Join us online on October 1, 2026 at 11:00am ET

A single federal benefits determination can require data from five agencies, three legacy mainframe systems, two cloud platforms, and a manual email approval chain. This is not an edge case—it is the daily reality across civilian government. Decades of siloed system procurement have created integration debt that directly impacts citizen service delivery. Applications that should exchange data in milliseconds instead rely on batch files, manual re-keying, and point-to-point interfaces that break with every system update.

The consequences are measurable and painful. Veterans wait months for benefits adjudication because VA and DOD systems cannot share medical records in real time. Grant disbursements stall because financial systems cannot communicate with program management platforms. Every new mandate—whether FedRAMP, FISMA, or Section 508—adds another compliance layer that custom integrations must accommodate, further straining already-overstretched development teams.

IBM webMethods Hybrid Integration (IWHI) provides a comprehensive integration platform that connects legacy mainframes, modern APIs, cloud services, and SaaS applications through a unified, governable layer. Combined with IBM API Connect for full API lifecycle management, IBM App Connect for no-code integration flows, IBM MQ for guaranteed message delivery, and IBM DataPower for API security gateway enforcement, agencies gain an integration backbone that is both agile and auditable. AI‑driven orchestration, observability, and governance features streamline complex integrations, reduce troubleshooting time, and optimize performance across hybrid cloud environments. This platform approach replaces brittle point-to-point connections with a managed, reusable integration fabric that accelerates every future modernization initiative.

Attendees will learn how to assess their integration debt, see reference architectures for common federal integration patterns, and understand how a platform approach reduces integration project timelines from months to weeks.

Speakers: Manoj Bandagonda, IBM Solution Architect