General Session

Why Integration is the Key to the Truly Connected Enterprise

Integrating applications and data in a timely and cost efficient way has been among the top priorities of most CIOs. However, today we face new challenges: how to integrate with the cloud and across clouds? When should you employ on-premise integration, integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), or Hybrid Integration? Enterprise mobile apps today are more than mere UIs to back-end systems – they have to synchronize local with enterprise data stores and interact with enterprise services. Last but not least the Internet of Things is quickly taking a center stage and has to be connected to cloud, mobile apps, and enterprise systems like CRM and ERP.

Not surprisingly, in a recent forecast Gartner Group predicted a 33% increase in integration cost over the next few years.

Many companies are prone to fall into the trap of repeating the “integration spaghetti” of the 1990s. The integration technology landscape today is becoming increasingly more complex - companies face a wide variety of approaches and middleware platforms that could be utilized. This presentation will provide insights into the challenges and solutions for integrating the connected enterprise.

Highlights of this presentation include:

• Why integration is more challenging today than ever before
• Private, public, or hybrid integration – when to use what
• Examples of today’s integration solutions
• Integrating the integration – can there be a unified solution?