In this blog post, we introduce you to another comprehensive solution from IBM’s Cloud® Pak opus. IBM Cloud® Paks are AI-powered software solutions that help organizations build, modernize, and manage applications securely across any cloud. In other words, they provide you with a more secured way to move business operations to cloud services.

IBM Cloud Pak for Integration gives you the complete, flexible integration capabilities you need to create a differentiated and personalized user experience. In other words,CP4I supports the speed, flexibility, security and scale required for your integration and digital transformation initiatives, and comes pre-integrated with a set of features including API lifecycle, application and data integration, messaging and events, high speed transmission and security integration.

Cloud Pak for Integration includes the following capabilities

• API Lifecycle Management – Quickly secure and manage your entire API ecosystem in multiple clouds
• Application and data integration – Integrate applications and data no matter where they live
•  Enterprise messages – receive the information you need when you need it
• Event Streaming – Build intelligent applications that respond to real-time events
• Fast data transfer – Move data of any size around the world at maximum speed
• Secure gateway – Create a permanent, encrypted connection between environments

Use cases

Banking – Financial institutions must be ahead of the competition and increase customer loyalty. Sending real-time event-based alerts allows users to receive relevant information when and where they need it. Cloud Pak for Integration enables banks to use unused data, take advantage of real-time data insights, and create user-friendly experiences.

Retail – Companies are always looking for ways to increase sales in their classic stores. For example, in order to build customer loyalty, they need to unlock data from a variety of sources including past purchases, geographic information, seasonal trends, and physical inventory of the store.

Many companies take advantage of cloud platforms and capabilities such as API lifecycle management and application integration to consolidate all of this data to create personalized services and offerings.