WHITE PAPER Hybrid Integration: Oracle vs. IBM

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1 WHITE PAPER Hybrid Integration: Oracle vs. IBM Customer Perspectives on Simplifying Traditional and Cloud Integration July 2015

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3 Contents Executive Summary... 1 Introduction... 2 Customer Perspectives on Services Integration Complexity... 3 Company Research Profiles... 3 A Framework for Evaluating Service Integration...4 Overview of Research Findings... 5 Services Integration Platform Comparison... 5 Cloud Integration Platforms Comparison...11 Conclusions and Other Considerations... 15

4 Executive Summary A Oracle ICS is a game changer. Customers with a large on-premise foot print are transitioning into a more cloud-based model. Something like ICS allows them to do this in phases and do it at their own pace. It would be much harder in an IBM environment to move integrations from on-premises to cloud because they are different architectures and technologies. Architect for Middleware Systems Integrator 2015 Dao Research. All rights reserved. 1

5 Introduction W Figure 1. Hybrid Integration Platform The ability to deploy the same set of integration capabilities, either in the cloud or in a private cloud, is fundamental to enable flexibility. Middleware Specialist with Leading Analyst Firm 2015 Dao Research. All rights reserved. 2

6 Customer Perspectives on Services Integration Complexity T Company Research Profiles Table 1. Companies/Industries Included in Primary Research Companies Represented Fortune 50 Global Systems Integrator Large Canadian Bank Brazilian Integration Services Provider Fortune 50 Global Manufacturer Middleware Systems Integrator LATAM/Mexico Systems Integrator Global Broadband Communications Equipment Supplier IT/DevOps Solutions Provider Fortune 50 Global Aviation Company 2015 Dao Research. All rights reserved. 3

7 A Framework for Evaluating Service Integration Table 2. Service Integration Solution Evaluation Framework Service Integration Platform Comparison Platform Setup, Configuration Connectivity & Management Activities Business Implications Hybrid Integration Scenario A comparison of the service integration offerings from a suite and product perspective, including cloud integration and hybrid integration scenarios. A summary of the set-up and configuration activities for the various components of the services integration environment, including configuring and monitoring back-end adapters and setting up a common management console and governance model for managing the environment. The ideal, as in any complex IT system, is a single pane of glass management. The solution offerings to support cloud and hybrid cloud integration and the impact on complexity, cost of ownership, and agility Dao Research. All rights reserved. 54

8 Overview of Research Findings T Services Integration Platform Comparison Figure 2. Service Integration Platform Elements 2015 Dao Research. All rights reserved. 5 5

9 Figure 3. IBM Service Integration Platform Portfolio The IBM product line is quite confusing from a marketing point of view. In some cases the product line is overlapping and in others not just overlapping but purely duplicated. Service Integration Architect at Large Canadian Bank 2015 Dao Research. All rights reserved. 6

10 Table 3. Basic Setup and Configuration Oracle IBM Activity Effort Skill Level Effort Skill Level Comments (1 5, 5 highest) (1 5, 5 highest) Basic Product Installation 4 hours 1 1 day (IB) 0.5 day (DPXI152) 2 3 Basic installation of both Oracle SOA Suite and IBM Integration Bus. IBM requires Integration Bus and DataPower for security, whereas Oracle has a great applicationlevel security model with Oracle Web Services Manager (OWSM) highly decoupled and works similarly across all product sets. OWSM is configurable at both Design time and Runtime. Prepackaged OWSM policies make the process simple. Product Configuration 4 hours 2 9 hours 3 For Oracle, product configuration is much easier to perform. Create a domain image that can be used to replicate environments quickly and easily. For IBM, configuration is required of two separate products. Even with certified MQ admin, it took some time to configure and get permissions correctly configured. Configuring Adapters 1 hour day 4 Oracle SOA Suite has easy-to-configure adapters for all major applications. Oracle adapters appear more robust than IBM s, using less programming/scripting to configure, especially for advanced operations. There is no wizard with Integration Bus adapters in Eclipse IDE. Configuring B2B Servers 2 hours 3 2 days 4 IBM requires a separate product from the core integration platform, most notably DataPower B2B Appliance XB62 (or Sterling B2B Integration) Dao Research. All rights reserved. 7

11 Figure 4. Oracle Service Integration Platform Portfolio 2015 Dao Research. All rights reserved. 8

12 A full deployment of Oracle SOA Suite out of the box (especially 12c) provides a greater ability to realize service integration patterns and architectures. For IBM to realize a comparable stack requires more products. Principal Architect at Global Systems Integrator Oracle has made a significant investment in improving all aspects of the architecture stack from development to runtime to the management layers of the architecture. Now all aspects of development A2A, B2B, and Service Bus have improved and integrated to drive significant improvement in developer productivity. Director at IT/DevOps Solutions Provider Study participants cited that nearly 90% less effort is involved in configuring adapters with Oracle versus with IBM Dao Research. All rights reserved. 9

