Articles and guides on system integration, APIs, automation and iPaaS platforms.
AI & agents7 min read
A practical guide to AI agents for integration teams: agents vs chatbots vs workflows, tools and MCP, grounding, guardrails, human approval, cost, and how to compare platforms.
API management6 min read
A practical guide to API management: the building blocks, the signs you need it, common mistakes and how to compare tools such as Boomi, Azure, Apigee and Kong.
Application integration7 min read
A practical guide to application integration: the building blocks, when you need a platform, common mistakes and how to compare tools such as Boomi, Logic Apps, MuleSoft and Workato.
DevOps & operations6 min read
Environments, versioning, CI/CD, per-environment configuration, approvals, monitoring and runbooks: how to build, release and operate integrations reliably.
Architecture & patterns7 min read
Point-to-point vs hub, sync vs async, request-reply, pub/sub, batch vs real-time, canonical models and idempotency: the patterns behind reliable integrations, and when to use each.
Security & identity8 min read
How to secure system-to-system integrations: service identities, OAuth 2.0, certificates, secrets rotation, encryption, safe logging, GDPR and network controls.
Testing & quality7 min read
Why integrations are hard to test, the levels of testing, test data and masking, mocking external systems, contract and regression testing, and how to compare testing tools.