Arvato Systems and Lobster enter into a partnership and combine the integration platform and managed services

• Fast integration of heterogeneous system landscapes
• Scalable operation, architectural consulting, and managed services from a single source

Arvato Systems expands its partner network to include Lobster, a leading German provider of data integration, EDI, and process automation solutions. The partnership combines Lobster’s powerful integration platform with Arvato Systems’ longstanding expertise in integration architecture, implementation, and managed services. Together, the companies support customers in implementing complex integration projects more quickly and operating them stably over the long term.

The joint solution is aimed particularly at companies that want to connect existing system landscapes with modern applications without completely replacing proven systems. It creates a flexible middleware and integration layer for cloud, hybrid, and on-premises landscapes and enables connecting ERP, CRM, EDI, and other business applications, as well as integrating historically grown IT environments. This allows heterogeneous systems, data sources, and business partners to be efficiently networked via standardized interfaces.

While Lobster provides the technological foundation for rapid integration of applications, data, and business processes, Arvato Systems takes on the design of the integration architecture, its implementation, and the reliable operation of the integration platform. This includes, among other things, 24/7 managed services, continuous monitoring, support, and the operation of middleware, EAI, and EDI systems. Companies thus benefit from powerful and scalable integration landscapes, greater transparency in ongoing operations, and sustainably reduced complexity.

“Many companies want to implement integrations faster without replacing proven systems,” says Christian Bittner, Head of Application Integration at Arvato Systems. “This is exactly where we come in together: with a no-code platform for the rapid connection of heterogeneous landscapes and a scalable operating model for productive use.”

“Our strength lies in the rapid connection of partners, data, and systems,” adds Tim Srock, CEO of Lobster. “Together with Arvato Systems, we are expanding this technological basis to include operation, monitoring, and managed services—for more flexibility in meeting individual operational requirements.”

The partnership underscores both companies‘ shared goal of supporting organizations in their digital transformation with powerful, sovereign, and practical integration solutions.