Ratchet-X Is No Silver Bullet

Like any software vendor, I’d love nothing better than to tell you Ratchet-X will magically solve all your application integration problems. However, I’d be lying and you’d know it. While it’s not hard to find a point solution for a specific integration project, there are no silver bullets with regard to developing a broad systems integration strategy. Organizations that have to integrate with applications at the desktop, batch processes and ESBs need to pick and choose the solutions that best fit the task at hand and is consistent with the organization’s capabilities. Most successful organizations realize that having a methodical approach to solving integration challenges is more important than how or which tool is used to solve any one particular challenge.

People ask me all the time; “Can I use Ratchet-X to do this or can I use it to do that?” While Ratchet-X is an exceptionally versatile tool for desktop application integration, it cannot nor should it be contorted to be all things to all people. Ratchet-X is not the hammer that turns all your integration challenges into nails.

Ratchet-X is a user-centric solution that serves the integration needs of a given user at a point in time - point in time meaning specific applications initiating specific functions when the user needs it. So, if you need to push data to or pull data from other applications, services, forms, web sites, Ratchet-X is a tool worth considering. However, it is not an ESB, not a batch processing tool and certainly not an EAI platform. If your organization requires those kinds of solutions, you should consider any one of the number of fine options available.

At RatchetSoft, we recognize our products are merely parts of your overall integration strategy and are committed to making sure the solutions we propose are consistent with your integration strategy, not our sales strategy.