to delight current consumers through unprecedented Customer Experience (CX). APIs offer a bridge between systems while paving a digital path to a connected financial ecosystem.

The institutions that are able to drive this digital transformation successfully, do not think of these capabilities as additional channels and services. Rather, these institutions understand that they must move from a vision of banking as a physical network of branches and ATMs, to a digital platform, comprising core capabilities such as account servicing and the provision of financial products that can be accessed wherever, and whenever, customers wish.

Cloud-based integration solutions, also known as iPaaS (integration platform-as-a-service), are growing in popularity across the private sector to accelerate digital transformation goals and ultimately replace on-premises integration and the aging, costly infrastructure needed to support it.

More than 1,100 private sector companies already use MuleSoft’s iPaaS version of Anypoint Platform for designing, developing, and managing APIs and integrations. However, government options for iPaaS have been limited to date due to FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) compliance standards required for usage in the federal government. Likewise at state and local levels, FedRAMP Authorization provides a level of vetting and trust needed for cloud-based integration of their sensitive data.

MuleSoft has been working to address this problem by launching our Government Cloud, the first FedRAMP compliant environment in a single runtime engine designed for government agencies to develop, deploy, manage, and monitor integrations and APIs in the cloud.

Today, government IT teams are expected to deliver more services with fewer resources. Consequently, many agencies have prioritized legacy modernization, interoperability and shared service models as a means towards increasing IT delivery capacity.

But those approaches are easier talked about than executed. As agencies embark on legacy modernization, it becomes imperative to open up the existing technology so that new innovations can be delivered as needed in a secure way.

In this guide, produced in partnership with Govloop, we will discuss

• A five-play roadmap to help those in government get a better sense of where to start on modernization projects.
• An overview of the Information Technology Modernization Fund (ITMF).
• Featured government success stories highlighting their modernization projects.
• The IT Modernization Lifecycle, based on the recent report by the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council.

Evolving citizen and constituent expectations have created the imperative for government to digitally transform. Delivering on digital transformation grows more challenging by the year, as the proliferation of modern technologies (e.g. SaaS, mobile, IoT) forces IT teams to rethink how to best deliver projects to their constituents and deliver on their mission.

Microservices have emerged as a means through which government IT teams can increase project delivery speed without compromising on security. This whitepaper discusses the role microservices can play in government, and how API-led connectivity helps agencies to more effectively and securely implement a microservices architecture.

Readers will learn:

• Why government IT teams must move beyond point-to-point integration.
• How API-led connectivity supports microservices adoption in government.
• How government can use MuleSoft’s FedRAMP In Process integration platform to rapidly develop APIs and microservices.

As the leading CRM system, Salesforce can accelerate and increase sales, enhance customer loyalty, and grow marketing capabilities. But how can businesses extend Salesforce to streamline business processes and maximize services and solutions?

Effective and efficient integration of Salesforce with adjacent enterprise systems — such as databases, ERP and CRM systems, and custom applications — is critical to enabling sales teams, increasing revenue, and better serving customers. Across the broad spectrum of Salesforce integration needs, patterns emerge for how to best address integration challenges. Integration patterns are the most logical sequence of steps to solving a specific type of integration problem.

Learn how to synchronize CRM systems, migrate from legacy CRM systems, broadcast ERP data into your CRM system, and more. Download the whitepaper now.

Launched in 2015, SAP S/4HANA represents a major step forward in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. However, with this change, SAP is ending support for SAP ERP in 2025, requiring existing customers to upgrade to S/4HANA.

Given the complexities of modern IT landscapes, migrating to S/4HANA represents the largest migration and integration exercise most organizations will undertake. Unfortunately, legacy approaches are no longer fit for purpose, resulting in the following challenges:

1. Risky go-live due to lack of cutover flexibility.
2. Cost overruns as development, testing, and training requirements exceed projections.
3. Increased implementation time as design, data migration and external systems integration are delayed.

Legacy systems, which form the backbone of many enterprises, are holding organizations back from leveraging new digital technologies and creating new experiences for their customers, stakeholders, and partners. Many organizations find it difficult to modernize or extend their legacy systems in a way that enables them to create an IT strategy that supports the quick adoption of newer technologies such as cloud, big data, IoT, and mobile.

When they do attempt to modernize their legacy systems, many organizations connect new systems to their legacy databases and software with point-to-point integration–– leading to tight dependencies between systems and creating a brittle, costly, hard-to-maintain infrastructure. For a better legacy modernization strategy, organizations must move beyond point-to-point integration and embrace an API based integration strategy: API-led connectivity.

Forrester Total Economic Impact (TEI) study found enterprise customers realize 445% ROI with MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform over three years. Download this report for an analysis of the total value of integration for enterprise customers.

Key customer benefits:

• $7.8M in benefits within three years.
• 4X projects worked on over three years.
• 90% developer time freed from maintaining APIs and integrations.
• The Total Economic Impact™ Of MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting, August 2019.

