Characteristics of Integration-Ready Applications

What differentiates one application from another in terms of being integration-ready? Why are some applications easier to integrate with than others? Does the incorporation of open standards in application architecture and design guarantee integration readiness? These are indeed some of the basic questions haunting most developers and IT decision makers. It is harder to find the answers as the technical landscape keeps changing. What was considered the next technology revolution quickly becomes a legacy technology that did not live up to its promise. Nonetheless, there are some core properties or characteristics that all applications should demonstrate to be considered integration-ready.

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