13 Table 4. Platform Impact on Manageability Oracle IBM Activity Effort Skill Level Effort Skill Level Comments (1 5, 5 highest) (1 5, 5 highest) Setting Up Common Management Console 0 1 n/a n/a Oracle Enterprise Manager installed with SOA Suite. IBM products have individual consoles that are relatively easy to set up, but no customers interviewed had a common management console, which would require Tivoli or another enterprise management system. Setting Up Caching 5 min (OSB) 2 1 day 5 For Oracle, Coherence is inherent to a clustered environment for improved performance. OSB provides caching OOTB configurable via sbconsole. For IBM, it requires a separate product such as WebSphere extreme Scale or DataPower XC10 appliance. ESB: Changing Endpoints in Real Time Managing & Adjusting ESB Performance (Throttling Service Virtualization) Monitoring ESB Performance & Response Times 5 min 1 5 min 2 For Oracle, it is done through Enterprise Manager. Endpoint changes is one of the great features. For IBM, no more than 5 steps to change endpoint using DataPower X152. No config files like Oracle to change endpoint URI/URL at deployment time; it must change endpoint before deploy. 5 min 2 2 hours 3 4 For Oracle, knowledge of WLS makes activity much easier to perform; can create a domain image that can be used to replicate environments quickly and easily. For IBM, it involves configuration of two separate products. Even with certified MQ admin, it took some time to configure and get permissions correctly configured. <5 min 2 10 min 3 For Oracle, it can be monitored on the dashboard and with Enterprise Manager BTM. Great statistics on composites. For IBM, it is relatively easy to configure and view. But there are wo different consoles; hence no end-to-end statistics. Developing a Common Auditing Framework 5 min (EM/BP EL) 1 n/a n/a For Oracle, it is easy to change logging levels in EM for BPEL. BPEL is EM driven and simple to use. For IBM, both DataPower XI52 and Integration Bus provide auditing, but they are not a "common" framework Dao Research. All rights reserved. 10

14 Cloud Integration Platforms Comparison It would be much harder in an IBM environment to move integrations from on-premises to the cloud because they are different architectures and technologies. Architect for Middleware Systems Integrator 2015 Dao Research. All rights reserved. 11

15 From a cycle time perspective, it depends on how big and how complex some of these integrations are, but I would say Oracle ICS is going to definitely reduce our development time at least 30% to 40%. Architect for Middleware Systems Integrator Table 5. The Value of Hybrid Integration Oracle ICS Typical On-Premise Integration Solution Activity Effort Skill Level Effort Skill Level Comments (1 5, 5 highest) (1 5, 5 highest) Installation & Configuration 0 n/a hours 3 4 Enterprise on-premises integration deployment with multiple environments and multinode clusters for high availability. With ICS, all setup and tuning are available outof-the-box. Connectivity: Adapter Configuration 30 min 1 hour 2 1 hour 1 day 3 Adapter configuration requires fewer technical skills in ICS as opposed to the on-premises integration solution. Design/ Development: Building Integrations 2 20 hours hours 3 With ICS, the transformations are done and things hooked up with fewer iterations because a business analyst can view the development transformation scheme by looking at the objects. The development process and UI are very intuitive. Updates/ Upgrades 0 n/a 24 hours 4 For on-premises integration, it is not only the patching tasks but also the rollout for the different environments Dao Research. All rights reserved. 12

16 Table 6. Hybrid Integration Comparison Activity Oracle IBM Business Implication (On-Premises + ICS) (On-Premises + Cast Iron) Acquisition of Cloud Service Online sign-up for ICS; published pricing. Contact IBM to determine which product is needed and acquire product; pricing not transparent. Addition of the cloud for Oracle is simple. IBM adds to evaluation complexity with unclear pricing. Connectivity: Adapter Configuration Preloaded with Oracle SaaS application connectors subscribed to. Adapters available with ipaas are exactly the same as those that run on the on-premises middleware platform. Comes with prepackaged adapters, but adapters are specific to the cloud vs. onpremises platform. Oracle s portfolio of native enterprise and SaaS adapters are easily leveraged for cloud integration, reducing effort and time associated with connectivity. Integration Design/ Development Provides a GUI-based, visual integration design and development environment. Oracle Recommends feature provides guidance for business-oriented users. Can invoke existing SOA Suite or Service Bus services that run on-premises to initiate a Business Process or invoke an existing service in the enterprise. Provides a GUI-based, visual integration design and development environment. May have reuse of some integration definitions (WSDL schema, etc.) but need to redevelop integrations based on different technology platform. No out-of-the-box integration to on-premises Integration Bus. Both Oracle and IBM provide GUI-based integration development, but IBM s cloud integration is a different platform requiring unique skill sets at least 1 week to 1 month, including training and ramp-up of existing onpremises skilled resources in the IBM cloud environment or new team/resources for cloud deployment. For hybrid cloud integration, the customer bears the cost of integration of the on-premises and cloud platforms. Governance & Manageability Common service governance and management tooling. Same runtime middleware environment as on-premises and other Oracle cloud services. Disjointed management. No common service governance (e.g., security, auditing, logging). Not the same runtime middleware platform as onpremises. More time and effort for IBM using multiple tools for different platforms. Performance difference between on-premises and cloud Dao Research. All rights reserved. 13

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18 Conclusions and Other Considerations A We are also a partner of IBM and have deployed Cast Iron. Oracle ICS is much more flexible and much more robust. With IBM, we know that Cast Iron is a product line with an entirely different technology stack as compared to their onpremise integration platform and application servers. We also consider it more of a black box; it is hard to tell what's going on underneath. Project Lead for LATAM/Mexico Systems Integrator 2015 Dao Research. All rights reserved. 15