About CloudStreams
CloudStreams provides a scalable approach for the development and governance of integration flows between Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and on-premises applications.
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You use CloudStreams to:
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Invoke SOAP/REST APIs using
CloudStreams cloud connector services
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Listen and process streaming API events using
CloudStreams connector listeners
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Manage the security of service requests
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Perform user-defined processing instructions (optional)
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Log transactions
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Monitor run-time performance and events
Additionally, you can use the CloudStreams framework to create custom cloud connectors for other SaaS applications.