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Integration

For most companies, it is not uncommon to have to integrate with dozens of different systems -- both within the enterprise and outside the firewall. The complexity and difficulty of these integrations may range from aging mainframes with non-standard, poorly designed proprietary APIs and interfaces, to modern Internet-based systems with well-defined APIs and communication protocols.

Integration accounts for approximately 35% of the total cost of application design - Gartner Group

The need for integration may be driven by business growth, industry changes, acquisitions, partner or vendor system changes or just basic upgrading or implementing new capabilities. Regardless of the reason, integration problems or the lack of a clear and consistent integration strategy can often times be the Achilles’ heel of an entire enterprise.

The Integration Solutions Group at Interactive Softworks understands the importance of a well-orchestrated integration strategy. We have seen and experienced what happens to companies that create business systems in the absence of good architectural plans, vision or technology: The companies want to change but can’t untangle the coding mess caused by performing integrations without proper planning or infrastructure design. Systems that are integrated through custom or proprietary interfaces often are difficult or impossible to remove or upgrade -- putting your entire business enterprise risk. You find yourself trapped by a software vendor.

Though the use of SOA strategies, solid integration principles and proven technologies like Interactive Sever, the Integrations Solutions Group at Interactive Softworks can help your organization evolve away from a tightly integrated, inflexible, “spaghetti code” integration mess.

The guidance that comes from Interactive Softworks’ Integrations Group will help your business evolve into an agile business environment that has the ability to address changing business needs, eliminates the risk and expense of “one-off” integrations and prevents your company form being trapped by your legacy software applications: unable to change, unable to scale and unable to compete in today’s business world.

How do you know if your company can benefit by adopting an SOA/BPM integration strategy? Ask the following questions of your IT integration strategy. If you answer “yes” to one or more, you need to begin thinking about adopting an SOA/BPM integration strategy:

• Are your business processes dictated by obsolete or difficult software vendors?
• Can you integrate new capabilities without excessive downtime?
• Do you know if your integrated business systems and components are working to their full potential?
  If one of your vendor systems fails, does your whole business suffer?
• Can you adopt new partners or business relationships and integrate quickly and safely?
• Are you loosing business opportunities because you can’t integrate with new, partner or legacy systems?
• Have you acquired or been acquired but are hindered by system integration difficulties?
• Do you feel like you software vendors are holding you hostage?
• Does your system lack business agility due to integration difficulties?