Suraj Kumar

Suraj Kumar

General Manager for Integration & API at Software AG

Recent posts

  • Super iPaaS

    The new era of the Super iPaaS

    Businesses today are in a dynamic position: massive opportunity on the horizon, daunting challenges here and now. New technologies like Generative AI, growing cloud adoption, and an explosion in data and apps will massively transform business as we know it. But taking advantage of these advancements — without creating an unwieldy chaos in its wake — requires enterprise integration that…

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  • App & Data Integration

    Generative AI is about to transform the iPaaS as we know it

    For the past few months, ChatGPT has been wowing us with its ability to, say, write Shakespearian sonnets about our mother-in-law’s collection of garden gnomes (Amidst the blooms and blossoms they do dwell / A whimsical and merry company / Their presence lending magic to the spell / That makes this garden such a sight to see …). But ChatGPT…

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  • App & Data Integration

    The convergence of data and application integration is here

    Over the past 20 years the relationship between hardware, software and data has changed dramatically. The consequences for your business have too. The simplicity of hardware, software, and a tiny sliver of data in the middle, contained within a single system in a large box, is unrecognizable by today’s paradigm. Those changes began around 2000, as we entered the era…

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  • App & Data Integration

    Applications: Context is king

    In-car navigation systems aren’t new. In fact, in 1981 you could have bought a shiny new Honda Accord with a $2,750 add-on called the Electro Gyro-Cator. This primitive GPS-like box featured a gas gyroscope that used the car’s movements to (somewhat accurately) plot your progress along a map. While the Electro Gyro-Cator might have helped you navigate city streets like…

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  • App & Data Integration

    Guide to winning with microservices

    I recently saw a job posting at a major tech company that asked for “minimum 12+ years' experience in Kubernetes administration and management.” If you’re familiar with the platform, you can see the problem right away. Kubernetes is only 6 years old. Time travelers only need apply. While this was surely a simple oversight, it actually sheds some light on…

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  • App & Data Integration

    Take microservices to the board

    There is a fine line between evolutionary and revolutionary enterprise technology. Evolutionary technology solves problems for your IT teams – it makes the systems they build faster, more reliable, less of a headache. Revolutionary technology can solve problems you may not yet be aware of – which means it should be a C-suite conversation, not just an IT one. Since this is a conversation…

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