Events in IBM Integration

Overview

Bring consistency to event-driven integration

As event-driven architectures grow, teams often work across different Kafka environments, integration tools and governance models. IBM Integration brings event-driven integration into the broader integration experience, helping organizations build, manage and scale event-driven solutions with greater consistency and control

Benefits

Accelerate event-driven integration

Build event-driven flows alongside existing integration patterns without introducing a separate development experience.

Reduce setup and operational burden

Minimize the infrastructure, networking, credential and certificate work required to get event-driven integrations running.

Build loosely coupled systems

Separate producers from consumers so applications can change independently and the same event stream can serve multiple use cases.

Extend governance across Kafka

Apply consistent access, data and usage controls across Kafka-compatible platforms without forcing a single Kafka implementation.

Turn events into reusable enterprise assets

Publish governed Kafka topics alongside APIs so teams can discover existing assets, reduce duplication and accelerate new solutions.

Features

Manage events with greater control

Define Kafka topics with AsyncAPI so event interfaces are understandable by people, supported by tooling and consistent with API definitions.

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Publish topics to a searchable catalog and, when needed, the IBM Integration Developer Portal so teams can find events alongside APIs and integrations.

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Enable controlled self-service with policy-based approvals, quotas, schema controls and redaction while retaining visibility into who is using each topic.

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Use the Event Gateway as a transparent Kafka protocol proxy to enforce policies and route access without requiring changes to Kafka clients or applications.