webMethods Cloud Container 

The cloud is enabling new operational efficiencies and the delivery of innovative customer and partner facing capabilities. To help get you there faster, webMethods now enables you to deploy integrations developed on-premises directly into the Software AG Cloud to gain the benefits of cloud without the complexities of refactoring your integrations.

• An open and independent SaaS integration platform with connectivity to hundreds of on-premises and cloud-based applications and data sources
• A professional, advanced development environment pre-integrated with industry-standard third-party DevOps tools
• A hybrid architecture designed to enable incremental transitions seamlessly
• A range of predefined cloud landscapes that can scale for performance and capacity
• Out-of-the-box KPI-based dashboards to monitor solution health
• Full DevOps support and unit testing framework and service behavior
  

• “Lift & shift” existing webMethods integrations to the cloud on your timeline
• Create sophisticated apps and make them available as secure cloud-based APIs in minutes
• Reduce risk and manage costs by scaling in the cloud
• Encourage a heterogeneous, rapidly evolving ecosystem in which business capabilities are spun up quickly and adapt independently to market requirements
  

Running integrations in the cloud can dramatically reduce TCO. But fully managed cloud infrastructure is critical for gaining those advantages without adding extra work managing Docker^® containers or complicated Kubernetes^® configurations. Software AG Cloud takes care of hardware management, fixes, maintenance, upgrades and CI/CD. For existing webMethods customers, Cloud Container enables a “lift & shift” approach for redeploying existing software licenses to the Software AG Cloud to gain all the benefits of the cloud.

Strategic migration

Best practices for gaining the most value from cloud migrations include identifying high-priority candidates and migrating in stages. Deploying some applications in the public cloud may significantly improve cost effectiveness, uptime, access to data and ease of use. But others may operate more effectively in a hybrid environment which provides improved privacy and leverages long-term investments. With webMethods Cloud Container, you can publish a single service or an entire set of packages to the Software AG Cloud landscape on demand from Software AG Designer. The timeline is up to you.

High-performance orchestration

With Cloud Container, you can develop optimized services in Java^® and deploy them to the cloud for high performance. Other services developed in the webMethods Flow language can be migrated to the Software AG Cloud with its low-code user interface.

Integrated toolset

Develop integrations using a full featured Eclipse^TM-based IDE with built-in debugging. Leverage standardized third-party DevOps tools on-premises, then promote to a cloud-based environment where migration is as easy as dragging an asset from one environment to the next. For complete control, automate the CI/ CD pipeline with command-line and API based deployment scripts.

Lightweight messaging

Implement pub/sub patterns or events with Universal Messaging in the cloud. Define messaging in Software AG Designer and deploy configurations directly to predefined landscapes that include Universal Messaging.

High availability (HA)

Support failover and HA scenarios with clustered Integration Servers. A predefined cluster landscape in the cloud allows you to choose the number of Integration Servers to add to the cluster. Behind the scenes, clustering is enabled with in-memory functionality for performance and reliability.

webMethods Cloud Container unlocks the power of API-led and DevOps-led integration, enabling organizations to build, test, connect and deploy their enterprise scale software and applications quickly and automatically, simplifying the process of deploying integrations to the cloud. Professional developers can deploy from within Software AG Designer, a full featured Eclipse-based IDE, directly to the Software AG Cloud. Release new products and services to the cloud with greater speed and flexibility to gain competitive advantages. Develop once, deploy anywhere Create integrations in Software AG Designer, leveraging rich data mapping, a large collection of built-in services and data and cloud connectors available in Integration Server. Use integrated third-party DevOps tools to debug, test and version-control your services and APIs. Then publish those APIs, services and solutions, together with their configurations, using an intuitive UI. Choose a cloud-based landscape or an on-premises server or a hybrid mix of the two. Scalable landscapes Choose your preferred deployment landscape from a range of choices that include messaging and clustering. Each landscape can easily be scaled up for performance by choosing the number and type of Integration Servers. When that landscape is selected, it is automatically provisioned and your integrations, APIs and business logic are deployed with it.

Built-in monitoring

Cloud-based monitoring dashboards enable users to track solution health and service behavior. Monitor message queues and topics with web-based UI. Stay on top of potential issues by creating alerts on KPI-based metrics. Access collected Prometheus-based monitoring KPIs via a REST endpoint.

Built-in staging and migration

The deployed landscape in the Software AG Cloud automatically supports migration from one stage to another. Migrate by dragging and dropping assets from one environment to another. Updates can be easily deployed to any preferred landscape.

API-led cloud solutions

Integrate technology from any vendor, whether it’s an ERP system, database, mainframe or legacy app, SaaS platform, web service, JMS^® service or packaged app, with our standards-based service development platform. Then easily convert Java or Flow services into APIs, and publish them to the cloud with one click.