Chapter 2. An Architecture for Data Integration

If there is one key chapter in this book to read and internalize, it is this one. Understanding how to build to a component-based data integration architecture is the differentiator between a flexible, low-maintenance\cost environment and ever-spiraling maintenance costs.

In this chapter, we will review a reference architecture for data integration that can be leveraged for most of the data integration architectural patterns we reviewed in Chapter 1, “Types of Data Integration.” We will discuss what reference architecture is, and how it is simply a blueprint, not a dogmatic discipline, but a suggested best-practice method of building out data integration applications based on business requirements. ...

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