Modernizing the IT Infrastructure of a Life Science Company with MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform
Overview.
Our client, a leading global life science company was looking for ways to modernize its IT infrastructure and adopt a digital first approach. The company, involved in scientific breakthroughs, collaborates with scientists (from biopharma industry), and clinical communities to create next-generation biological tools and solutions. The company strives to empowering discoveries that can positively impact society. The client’s old IT system was posing a challenge to support its next phase of growth. Coforge resolved the issue by modernizing the IT infrastructure.
In 2019, the client launched an ambitious five-year strategy to support its next phase of growth. The goal of the company was to extend its positive impact on life sciences research, discovery, and clinical applications which have the potential to improve patient lives. However, companies existing infrastructure heavily relied on hand-coded integrations and was not suitable to support this mission.
“The pivotal question for us was how we can be more innovative with our processes and capabilities so that the 750,000 life science researchers that we support, can also innovate. Connectivity, accessibility, and scalability are fundamental for our business, but the existing infrastructure, relying on hand-coded integrations, was not suitable to support our mission. After careful consideration, we opted for an API-led approach using MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform. Coforge (Erstwhile WHISHWORKS) was engaged as a trusted implementation partner to set up the platform and to migrate existing integrations from our legacy system,” - Director of Digital Platforms
The Solution
API-Led Transformation
Coforge implemented Anypoint Platform and so far, integrated more than 15 systems. We applied our own standardized Software Development Lifecycle methodology and quality gates to validate deliverables at each stage.
iPaaS Solution
Coforge set up Anypoint Monitoring with tailored dashboards. This provided real-time visibility into integrations across its application network. We also integrated system alerts with ServiceNow to automatically generate incident requests.
MuleSoft
We worked closely with Mulesoft to establish a Centre for Enablement. It gave our client access to expertise and artifacts around:
Integration strategy
Best practices
API standards
Common integration patterns
“Coforge set a great example for our team, applying best practice, governance, and reusability principles throughout. For example, the API deployed for our employee database is now being reused across multiple projects, like regional payroll applications and our recruitment solution, saving significant time and effort,”Director of Digital Platforms
The Impact
Enabled faster user acceptance, whilst minimizing the number of code issues during production.
Integrated more than 15 systems
Built internal integration capabilities
Automated incident generation process
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