Chapter Eighteen. 12 Steps to Application Integration

So, now that we know most of the technical details about application integration, the question arises: How do we leverage this technology within our enterprise? The answer to this question is more about “methodology” than “silver bullet,” and it's clear that there is much work to be done to make application integration work within your company. The purpose of this chapter is to tie everything together for you, providing you with a step-by-step procedure, which, if followed, will ensure success in your enterprise.

Our “12-step program” for integrating applications relies upon a practical approach to application integration. We reuse some of the activities we've learned with traditional database ...

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