The middleware that
makes real time
integration a reality
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What is Thunderbolt Integration Suite?
How does Thunderbolt fit in with Web
services?
Thunderbolt Business Process Modeler
Thunderbolt Runtime Monitor
Thunderbolt product summary
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What is Thunderbolt?
Thunderbolt Integration Suite is a full
middleware server infrastructure enabling
the design and implementation of
transactions between disparate systems
 It enables the creation of applications
which utilize data from different systems
which will not naturally speak together.
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Thunderbolt makes disparate
systems talk to each other
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Thunderbolt
Functional Components
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Thunderbolt
Functional Components
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Transaction engine
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Business Process Modeler BPM
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A GUI for designing business process logic,
mapping and transformation
Runtime monitor
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Handles all issues of persistency and
transactionality
A GUI for configuration monitoring and
administration of the integrated system
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Thunderbolt
Functional Components
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Heartbeat monitor
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Connectors:
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Manipulate and transform transactional data
Node controllers:
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Enables transfer of data from one system to another
Transformers:
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Checks the availability of connectors and transformers
Communicates with the engine to start/re-start faulted
connectors
Checks the run ability of transaction models
Maintains connector availability
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Thunderbolt Architecture:
Distributed and Open
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How does Thunderbolt fit in with
Web Services?
As an internet-based integration platform,
Thunderbolt is perfect as a front end or
back end of any web service
 Thunderbolt brings the transactional logic
and integration pipe work required to
implement web services
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Thunderbolt makes web services
easy
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Thunderbolt takes care of all the work required in
developing logic, persistence, transactionality and
transportation in any integration project:
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Creation of the pipe work for physical transport of data
Remote management of connectors
Modeling of business processes, their logic and data
transforms
Issues of persistency
Issues of transactionality
Issues of scalability and availability
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Business Process Modeler BPM
 Thunderbolt BPM is a powerful yet easy-to-
use component that facilitates design and
implementation of transactions between
disparate systems.
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Business Process Modeler (BPM)
Dynamically
configurable
connector
objects
Intuitive
mapping of
source fields
into business
object fields
Easy inclusion
of business
logic into
transactions
Automatic
generation
of
transaction
code
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Business Process Modeler (BPM)
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Uses an intuitive drag-and-drop transaction
design interface
Dynamically generated transaction definition
language using TDL, XML or BPL
Graphically specify business processes
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Graphically design business process flows
Link business process to transaction flows
Easy-to-use interface using a tree view
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Runtime Monitor
 Thunderbolt Runtime Monitor is a central
administration and configuration tool of the
entire integrated system.
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Runtime Monitor
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Show the system’s overall status
Start/Stop the engine
Manage and configure the system
Manage node controllers
Manage and configure connectors
Manage and configure transformers
View and recover failed transactions
View transactions audit trail
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Runtime Monitor - Status
View overall
running status
of the
integrated
system
Start/Stop
the
transaction
engine
Check alarm
state in case
of system
failure
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Runtime Monitor - Configuration
Configure
the system
features
View and
manage
business
processes
and
transaction
models
Email
administrator
on system
failure
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Runtime Monitor –
Connector Management
View
connectors
status
View
connectors
list
View and
edit
connector
related
information
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Runtime Monitor –
Recovery Manager
View failed
transactions
and their
details
View data
and re-run
transactions
from
various
recovery
points
View reason
for failure
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Thunderbolt Product Summary
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Thunderbolt a straightforward and complete toolkit,
ideal for the development of web services as a front
end or back end system.
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Some of Thunderbolt’s product highlights are:
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A runtime monitor console to configure and administer the whole system
A drag and drop business process design console to define Business logic work
flow, mapping and transformations
Full remote connector management including failure detection of components and
shutdown of affected business processes
Start/Re-start/Shutdown of remote connectors
Heartbeat monitoring of the complete infrastructure
Rapid connector development library and toolkit
Transaction Processing monitoring and resource management
Auto load balancing
Compliant with industry standards
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Contacts for Thunderbolt
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Info@softbolts.com
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