Item: TIBCO Integration (including BusinessWorks and Flogo)
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

TIBCO BusinessWorks is used as ESB/Integration layer with connectivity to heterogenous applications like SAP, Salesforce, Ariba, Java based applications, Informatica applications, .NET applications, legacy applications across entereprise. TIBCO Business Works addresses application connectivity across enterprise systems and getting information to the right system at the right time with high availability.

Pros and Cons

Easy Learning and development capabilities.
Ease of integration to any kind of applications using connectors/adapters/plugins.
Usage of custom java functions and sharing resources during design-time to reduce development effort.
Cost and time to market.
Pluggable CI-CD pipleline for devops

Handling HTTP requests in more efficient way. For high HTTP loads, TIBCO Business Works needs improvement to handle heavy loads.
Hot Deployment features needs improvement where variables/property values can be changed on-demand without need for redeployment.
Handliing Dynamic JDBC queries needs improvement and traditional JDBC statements may not fit into fast changing world.
Automated unit testing feature needs more focus

Return on Investment

Connecting multiple applications made positive impact on our business by logically bringing all enterprise systems closer.
Time to Market is the additional ROI feature to enable systems interact quickly in an automated manner.
Development capabilities made application development easy and cost of implementation is controlled.

Business Processes Supported

Integrating enterprise applications with SAP ERP system
Publish events from Salesforce to all downstream systems
Integrate Legacy back office applications with rest of enterprise with modern technology solutions like Kafka, Data lake, API's

Users and Roles

10 - Architect
Design Lead
Developer

Alternatives Considered

SAP Cloud Platform and Informatica PowerCenter

We have evaluated SAP PI and Mulesoft and picked TIBCO BusinessWorks.
Main reasons for selecting TIBCO Business Works are:
1. Developer Friendly Process Design and Development
2. Ability to connect across all enterprise systems using plugins/adapters.
3. Time to realize investment
4. Ease of maintenance
5. Deployment Capabilities
6. Adapts to major integration methodologies implemented in the enterprise.

Key Differentiators

Product Usability
Prior Experience with the Product
Vendor Reputation
Existing Relationship with the Vendor

Training Types Used

no training

TIBCO Cloud Integration Impact

Program timeline had significant issues and acquiring TIBCO integration has make us meet timeline and deliver as promised.

Lessons for Success

Succesful Integration with SAP and IBM MQ for critical financial transactions

Likelihood to Recommend

Quick implementation of web services and HTTP based use-cases are well-suited. JMS, JDBC, File based scenarios also add to its best performing portfolio. Adapters/Plugins to connect to different applications like SAP, PeopleSoft, Legacy, Mainframe, Oracle Suite makes TIBCO Business Works easy to integrate with any kind of application.

Implementing API's using TIBCO Business Works is less appropriate where API's are bound to physical machine TCP ports making them inefficient to handle multiple operations. Scalability of existing applications is less appropriate for TIBCO BusinessWorks.

Connecting the Dots.

Overall Satisfaction with TIBCO Cloud Integration (including BusinessWorks and Scribe)