nTegrator Features

nTegrator has many unique features not seen in other data integration and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) products.

Structure.

nTegrator application systems that support business objectives and functions are made up of small, self-contained component programs that communicate with each other and pass data between themselves using XML-format messages. Applications can be run on one computer or distributed in a ‘geographically irrelevant’ manner across any number of devices connected through TCP/IP networks.

Applications are organized by business functions rather than according to technology boundaries. Data can be accessed in any form, from any data structure, anywhere. Data access is totally decoupled from business units.

Speed.

If a business function can be described as a model, then the model can be implemented directly without the need for additional system design or architecting. nTegrator applications are ‘assembled’ by dragging and dropping components into a logical functional structure. This can easily be done by business users without the involvement of IT specialists. Component development can be carried out in parallel with application assembly.

nTegrator dramatically reduces the time and effort needed to develop applications, to maintain them, and to modify them in response to the inevitable changes in the underlying business.

Flexibility.

Because of its ‘building block’ architecture, nTegrator adapts quickly to business needs and changes, system changes and emerging technologies by loosely coupling business logic to the architecture.

Reuse.

Many nTegrator components perform standard tasks that apply to different applications. Any component can be reused in any number of systems. Any ‘sub-assembly’ of components can be reused. The more applications an organization develops using nTegrator, the more opportunity there is for reuse.

nTegrator Benefits

Many complex integration and middleware products have been brought to market over the last twenty years. nTegrator trumps these technologies by applying a basic, component-based approach that dramatically simplifies an otherwise daunting problem. By taking this approach, nTegrator provides a ubiquitous and accessible solution to very large scale integration challenges. The nTegrator approach greatly simplifies the technology barrier to integration.

nTegrator allows an entirely different approach to integration:

1. Traditional application integration solutions link existing complex applications in to a common infrastructure. The nTegrator approach is designed to allow for smaller, modular functionality that can be assembled and reassembled into business processes.
2. Most traditional application integration technologies are designed to form discrete, pre-specified connections. nTegrator enables open-ended, one-to-many connections.
3. The traditional integration approach is an “all or nothing” solution requiring significant commitment of dollars and time resources. nTegrator can be deployed in incremental steps with considerable savings in cost and effort.
4. Unlike most other EAI products, nTegrator does not use a ‘hub’ model.