Dell Boomi: Empowering Enterprises With Workflow Automation

Christopher Port, COO

An uninterrupted flow of work at every stage of a business process is pivotal to scale up productivity, maintain business continuity and stay rigid in front of the emerging industrial challenges. An efficient Workflow Management System (WMS) is thus necessary within an enterprise. Efficiency of a WMS depends majorly on the business strategies and the correct tools deployed to control the business processes. Catering the best-in-class workflow automation platform, Dell Boomi has positioned itself as a frontrunner in the workflow industry.

Initially, Boomi was an independent organization specializing in the areas of applications and data integration. Rick Nucci established the company in 2000 and was exploring to improve the on-premise middleware appliances to orchestrate B2B logistics and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Striding with its data integration services by deploying its integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) for more than a decade, Boomi was acquired by Dell in 2010. Dell was then planning to modify its areas of IT offerings and in search of a partner who can cater apposite integration solutions and address IT challenges that were emerging with the advent of Cloud technology. Boomi happened to be the best in this domain of specialization, and Dell immediately made it a part of its operational excellence paving way for Dell Boomi to function.

Christopher Port, the Chief Operating Officer of Dell Boomi affirms, “Growth is exciting. Since joining Dell Boomi, we’ve scaled the business more than 80 percent CAGR year over year.”

Dell Boomi has always taken the best opportunity at the right time to deliver ground-breaking solutions to its customers

He also believes that the expertise within the company is the biggest driving force of success and it has helped the customers to embrace and drive the consolidation across the iPaaS, API Management and Master Data Management (MDM) markets. With its various set of services including, integration, API Management, Data Management, EDI Management and Workflow Management, the company has always embraced innovation to deliver outstanding solutions to its customers. Identifying the emerging business needs for maintaining consistency in the workflow automation system, Dell Boomi has acquired ManyWho in March 2017.

ManyWho is a low code development platform that enables building and deploying workflow applications. Built and designed with unparalleled technicalities, the platform has the ability to transform business processes by scaling up productivity, efficiency and business values. The tool provides an outstanding innovative aspect of process orchestration for Boomi’s customers. It also helps in building workflow applications by using its drag-and-drop option and online editing tools. It allows easy packaging of various elements of application and manages version changes through a metadata-driven Cloud platform. By using this platform, applications can be distributed and run in Cloud or any operating systems of mobile devices such as, iOS or Androids.

Workflow implementations also witness speed in performance when those are deployed with a low-code Cloud platform.

ManyWho also improves collaboration by integrating diverse enterprise-level social networking applications such as Chatter, Yammer, Slack and more. Designed with advanced technical features, the platform enables Dell Boomi’s clients to build workflow applications that are suitable for their business operations. From simple to sophisticated, all kinds of workflow applications can be created by deploying this tool. It also helps in speedy delivery without piling up a huge number of codes in the process. To maintain the consistency of the workflow automation within a business periphery, the platform enables visual diagram flows including data access, tasks and the automated actions. It even creates dynamic forms by using conditional logics, rules and actions.

Dell Boomi’s workflow automation successfully improves its customers’ ability to meet the needs of their business challenges by removing their manual complexities and involving high-end workflow applications whenever needed. With the easy to use technicalities, ManyWho can be adapted in any devices. The uniqueness of the workflow automation platform does not end here. Its multi-user features help in the interaction of one individual to a team or another individual to keep transparency in business processes. Since the platform is API based, it can be embedded in SaaS applications as well.

The company has also expanded its core integration platform to address the growing needs of its customers which is enabling its competitors to opt acquisitions to expand their offerings. As Michael Dell’s quote suggests, “Don’t spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity”, Dell Boomi has always taken the best opportunity at the right time to deliver ground-breaking solutions to its customers. Armed with best-of-breed iPaaS service, workflow automation support, integration, API, and MDM, Dell Boomi is all set to utilize the right opportunity at the right time and expand its operations in the years ahead.