IT software is only as good as its ability to communicate with the rest of your tech stack. Digital transformation efforts are blunted when manual interventions and complex workarounds are needed to get information flowing between your systems and applications essential to your organization. Application integration shouldn’t be slow, error-prone, nor leave you lacking the latest data.
APIs—application programming interfaces—provide simplified communication between third-party software and other applications and systems. Simply put, it’s a way to easily communicate between two different systems. Unlike using a graphical user interface (GUI) to make a connection, API integration takes place in the background using a more direct connection. Where a GUI might change overtime, making it necessary to update the connection between applications, an API is unlikely to change. This makes APIs a more stable, strong way to exchange data between applications.
API Integration -Simplified
Generally, business users rely on GUIs as an easy way to make the connection between systems, while more technical users reap the benefits of API integration. But at Fortra, we believe all users, regardless of coding experience, should be able to take advantage of the stronger connections built through APIs. Our solutions, such as Managed File Transfer (MFT) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) help mask the complexities of APIs to more easily and securely enable the three-step process of accessing web APIs, authentication, and ultimately processing the data.
Whether you’re looking to streamline file transfers, IT workflows, or other business processes, Fortra’s secure automation solutions easily integrate with your most critical applications—like CRM platforms, BI tools, ERP systems, Microsoft applications, and more—through APIs.