Financial Institutions (FIs) find that deploying PaaS and IaaS solutions within a private cloud environment are an attractive alternative to technology silos created by disparate server hardware, operating systems, applications and application programming interfaces (APIs). Private cloud deployments enable firms to take a software-defined approach to scaling and provisioning hardware and computing resources.

FIs face a number of challenges as they build out their private cloud and PaaS environments:

• Financial services firms are deploying private clouds and PaaS to improve IT manageability and to empower developers,

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Learn how @ CONNECT 2015

The pressure to deliver solutions in support of initiatives such as mobility and cloud services often trumps keeping mission-critical services stable and reliable. Without a way to simultaneously respond to the demands of the business and IT, industry leaders of today will quickly become the logos of the past.

API-led connectivity has become IT’s secret weapon in tackling this challenge. And for CONNECT 2015,

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Financial services industry standards and file formats are unique and complex. There are different standards for low value payments, high value payments, international payments, bank statements, securities trades, derivatives, and stock custody transactions. In an effort to unify disparate formats based on geographic boundaries, industry utilities and market participants, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) developed the ISO 20022 XML standard. The ISO 20022 standard was originally developed in 2004 and is an internationally agreed upon,

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This blog post is the third in the new Mule agent blog post series.

You can access the first two blogs here:

1. Introducing the new Mule agent
2. Mule Enterprise Management and the new Mule agent

In this post, I’m going to talk about some of the common use cases we envisioned for the agent as we were developing it.

The vision we had when building the agent was that it would be the primary interface to access the Mule runtime.

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In our latest installment in the MuleSoft webinar series, we’ll introduce you to Anypoint Exchange! We’ll walk you through a demo showcasing both the public and private exchange. In the public exchange, you can access hundreds of templates, examples, and connectors made available to you by MuleSoft. In the private exchange, you can expose your own internal assets so that your organization can get the most benefit from each asset or project that you create.

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Financial services information technology (IT) has transformed from order taker to strategic business partner. As part of this transformation, IT organizations are finding they must address key challenges with legacy modernization, data management and digital transformation.

MuleSoft has launched a three-part white paper series discussing these challenges and how financial institutions are overcoming them. In the first installment in our Connected Financial Institution white paper series,

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Financial services information technology (IT) has transformed from order taker to strategic business partner. As part of this transformation, IT organizations are finding they must address key challenges with legacy modernization, data management and digital transformation.

MuleSoft has launched a three-part white paper series discussing these challenges and how financial institutions are overcoming them. In the first installment in our Connected Financial Institution whitepaper series,

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In a recent MuleSoft webinar, Top 5 Steps to Drive Your Digital Transformation Initiative, Ray Wang, Principal Analyst & CEO at Constellation, stated “A digital divide exists between the organizations who have built digital business models and everyone else”.  These digital business models are often fluid, meaning IT must adapt quickly to meet changing business demands.  For 63% of senior executives running digital transformation initiatives, however,

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Your customers, competitors, and suppliers are becoming digital. If you joined us for Ross Mason’s webinar, Connect Faster to Drive Value: A Strategy for Rapid IT, you’ll understand why you must digitally transform your own business. Now how do you cut through the hype and get started?

We’ll tell you in the next webinar in the Connected Company series: Top 5 Steps to Drive Your Digital Transformation Initiative. 

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Financial services information technology (IT) has transformed from order taker to strategic business partner. As part of this transformation, IT organizations are finding they must address key challenges with legacy modernization, data management and digital transformation.

MuleSoft is launching a three-part white paper series discussing these challenges and how financial institutions are overcoming them. At the core of each of these challenges is the need for a new level of connectivity.

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