Enterprise Integration: The Essential Guide to Integration Solutions

Part I. Business Drivers for Enterprise Integration

Part I focuses on linking business strategy and drivers with requirements for enterprise integration. Integration is becoming a crucial factor in many new business initiatives, including supply-chain integration, customer-relationship management, compliance solutions, and real-time monitoring of business processes. All of these initiatives require integration. Because integration is becoming critical to business success, it is essential that integration initiatives be closely tied to business goals and objectives.

Chapter 1—The Business Imperative for Enterprise Integration

Chapter 1 describes the fundamental changes occurring in business, from how the business interacts with customers, manufactures ...