Chakray Consulting – Empowering Enterprises to Thrive in the Ever-Changing Markets of Digital Transformation with Integration-Centric Methodology

When it comes to contemporary business, the pivotal factor distinguishing thriving enterprises from those grappling to endure is digital agility. Chakray, as a proactive entity, adopts an integration-centric methodology to effectively address the complexities inherent in the landscape of digital transformation. Their modus operandi involves crafting comprehensive strategies and deploying state-of-the-art technologies in Integration, API, DevOps, and Identity. This approach is meticulously designed to empower their clientele, positioning them as frontrunners capable of flourishing within the dynamic and ever-changing markets. By prioritizing seamless digital integration and cutting-edge solutions, Chakray ensures that its customers not only navigate but also capitalize on the challenges posed by the evolving business environment.

Factors that Sets Chakray Consulting Apart

Strategic Integration Perspective: Chakray adopts a strategic outlook towards integration, challenging the prevailing notion that sees it as a necessary but burdensome step in adopting SaaS products or enabling applications. Rather than a mere tool, Chakray perceives integration as a critical capability, positioning it as the key to achieving digital agility. According to the company, integration serves as the catalyst for unlocking inherent innovation and creativity within a business, consistently differentiating between those who thrive and disrupt and those struggling to survive.

Attracting Top Talent: Recognizing the scarcity of genuine talent in the integration landscape, Chakray positions itself as the destination where integration professionals aspire to work. As a service company, Chakray acknowledges that its success hinges on its ability to identify, nurture, motivate, and retain individuals who possess a profound understanding of the intricacies of integration. The company is committed to providing conditions that enable these rare talents to excel in their work.

Client-Centric Decision Making: Chakray emphasizes a client-centric approach by operating a reverse hierarchy that places the client at the core of decision-making processes. Client teams are empowered to succeed by aligning themselves with the client's needs first and then leveraging Chakray for necessary resources and support. This approach ensures that decisions are made by individuals closest to the customer, possessing the best understanding of their requirements, and being accountable for the outcomes.

Advocacy for Open Source and Standards: While engaging with various technologies, both open source and commercial, Chakray underscores its roots in the open source community and its ongoing support for it. The company positions itself as an advocate for innovation, emphasizing the significant role that low-cost, open source software plays in the integration landscape. Chakray actively participates in fostering advancements in this space, recognizing that many commercial integration technologies today are built on open source initiatives.

WSO2 & CHAKRAY: Platinum Partnership and Recognitions

Chakray, a seasoned player in the technology landscape since its establishment in 2013, proudly holds the prestigious status of a Platinum partner with WSO2. Renowned globally for its extensive work with WSO2 technology, Chakray has garnered acclaim as a leading service provider, securing notable awards such as the "Integration Partner of the Year," "Top Partner of the Year – Americas" in 2021, and the esteemed "WSO2 Identity & Access Management Partner of the Year" in 2022.

Certified WSO2 experts are strategically positioned by Chakray in key locations, including the UK, Spain, Canada, LATAM, and throughout the APAC region. With a commitment to delivering top-notch services, Chakray's team of experts serves clients across the globe. Their extensive experience spans the deployment of WSO2 API Management, Integration, and Identity technologies, addressing the needs of major enterprise organizations and well-known household brands.

In fostering a close and collaborative relationship with the WSO2 team, Chakray actively contributes to the enhancement of products and technology extensions. Beyond providing services, the company engages in running training sessions for WSO2 customers, reflecting a dedication to knowledge-sharing initiatives. Chakray's involvement in assisting WSO2 in product improvement and its adeptness in extending the technology underscore its commitment to excellence and continuous improvement in the technological realm.

Boomi's Integration Expertise

Boomi, a key player in the Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS) market, offers IPaaS technology with a connector-based pricing model. Acknowledged as a leader in this space by Gartner, Boomi has gained trust from prominent brands such as Sky and 23andMe. Chakray, serving as a Systems Integrator partner with Boomi, leverages this partnership to provide certified Boomi professionals across various regions globally.

Chakray's partnership with Boomi spans diverse regions, including the UK, Spain, Canada, LATAM, Africa, and the APAC regions. This collaborative effort allows Chakray to assist global customers in optimizing their investment in Boomi. Services include solution architecture, design, and implementation of integration processes, as well as the deployment of Boomi API Management capabilities. Additionally, Chakray extends its support to various platform capabilities such as Boomi Flow, Boomi DCP, and Boomi MDM.

Recognizing the critical importance of deploying the right technologies in the right way, Chakray, as a trusted Boomi Partner, collaborates with organizations to define their integration strategy. The partnership involves assessing and selecting appropriate technologies to ensure the optimal deployment of Boomi solutions. Chakray's expertise extends to digitizing processes, modernizing legacy systems through APIs, and providing foundational capabilities for Digital Transformation initiatives.

Chakray views integration as a fundamental organizational capability that forms the bedrock of an associated integration strategy. The company actively assists organizations in establishing and validating this capability, developing integration processes, building APIs, and executing integration initiatives leveraging the Boomi Atmosphere platform. Chakray's involvement may occur through its own Integration Centre of Excellence (ICoE) or by aiding organizations in establishing their own ICoE.

Defining Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS)

Analysts, vendors, and organizations collectively use the term IPaaS to denote a specific category of integration technologies. Originally perceived as mid-market low-code Software as a Service (SaaS) integration tools, analysts expanded their classification, incorporating them into Hybrid Integration Platforms and an enterprise's broader capability framework. IPaaS is recognized as a critical link between cloud/SaaS and on-premise application and integration technologies, offering various expected features.

Key Characteristics of IPaaS Technology: IPaaS technology typically encompasses a low-code user interface, connectors for commonly used SaaS systems, templates, blueprints, or recipes for integration patterns, support for multiple integrator roles, the ability to expose integration processes as APIs, and a foundational level of API Management capability.

Unlocking the Benefits of IPaaS Capability: The value proposition of IPaaS lies in its pricing structure and time-to-value benefits. Historically, integration projects were considered expensive endeavors with substantial licensing costs. IPaaS vendors address this by offering low-code development platforms, reusable templates, and connectors for swift deployment. The time-to-value advantage is realized through enhanced productivity, removing the need for scripting certain capabilities, and simplifying deployment, management, and monitoring.

Changing Dynamics and Skill Requirements: While the need for skilled integration resources persists, IPaaS has democratized integration to some extent. Non-developers and SaaS power users can now handle certain integration scenarios. Although all IPaaS offerings support scripting capabilities, the emphasis is on reducing the total cost of ownership compared to traditional integration approaches.

Chakray's Role in IPaaS Implementation: Chakray plays a pivotal role in assisting organizations in acquiring the right IPaaS solution tailored to their business objectives, application set, technical skills, and environments. The company focuses on establishing integration patterns for diverse scenarios, spanning SaaS and legacy integration to supporting integration flows behind strategic APIs and data pipelines for machine learning and intelligence. Chakray's services extend to configuring the IPaaS platform, applications, and integration delivery environment for automated and controlled rapid cycle delivery across departments and solution teams. Additionally, the company establishes connections between IPaaS, APIs, data integration, and other elements of the integration strategy, including linking with legacy applications in the data center.

Javier Rul, CEO

“We empower our clientele to not just navigate but capitalize on the challenges posed by the dynamic and ever-changing markets, positioning them as frontrunners in the digital transformation journey.”