GLYPH<SM590000> Knowledge workers and citizen integrators in lines of business can take advantage of the simpler, configuration-based designer  tooling to connect applications in the cloud. Alternatively, they can innovate on-premises applications for themselves to automate information and process flows by using a no-code approach while they take advantage of the multi-tenant, Cloud Service runtime. 

GLYPH<SM590000> Integration specialists can choose to use the new web-based tooling to build simple things quickly, or use the full Integrated Development Environment (IDE) toolkit to tackle more detailed and challenging requirements. 

Users of all experience benefit from accelerators, such as templates for common integration and industry-specific-use cases. 

## 5.5.2 No-code RESTful integration services 

Cloud Pak for Integration supports building integration flows through a no-code approach and exposes those flows as RESTful APIs without having to be an API development expert. 

These APIs can be seamlessly brought into the API Manager to handle the management, securing, and socializing to development teams. Whether building cloud scale, resilient applications from the ground up or taking the opportunity to use existing technologies as part of a serverless architecture, enterprises can rely on the rapid build and access to the systems at the right time. 

## 5.5.3 Flexible integration patterns 

There is broad support in a single platform for API and event-driven technologies to complement integrations that support batch data movement, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and service-oriented architecture (SOA). This helps to ensure that existing investments in integration can be used where they are optimal, while they support the rapid build of new use cases. 

## 5.5.4 Broad deployment options 

Two form factors — software and a managed cloud service — provide an extensive range of deployment options that include on-premises, to private data centers, dedicated instances on public cloud, on Red Hat OpenShift, through to the public cloud providers, including of course our own IBM Cloud. It also includes a fully managed IBM Cloud service. The runtime continues to serve virtual machine and bare metal installation while also being significantly optimized for running in containers. 

## 5.5.5 Extended connectivity 

Connectivity options across cloud service applications, cloud platforms, and existing on-premises applications provide pre-packaged connectivity to a wide range of Cloud services, Software as a Service (SaaS) applications (100+), and cloud platforms. These options complement the robust existing set of connectors for packaged applications that include: 

GLYPH<SM590000> Customer relationship management (CRM) 

GLYPH<SM590000> Enterprise resource planning (ERP) 

GLYPH<SM590000> Marketing and Human Capital Management (HCM) 

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