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Enabling scalable, secure, and configurable cloud-based middleware services with accelerated deployment.
Benefits & Results
Background
Sky UK Limited is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television and broadband internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. It is a subsidiary of Sky Group and part of Comcast.
Challenges
The current ecosystem within the Sky UK Group ERP landscape comprises point-to-point connections for data exchanges causing increased TCO, data quality issues, data observability/reporting issues, redundancy, unmanaged & system-specific data structures, thereby limited collaboration.
Solution
NowVertical implemented a Group ERP Middleware Platform providing seamless enterprise data access and control with a secure self-service API platform tailored for rapid integration and comprehensive monitoring. Key components included: Enterprise-grade Integration Technology platform, API endpoints for standardized Sky ERP Master Data Entities, Accelerators for standard integration patterns, Self-Service API Discovery Catalogue, Secure platform with robust monitoring, logging and alerting utilizing Azure capabilities.
Implementation
A 4-stage approach to deliver a production-grade middleware platform:
- Provision & Design: Networking, Security, and DevOps essentials.
- Standardization & Configuration: Standardizing data structure for seamless integration.
- Initial Deployment & Proof: Establishing the cornerstone of the platform.
- Operationalisation & Support: Implementing integrations for value realization and future integration support.