As the leading CRM system, Salesforce can accelerate and increase sales, enhance customer loyalty, and grow marketing capabilities. But how can businesses extend Salesforce to streamline business processes and maximize services and solutions?

Effective and efficient integration of Salesforce with adjacent enterprise systems — such as databases, ERP and CRM systems, and custom applications — is critical to enabling sales teams, increasing revenue, and better serving customers. Across the broad spectrum of Salesforce integration needs, patterns emerge for how to best address integration challenges. Integration patterns are the most logical sequence of steps to solving a specific type of integration problem.

Learn how to synchronize CRM systems, migrate from legacy CRM systems, broadcast ERP data into your CRM system, and more. Download the whitepaper now.

Launched in 2015, SAP S/4HANA represents a major step forward in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. However, with this change, SAP is ending support for SAP ERP in 2025, requiring existing customers to upgrade to S/4HANA.

Given the complexities of modern IT landscapes, migrating to S/4HANA represents the largest migration and integration exercise most organizations will undertake. Unfortunately, legacy approaches are no longer fit for purpose, resulting in the following challenges:

1. Risky go-live due to lack of cutover flexibility.
2. Cost overruns as development, testing, and training requirements exceed projections.
3. 3. Increased implementation time as design, data migration and external systems integration are delayed.

Legacy systems, which form the backbone of many enterprises, are holding organizations back from leveraging new digital technologies and creating new experiences for their customers, stakeholders, and partners. Many organizations find it difficult to modernize or extend their legacy systems in a way that enables them to create an IT strategy that supports the quick adoption of newer technologies such as cloud, big data, IoT, and mobile.

When they do attempt to modernize their legacy systems, many organizations connect new systems to their legacy databases and software with point-to-point integration–– leading to tight dependencies between systems and creating a brittle, costly, hard-to-maintain infrastructure. For a better legacy modernization strategy, organizations must move beyond point-to-point integration and embrace an API based integration strategy: API-led connectivity.

Today, government IT teams are expected to deliver more services with fewer resources. Consequently, many agencies have prioritized legacy modernization, interoperability and shared service models as a means towards increasing IT delivery capacity.

But those approaches are easier talked about than executed. As agencies embark on legacy modernization, it becomes imperative to open up the existing technology so that new innovations can be delivered as needed in a secure way.

In this guide, produced in partnership with Govloop, we will discuss

• A five-play roadmap to help those in government get a better sense of where to start on modernization projects.
• An overview of the Information Technology Modernization Fund (ITMF).
• Featured government success stories highlighting their modernization projects.
• The IT Modernization Lifecycle, based on the recent report by the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council.

In the wake of recent legislative pressures and the formation of the Digital Transformation Agency, Australian state and federal government agencies face an imperative to deliver superior digital services to employees and citizens without a corresponding increase in budget. As a result, many agencies have turned to IT modernisation as a means of driving more cost-effective digital transformation.

The key to successful execution of digital transformation initiatives depends on a new approach to integration and API strategy called API-led connectivity.

In this whitepaper, you will learn:

• Why Australian government agencies must change how they deliver IT projects, and the role integration and an API strategy play in supporting the modernisation of government IT.
• How to build out an API-led architecture within a government agency to realise 2-5x increases in IT productivity.
• How best practice from initiatives like Service NSW provide a model for government agencies to pursue digital transformation and government IT modernisation.

Evolving citizen and constituent expectations have created the imperative for government to digitally transform. Delivering on digital transformation grows more challenging by the year, as the proliferation of modern technologies (e.g. SaaS, mobile, IoT) forces IT teams to rethink how to best deliver projects to their constituents and deliver on their mission.

Microservices have emerged as a means through which government IT teams can increase project delivery speed without compromising on security. This whitepaper discusses the role microservices can play in government, and how API-led connectivity helps agencies to more effectively and securely implement a microservices architecture.

Readers will learn:

• Why government IT teams must move beyond point-to-point integration.
• How API-led connectivity supports microservices adoption in government.
• How government can use MuleSoft’s FedRAMP In Process integration platform to rapidly develop APIs and microservices.

IT teams across industries face growing pressure to deliver projects faster while reducing costs. All too often, dated legacy systems hinder IT’s ability to accomplish either of these objectives. Legacy systems can also slow the speed at which IT can deliver new projects to support the business. For these reasons, legacy modernization has emerged as a key strategic imperative. But where should organizations start? One large global bank provides a detailed blueprint for how large enterprises can do so.

Read this legacy modernization blueprint to learn:

• The bank’s legacy modernization strategy, and how they used Anypoint Platform.
• Best practices for modernizing legacy SOA web services.
• How to think about re-architecting monolithic applications into microservices.
• The role that APIs play in driving an effective legacy modernization strategy.