Tibco Scribe Insight - End of Life

This week Tibco formally announced what we have all known was coming – that most versions of Scribe Insight are being retired permanently. ?This comes as no surprise to the market as Scribe Insight has never found itself a comfortable place within the Tibco family.?

?The announcement means that those companies whose daily operations rely on Scribe Insight have been left high and dry. Tibco is trying to woo this customer group to their cloud solution, but for most there is a very sour taste after being abandoned, and those companies will be looking for a reliable and affordable alternative.

Integration is not a ‘nice to have’, it has become fundamental to the operations of a business and any interruption to the business data flow can be debilitating. ?It is time for all these companies to change integration platforms.

SmartConnect – The alternate to Scribe Insight.?

The great news for all Scribe Insight customers is that there is an even better solution waiting for them – and that solution is SmartConnect from eOne Solutions.?SmartConnect is a full IPAAS (integration platform as a service) solution that can be deployed both on premise or as a cloud based integration solution.? eOne is fully committed to both our cloud and on-premise version of SmartConnect.

Long before Tibco decided to sunset Scribe Insight there were many customers that saw the light and moved off Scribe Insight and onto SmartConnect. One of those companies was the Women’s Bean Project and this what they said:

“With SmartConnect we had much more freedom [versus Scribe] as we can create our own integrations for different systems and processes as we grow . . . It’s very easy to use, very intuitive and straightforward.?Plus, it’s so much faster to import large orders using SmartConnect. With Scribe, we’d upload and walk away for 30 minutes. SmartConnect accomplishes the same import in five minutes.”??

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?“SmartConnect was cheaper without any loss of features or functionality,” noted Ann Davis, Controller.

SmartConnect provides all the functionality that Scribe Insight does and much more. SmartConnect is easy to use and designed for the citizen integrator.?Consultants talk about being a ‘Scribe Developer’ - but there is no such thing as a SmartConnect Developer – because you do not need a developer.

World Class Support

Software is only as good as the people that support it, and I could not be prouder of the eOne support team. ?We hire experts that not only know SmartConnect but are also guru’s in the software you are integrating with. ?This is what makes us stand apart. ?We are a customer centric organization who work to guarantee our customer have integration success. ??This was a message from a customer just last week.

“I just wanted to let you know that Dave helped us out of a big jam today and was SUPER AWESOME AND HELPFUL!”

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6 Steps to Move from Scribe Insight to SmartConnect

eOne has 300+ reselling partners and an internal team of integration experts who do nothing but deliver world class integration. We have consultants on our team that are Scribe certified and can quickly determine:?1. How long it will take to transition to SmartConnect, 2. Where you can make improvements to your integration process 3. and highlight any potential ‘gotchas’ around migrating to SmartConnect.?

This is how we will make the switch to SmartConnect as seamless as possible:

1.??????Free Integration Analysis:?Our consultants will connect with your team to take a look at your Scribe setup to review your current integrations.

2.??????Fixed Price: We will provide a fixed quote for a like for like replacement. ?The average cost of migrating to SmartConnect is US$7,500.

3.??????Process Improvement: We will give you an opportunity to make changes and improvements to your current process – and consider incorporating Virtual Integration into your strategy.

4.??????Multiple Subscription Options: You select your subscription model.

5.??????Implement: We will work with you directly or with your Technology Partner to deliver your new integration platform. We will also train your team if you want to go it alone.

6.??????Celebrate: You go Live and Celebrate your easy to manage, robust and future proofed integration solution.

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SmartConnect Vs Scribe Insight?

Feature for feature SmartConnect matches and beats Scribe Insight. Scribe and SmartConnect took very different development paths on their way to becoming cloud-based integration solutions.?Scribe built an entirely new solution in the cloud – which left their legacy product out on an island with no roadmap.?

At eOne we decided that our existing customer base was our most important asset and that our cloud solutions would support the software that all our customers were currently using.?We built SmartConnect for the cloud, but every step of the way we made sure that our on-premise solution was not left behind.?SmartConnect is now one single solution, based on one single code set, that can be deployed either in the cloud, on premise or as a hybrid integration model across both platforms.

We have not abandoned our on-premise customers – and in fact we doubled down on them. We invested in their future. All the 300+ new features added to SmartConnect in the last 3 years are available to all our customers regardless of deployment method.

SmartConnect does everything Scribe Insight does, and we believe it does it better.?SmartConnect is a no code integration solution that allows you to integrate anything to anything. SmartConnect has dedicated connectors for Dynamics CE, Salesforce, Dynamics BC, Dynamics GP, NetSuite, Xero, Dynamics NAV together with standard connections to SQL, XML and all other file types.?SmartConnect also provides a completely configurable REST API connection that ensure you can connect to every business system that you deploy. ?Cloud app integration using our REST API connection is available in both our on-premise and cloud version of SmartConnect. Learn all about the features of SmartConnect here

On Premise, Hybrid or in the cloud?

This is entirely up to you.?With a SmartConnect subscription you can choose to deploy locally, in the cloud or a little bit of both.?You get dual use rights to both the on premise and cloud solution.?The integrations you build are interchangeable and can be moved between the on premise and cloud SmartConnect deployments.?

Most companies will continue to have on premise databases and software applications for the foreseeable future. When you integrate with these systems – it makes no sense to have your integration platform in the cloud. Why would you move the data to the cloud and then back again? All of our customers are also adopting cloud based SAAS business productivity apps, and SmartConnect future proofs your integration strategy providing a direct path to fully online integrations or a hybrid strategy.

eOne’s Virtual Integration

Many of your integrations run just to move data to another system just so the users there can see it.?It does not actually do anything – it is just for display.?The solution to this problem is virtual integration.?eOne has a unique solution that allows you to display data form one system, in another system, without ever moving the data.?When you transition to SmartConnect you may find that you can replace many of your integrations with virtual integration.

Adopting virtual integration will significantly reduce the moving parts of your integration strategy – and at the same time giving everyone the information they need, right within the application they work in. ?

How much does SmartConnect cost?

You can learn all about our pricing here , but I would always suggest choosing a plan that contains unlimited support.?

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My Message to all Scribe Insight Customers.

I would like to welcome you to eOne. We have been delivering world class integration software for 14 years and have over 7000+ customers using SmartConnect. SmartConnect is the alternative to ?Scribe Insight that you are looking for. We have a team of integration experts, focused on customer success, ready to help you make this transition as smooth as possible.

We will not abandon you or your software. We celebrate our 20th year in business this year and have over 20,000 customers.???We believe many of our customers need on-premise integration software and we have built our development plans around providing a true hybrid iPAAS.?

We provide a full integration platform that includes virtual integration. If you are moving data just for display purposes, we will show you how to share that data inside all your applications, without moving it. ?

If you would like to discuss your move to SmartConnect you can contact us at [email protected] or me directly at [email protected]

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