How to prepare for your MuleSoft certification exam

Priyanka Chavan is a Software Engineer and MuleSoft Developer at Salesforce and co-leads the San Francisco MuleSoft Meetup group. This is the second of a two-part series about her journey to completing her MuleSoft Certified Developer – Level 1 certification. To help other developers interested in starting their MuleSoft certification journey, Priyanka has created a […]

How to break data silos: an example using Salesforce and Procore

Delivering rich and consistent experiences to stakeholders and customers is one of the objectives of digital transformation. Data provides context and enables business processes to create powerful experiences. As SaaS applications proliferate within the enterprise IT landscape it inadvertently results in data silos slowing transformation initiatives. According to MuleSoft’s 2020 Connectivity benchmark report, 89% of […]

5 steps to externalize mapping using Salesforce custom objects

The need for an externalizing mapping definition comes up often in integration projects. It must be managed and maintained outside the Mule application code and for Mule to retrieve it dynamically. In this example, I have leveraged one of the templates from Anypoint Exchange – Database to Salesforce User Migration. We will use the mapping […]

Combatting empty-shelf syndrome: Keeping grocery shelves stocked in the midst of crisis

Businesses across every industry have faced unparalleled disruption to their operations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In the retail sector, we’ve seen shelves across the globe being repeatedly stripped bare, as supply chains that simply weren’t geared-up to deal with such sudden and dramatic changes in buying behavior have struggled to keep up. 

Rethinking the customer journey after COVID-19

The world has seen tremendous change in the last few months. “Social distancing” has become the norm to protect against coronavirus and businesses, big and small, have been shaken to their core. Some are experiencing an unexpected shortfall in demand, while others are struggling with increased consumer demand and supply shortages. The dynamics of the […]

How to improve API governance with distributed decision making

In 2017, Ronnie Mitra presented a talk at Nordic APIs entitled “Programming the People Platform: Beyond Conway’s Law.” In that talk, Mitra outlined a model for distributed decision making and how it can be used to improve API governance. The material from that talk made it into the book “Continuous API Management.” Here, Mitra explained […]

3 ways to justify strategic integration investments to business leaders

Convincing business leaders of the strategic value of integration is one of the most difficult challenges IT leaders face. Integration technologies, in nature, are “invisible” and often don’t come with a demo you can showcase to leadership. This makes it difficult for organizations to justify strategic investments in integration.  In contrast, 80% of organizations currently […]

5 learnings from my first MuleSoft federal project

For the past six months, I worked on a federal consulting project to transform data from a client’s legacy systems into a new centralized cloud repository. We chose MuleSoft as the integration and API platform to drive this transformation. After implementing my first MuleSoft project in the federal space, I jotted down a handful of […]