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Integration: the starting point for everything
15 Apr, 2024
Cloud migration, ERP system replacement, AI app implementation... If you want your organization to flexibly respond to such changes, it needs a modern IT landscape. By implementing a modern integration & analytics platform, you create an efficient IT environment that allows you to choose the direction for your business.
A Modern IT-landscape
Inevitably, companies are finding themselves with an increasingly fragmented IT landscape. For example, the transition to the cloud brings about more SaaS applications, says Emiel Kool, Business Unit Manager Integration. “Every organization has a unique IT landscape with a mix of standard applications, such as ERP and CRM, and specialized applications unique to the organization or its industry.”
Data outlasts your application
In this landscape, you want to ensure all your platforms communicate smoothly with each other. “Business processes increasingly span across applications, and data moves from one system to another. This makes integration crucial to ensure that data is available wherever it is needed. If you ensure that data is centrally stored, you maintain one source of truth and your data is available for all your applications, reports, and processes. It doesn’t matter if you’re using Microsoft Dynamics, SAP, or Oracle. Moreover, this facilitates a flexible landscape: it doesn’t matter if applications are added or replaced. The data always outlasts your application.”
Adding AI-functionality
The rise of cloud-hosted systems also fuels the demand for a cloud-hosted integration platform. For example, a platform like Azure Integration Services is the cloud version of Microsoft BizTalk. “The beauty of Azure is that you can deploy services as required and only pay for what you need. You have the flexibility to add whatever you want. Linking AI functionality, analyzing near-real-time data with Power BI reports, offering a chatbot to customers; it’s all possible. Everything is based on a modern integration & analytics platform.”
The starting point for everything
Integration may not be visible to end users, but under the hood, it’s the starting point for everything. Emiel: “It’s not something you just add on. It’s the foundation for your entire roadmap of business applications and other activities within the organization. This platform facilitates your business strategy by offering a reliability, flexibility, and scalability.”