Next Generation Application Integration: From Simple Information to Web Services

It's Just Data

IOAI's simplicity and speed-to-market advantages are the consequences of a business logic that rarely has to be altered (a cohesive rather than coupled approach). It frees the enterprise from having to endure seemingly endless testing cycles, or the risk and expense of implementing newer versions of applications. Indeed, most users and applications will remain blissfully ignorant of the fact that data is being shared at the back end, because application behavior rarely changes.

The advent of application integration-specific technology, such as integration brokers, application integration management layers, and simple data movement engines, enables the enterprise to move data from one place to another—from anywhere to anywhere—without ...