cisdal - integration solutions

simply integration

cisdal is an IT Consultancy based in Wellington, New Zealand. We specialise in designing, building and testing robust and reliable system integration solutions designed to work with and enhance your existing systems. Our integration solutions allow businesses to leverage their existing systems in new and inovative ways; or integrate new solutions and packages into their existing infrastructure. Our goal is to allow businesses to maximise their investment in their existing systems while still continuing to innovate.
We believe in simplicity	Keeping solutions as simple as possible is the key to delivering systems on time and on budget. We design integration solutions that meet your needs without over-engineering or over-complicating. Our goal is to build and deploy simple solutions as quickly as possible, allowing extensions to be added if, and only when, required.
We believe in understanding your business	Our business based approach means listening to you, and gaining an understanding of your business. This allows us to help you plan the integration solutions that will support your business now and in to the future. We will recommend the solutions that genuinely meet your needs rather than our own.
We believe in reuse	Most businesses have an enormous amount of money and time invested in their existing systems. Replacing large and complex systems in order to deliver new functionality is seldom a realistic option. We will look at how you can extend and enhance your existing systems through systems integration, rather than redesigning new systems from the ground up.

integration solutions

We can help you architect and implement the bridges connecting your existing systems, or connecting you with your partner's systems. We have extensive experience with Sun JCAPS, OpenESB, Websphere Partner Gateway, JBoss, JMS Grid and other bespoke integration solutions. We have implemented highly-available, high performance solutions for a variety of customers, each with unique integration demands.

We believe that it is important for integration solutions to be based on widely adopted standards. With the proliferation of standards, choosing the right ones to meet your needs, and the ones that will survive the test of time, can be a challenge. We can work with you to understand and implement solutions based on BPEL, ebXML/EBMS, JMS, JBI, AS2 and the various Web Service standards.

In addition to Java based Integration Solutions, we have a wealth of experience with Oracle to Oracle database integration primarily through the use of various Oracle packages.

cisdal message gateway

The Cisdal Message Gateway is an ebMS 2.0/AS2 compliant gateway designed to simplify integration with Trading Partners using gateways based on the same standards. The Cisdal Message Gateway is an extension to the Hermes 2.0 gateway, and abstracts the complexity of ebXML and AS2 from your internal applications. The Cisdal Message Gateway provides a simple set of interfaces existing applications can use to send and receive messages to a trading partner's gateway.

Our gateway is based on the assumptions that most messaging is in the form of simple text based documents (XML, CSV) and that many business interactions are request/response in nature. Your existing systems can interact with our gateway via Web Services, JMS, or several other interfaces.

In New Zealand, the Cisdal Message Gateway can be used to communicate with Telecom Chorus's and Telecom Wholesale's B2B Gateways. The Gateway has been fully tested to prove compliance with these gateways.

integration testing

Integration testing requires a unique skill set above and beyond what is required for conventional system testing. Apart from the unique technical challenges integration projects involve, integration projects also involve more complex build, deployment and release processes that must be proactively managed. Out Integration Test Managers understand these challenges and can work with you and your existing teams to develop strategies to ensure the quality of your solution.

our approach

We believe in a collaborative, agile approach. We will work closely with you to design your systems, and encourage a highly iterative approach with regular production releases. We also believe it is important that the business is fully engaged throughout the project so that the deliverables meet the genuine needs of the business.

Although Integration Solutions are naturally complex, they need to be kept as simple as possible. By working actively work with you to ensure your solution is not over-complicated we aim to ensure:

The minimum number of resources are involved: since extra resources add communication overhead
The system is maintainable because it can be understood by maintenance staff
Money and effort is not wasted building functionality that is never used
You can deliver solutions into production at the earliest opportunity

Sun Java Caps

Would you like more information regarding Sun's new suite of Integration Products including Open ESB, JCAPS 6 and Open MQ? Contact Us here

JBoss

JBoss offer a world class enterprise platform for integration solutions through their open source development model. Contact Us to find out more.

ebXML

Do you need to integrate with a Trading Partner using ebXML or AS2? Contact Us to find out how.