Mashed Potatoes or Mashups

Mashed Potatoes or Mashups

Thanksgiving is here, development teams are winding down and freezing their code, and thoughts are moving towards the holidays (turkey and mashed potatoes), not mashups. Interestingly enough, the two have more in common than you might think. The original Thanksgiving...
Maximize Your RPA Investment

Maximize Your RPA Investment

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) emerged from a need to perform repetitive business functions that many times required interaction with a mainframe. Rudimentary programs were paired with screen scraping technology to perform repetitive business functions that were not...
What to Consider Before API-Enabling the Mainframe

What to Consider Before API-Enabling the Mainframe

The idea of integrating the mainframe more widely is not new; it has gone through numerous iterations including messaging middleware, ESBs, and SOA before arriving at APIs. The lessons learned can drastically shortcut the effort to API-enable the mainframe while...
The Role of API Middleware

The Role of API Middleware

In essence, the API Middleware layer plays a similar role as middleware plays in other IT solutions. It sits between the client level and the systems of record, translating the desires of the client into execution within the core systems of record. Typical roles of...