IBM App Connect is an integration solution powered by Automation and AI technology allowing businesses to easily and rapidly connect people, processes, and data across hybrid environments.
The rapid adoption of the digital-first strategy has led to the proliferation of applications across the organization both on- premises and on multiple clouds. Over 50% of organizations estimate, that they now have more than 100 applications in their portfolio, and are using a variety of cloud and SaaS applications to manage their day-to-day business operations. As the volume of applications continues to rise, connectivity across the ecosystem has become critical to ensure businesses remain competitive, as well as respond and adapt to market changes quickly.
In the world of integration, connectors play a key role in integrating applications, building APIs, and acting on events. Today IBM App Connect offers over 100+ connectors to a wide variety of SaaS applications. No matter how extensive our list of pre-built connectors becomes, there’s always one or two that are missing such as legacy data sources, or niche SaaS applications that you plan to integrate with.
To help our customers and partners remain competitive in their digital-first strategy, we have now launched IBM Automation Explorer and IBM CDK (Connector Development Kit), which allow the building of custom connectors rapidly on their own.
IBM Connector Development Kit is a UI-based development kit that allows you to create a connector in your browser without code. CDK provides an intuitive and guided user experience to build and test your connector. Once you completed your connector development, CDK allows you to download your connector as a private/custom connector OR allows you to publish your connector as a community connector for others to use