Stargate is one of the largest financial integrators in the business.  Our BizTalk specialists, analysed Stargate business needs before implementing a BizTalk architecture that is robust and scalable.  This solution has provided an easily maintainable application integration system that allows Stargate to quickly respond to business needs and expand their client and vendor base.

Overview of need
Stargate acts as the conduit between brokers and lenders in the Banking and Finance industry.  Integration is essentially what their business is all about!  The problem Stargate faced was the many different communication standards and languages used by brokers and lenders.  Their existing system required substantial coding for each interface.  Business opportunities were being lost due to the time taken to implement these interfaces.

Solution Delivered
Stargate was aware that BizTalk would make an excellent application integration tool for their business.  To make BizTalk work for Stargate, our team firstly reviewed their business needs.  The team then implemented a BizTalk architecture that meet those needs.  BizTalk has many features - the trick is in knowing which of these features are going to add value and which should be left alone to avoid unnecessary complications.  This is what our BizTalk experts do best!  On top of this BizTalk application, our BizTalk consultants implemented a .Net management and reporting infrastructure that allows simple and centralized maintenance of the system.

"SysTalks experience and expertise in integration, combined with their flexibility to understand and integrate our specific needs, made for the smooth implementation of a solution that works for us."
                                                                                                        - Simon Bednar, GM of Technology Services

Value of solution
The benefits this integration solution has provided to Stargate are critical to their business, including:

• An easily scalable system that allows new external links to be implemented within days rather than months.
  
• Stargate can now respond to business opportunities quickly, keeping them competitive and growing their business.
  
• The centralized management and reporting of error logging allows issues to be easily managed by administrative/help desk staff, freeing up time for developers to work on value add projects.
  
• Stargate quickly quadrupled their number of external vendors.