IT Ecosystems
What is an IT ecosystem?
An IT ecosystem is a term that refers to a collection of used software, a tech stack. An IT ecosystem, or tech stack, is a group of systems and applications that are necessary to ensure a business' optimal functioning. Depending on the type of business, its ecosystem will look one way or another since each business requires different systems to be integrated to automate processes.
However, what all IT ecosystems have in common is that they need an iPaaS at their core to connect all existing systems swiftly. With each new software solution that a business integrates with, managing these connections and the resulting data exchange becomes more challenging. Without a proper platform to integrate all these systems, the benefits of digital transformation and business automation are overshadowed by a significant problem: an entangled IT ecosystem.
What is an entangled IT ecosystem?
Although we already covered what an entangled IT ecosystem entails in the previous course, here’s a quick refresher: An entangled IT ecosystem consists of data silos and a jungle of crisscrossing data flows. It also involves many partially connected software solutions managed by multiple integration partners, overlapping and connecting disorganizedly. The main outcome of an entangled IT ecosystem is, among other things, the loss of critical information, which can seriously damage a company in many ways.
What are the repercussions of having an entangled IT ecosystem?
Data silos
Many disconnected custom-code integrations or third-party point-to-point connections fragment business data.
Lack of visibility
Custom solutions lack integration monitoring capabilities, resulting in notification problems when issues occur.
Negative business impact
Badly connected applications or manual troubleshooting results in lost orders, inaccurate data, and inefficient decision-making.
Not secure and compliant
Custom code integrations aren't conducive to being compliant with privacy regulations or establishing a secure IT ecosystem.
Stretched timelines
It isn't possible to quickly and cost-effectively connect old systems with new applications using custom code. Other repercussions are slowed or redundant processes, slower time-to-market, etc.
An IT ecosystem without Alumio:
An IT ecosystem with Alumio:
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As represented in the visual, when Alumio sits in the middle of the different systems that compose a business' IT ecosystem, there are no longer tangled data routes forming data silos that result in lost data and slowed operations. Instead, Alumio guarantees the optimal flow of information between systems, establishing streamlined data flows throughout the whole organization.
