Integration
Microsoft BizTalk Server
This is the second article in my series on IoT for Software developers. Read Part 1 https://alliedc.com/iot-for-software-developers-part-1-re-kindelling-old-flames/ I trace my journey from embedded developer to Enterprise Integration Architect to IoT Consultant. IoT is many things to many people. If you look at the diagram in my last post, that gives you a pretty good idea of […]
Many MANY years ago when I graduated, my first love was embedded electronics. Making little gadgets out of micro-controllers and a few components. The thought of making the devices talk to each other to make life easier/cooler in some way was always a fascination. I suspect that is the case with most people involved in […]
A client recently asked us to integrate scanned documents with information in their ERP (Sage X3). The requirement was to read documents similar to the ones below, parse information out of them, arbitrate through a user if we can’t read something automatically, run some business rules on it and integrate it with the ERP and […]
CIOs or organizations and owners of small consulting firms are usually people of the same age group (education, interests etc.). Yet a comparison between them reveals some interesting patterns which in turn explain some of the conflicts that arise between them. In a corporate culture that extensively promotes outsourcing of IT to consulting firms both […]
B2B supply chains will keep expanding, given the enormous scale of niche suppliers entering into existing B2B supply chains. As the number of suppliers and customers of large B2B firms keep growing, so does the fragmentation of data that resides across the whole supply chain. This is where the integration of EDI will help you […]
The wholesale industry is divided into two main sectors, the durable and non-durable wholesale goods industry. SAP, a global company dealing in enterprise software, frames the main challenges of a wholesale supplier into three categories. Maintaining adequate inventory to meet demand Minimizing the cash dedicated in stock Maintaining a high service level To address the […]
Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX) is an industry standard that regulates the exchange of information between suppliers and customers in the petroleum industry. These include standards to regulate Purchase Orders, Invoices, Shipments and Catalogs among other things. Many companies in the O&G industry are also now choosing to get on e-commerce gateways like OilDex, ADP […]
A template for BizTalk Mapping and analysis provided by Allied Consultants Mapper from Allied Consultants
As the number of systems in organizations grow, keeping a consistent and integrated view of the entire organization is becoming increasingly challenging. The problem seems set to last as the number of vendors and product options grows and these become more and more specialized. If you aren’t sure if you need an integration solution, here are […]
System Integration testing is a phase of most projects where a component is connected to other external systems and an enterprise view of a solution emerges that spans across modules, systems and people-organizations. This phase of most projects is notoriously difficult to complete on time and budget. This phase varies from the Integration Testing (IT) […]