OpenLegacy today announced its new Cloud Solution, version 3.0 of its platform, for rapid, secure integration and delivery of back-end systems to the cloud.

"With this new version of OpenLegacy's platform, it is easier than ever for companies to offer digitally delivered services quickly, securely and with all of the management features they need," said Romi Stein, CEO of OpenLegacy.  

"IT teams have invested years and budgets in their Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) architectures to connect back-end systems to each other and the rest of the world, but these systems are not necessarily cloud ready," said Zeev Avidan, Vice President of Product Management for OpenLegacy. "Some of these architectures, even those recently implemented, are already considered 'legacy,' since they are not API based or cloud enabled. Our goal with the Cloud Solution is to enable back-end systems of all types - from mainframes to web services platforms - to be able to provide secure, managed, scalable and robust cloud APIs and to deploy within an extremely short timeframe. By combining application integration and delivery capabilities with an automated approach, we believe that we've achieved exactly that goal."

With OpenLegacy's new Cloud Solution, enterprises can move to the cloud quickly, easily, and securely, gaining lightweight integration with standard APIs. It offers all the necessary components for both integration and delivery on one platform, dramatically speeding time-to-market by eliminating the need for complicated, expensive integration platforms. Benefits of the solution include:

Flexible Integration - Enterprises can determine the best method to integrate their back-end systems whether through the user interface, business logic, services layer, databases or even custom connectors.

Rapid Implementation and Testing - Dramatically reduces implementation time since OpenLegacy automatically analyzes back-end system assets and generates APIs. APIs can then be verified, enhanced and tested with OpenLegacy's user-friendly editors and testing tools.

Meet and Exceed Performance Needs - Best-of-breed standards for server clustering, workload balancing and disaster recovery are integral to the solution. Using one-click deployment to Docker-based cloud containers, OpenLegacy's integration can be easily scaled to fit any performance needs. Deep caching algorithms ensure top level performance for the least amount of actual workload, avoiding poor performance due to unexpected load on the back-end.

No Changes to Back-end Systems - By extending mission critical back-end systems with reusable OpenLegacy APIs, nothing needs to be changed on any of the systems of record.

Built-in Security and Management - OpenLegacy provides out-of-the-box security and management that deliver worry-free deployment, enabling access control to services, user- and role-management, restriction of access to specific API fields and data content filtering. For example, a back-end CRM system may contain much more information than one would typically provide to third-party mobile app developer, and OpenLegacy can filter this.

Deployment Freedom - Deployment to any on-premise or cloud environment can be done with a single click. Users can create hybrid cloud solutions to bring the entire IT infrastructure together or take advantage of OpenLegacy Cloud Containers to easily deploy and redeploy on multiple cloud environments.

"Extending to the cloud is a natural next step in the evolution of the OpenLegacy platform," Avidan continued. "Our ability to rapidly integrate back-end applications to the API paradigm has enabled our customers to achieve quick and sustainable wins in extending their legacy architecture to the modern 'on-demand' world."

OpenLegacy a "Cool Vendor" in Integration 

OpenLegacy was recognized by Gartner, the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, as a Cool Vendor in Integration in the report "Cool Vendors in Integration, 2015," authored by Gartner analysts Eric Thoo, Massimo Pezzini, and Kimihiko Iijima, 15 April 2015.

"Transformation of enterprises into digital businesses demands flexibility on how integration capabilities are achieved. Directors of integration can take advantage of innovative approaches from vendors to support emerging requirements," the report states.

Massimo Pezzini further states in his analysis: "Directors of integration or other IT leaders involved in legacy modernization or legacy integration initiatives and projects should look at open-source for their low cost of entry, flexibility and, potentially, available skills pool. These products are especially suitable for time-constrained and low-budget adaptive integration projects (for example, mobile app developments and API initiatives)."