CloudStreams is a multi-component product that enables you to develop and govern integration flows between software as a service (SaaS) providers such as Salesforce.com and on-premises applications such as CRM and ERP. CloudStreams includes a server, an analytics dashboard, and Software AG Designer perspectives.

CloudStreams Server runs on Integration Server. CloudStreams Server hosts connectors that enable it to connect to and perform operations on SaaS providers. Software AG provides many connectors, including the Salesforce.com connector, and you can create custom cloud connectors for other SaaS applications. CloudStreams Server collects run-time performance metrics and events for your CloudStreams connectors and services. You can use the CloudStreams Analytics dashboard to view and monitor the collected metrics and events.

Using the dynamic operations capability in the CloudStreams framework, you can quickly create connectors that expose custom operations within a connector. You can use CloudStreams connector services to dynamically provide authentication details during service execution so you can invoke services without depending on pre-existing or predefined CloudStreams connections.

For inbound processing (that is, from SaaS providers to on-premises applications), you use the Software AG Designer CloudStreams Development perspective to create virtual services and their governance policies. These services and policies perform user-defined security checks and processing, send requests to on-premises applications, and handle the responses. The CloudStreams framework also supports inbound streaming at the connector level; a connector developer can implement backend-specific inbound streaming.

For outbound processing (that is, from on-premises applications to SaaS providers), you use the Software AG Designer Service Development perspective to create cloud connector services that perform SOAP operations or access REST resources. You use the CloudStreams Development perspective to create a special kind of virtual service, called a connector virtual service, that sends requests to SaaS providers and handles the responses