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Altria Consulting & Boomi Drive AI-Powered Integration & Automation for Sri Lankan Enterprises

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Altria Consulting, Sri Lanka’s most trusted enterprise data analytics and integration partner, in collaboration with Boomi, the global leader in integration and automation, successfully hosted the island’s premier Integration & Automation Forum under the theme “AI-Driven Integration & Automation”. The pivotal event was held on Friday, August 15, 2025 and connected top tier executives from leading Sri Lankan corporates, IT and Data Analytics professionals and AI enthusiasts to explore how artificial intelligence and automation are reshaping enterprises in a rapidly evolving business landscape.

The forum placed strong emphasis on the transformative role of integration and automation in driving digital transformation. Participants gained insights into how organizations can seamlessly connect applications, data, APIs and AI agents across their enterprise, while simultaneously automating business processes to achieve granular business control. Discussions also highlighted how Boomi’s unified platform could help to eliminate data silos, ensure robust data governance and enable enterprises to innovate with confidence. Real world Boomi success stories and global customer case studies provided valuable lessons, while expert-led technical sessions and live demonstrations offered hands on experience to attendees.

The event featured a distinguished panel of speakers from both Boomi and Altria Consulting. At the beginning of the event, Sudeera Wijenayake, Senior Data Engineer at Altria Consulting, delivered the opening remarks, highlighting the value of Altria’s partnership with Boomi. He emphasized that the collaboration empowers Sri Lankan enterprises to adopt world class integration solutions, while building long term capabilities to thrive in an increasingly connected AI-driven future.

Kishore Chavakula, Head of Sales for SAARC Countries at Boomi, delivered an engaging speech that highlighted how enterprises across South Asia can harness AI-driven automation to stay competitive in a volatile marketplace. The session, which drew significant attention from the audience began with a comprehensive platform overview introducing the strengths of Boomi’s unified integration ecosystem. This was followed by a detailed explanation of Boomi’s architecture supported by a live demonstration showcasing its ability to seamlessly connect data, systems and applications. The presentation also explored the emerging role of Agentic AI in business, offering practical insights into how organizations can leverage AI-driven agents to enhance efficiency and decision making. The session concluded with a demonstration of AI Agents in action, followed by an interactive Q&A that addressed audience questions on implementation strategies and real world use cases.

Deepak Varma, Senior Partner Manager for the Asian market at Boomi, drew extensive industry experience to emphasize the critical role of partnerships in delivering scalable and future ready solutions. The address highlighted how collaboration between global technology leaders like Boomi and trusted regional partners such as Altria Consulting can generate transformative outcomes for enterprises across Sri Lanka.

The forum emphasized the transformative potential of AI-powered integration and automation across industries such as telecommunication, finance, healthcare, retail and manufacturing. Looking ahead, Boomi and Altria Consulting remain dedicated to supporting Sri Lankan corporates in their digital transformation journeys.

As Sri Lanka’s most trusted Enterprise Data Analytics Solution Provider, Altria Consulting is committed to bringing the best of the best solutions to our customers and empower organizations to become truly data driven by adopting the latest technologies, enabling them to thrive as resilient market leaders in their industries.