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axway.com 3 "We did a thorough, in-depth survey before choosing the solution," said Holm. "Our priorities were the quality of the solution, and execution of the project. Price was also a criteria, but a minor one." The winning bid, tendered by Sopra Steria, included: • Amplify API Management Platform to expose and secure messaging APIs • Axiomatics Policy Server to apply fine-grained authorization to the APIs • Sopra Steria to provide professional services, including solution integration "The rules are stored in the Axiomatics Policy Server, which is used by the Axway API Gateway," said Holm, describing the solution. "The Axway API Gateway provides the XML check system that inspects the XML part of the transmission, using the Axiomatics Policy Server as its reference point." Deployment in a secure DMZ Before implementing the solution, Danish Defence prepared the environment. "We had to set up our internal infrastructure, creating a DMZ and making it as secure as we could," said Holm. "Once it was fully secure, we could put the Axway and Axiomatics components into the DMZ, and Sopra Steria could implement the solution, which would be managed inside the DMZ." "Sopra Steria was our main contractor, while Axway and Axiomatics provided training on their products." said Holm. "For us, it was like working with one company. It was a good relationship." To access the new solution, internal systems at Danish Defence – including the SAP environment, the document handling system, and the healthcare system environment – are connected to an enterprise service bus (ESB), which is in turn connected to Amplify API Management Platform. Tapping into a pipeline of new apps Project implementation took just six months. Among the first business processes switched to the new solution was communication with job candidates. Contracts for new employees are now sent to the person's e-Boks account over Amplify API Management Platform, rather than by postal mail.

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