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An Overview of System Integration
EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) are two methods of system integration, and according to Carnegie Mellon, (n.d.) “System integration refers to the practice of combining individually tested software components into an integrated whole.” The integration process accomplished through various methodologies, such as the waterfall model, “big bang”, or continuous integration process, which are only a few of the available methodologies. Additionally, the advantages of integrated software system are providing process efficiency across an organization or business, dramatic improved of business process, signification information technology resource and time saving, accelerated …show more content…

(Oracle, n.d.) The user-driven innovation related to the ability of integrated system to change, which allows the tailoring of processes based on user expertise, instead generic process flow. Secondly, process efficiency across an organization attributed to automation of transactional, expense reporting and administrative duties and tasks, this foregoes the requirement of manually performing the tasks. Thirdly, improved visibility in regards to informational data flow accessible real-time from various sources, allowing informed decision to be made quickly. (Oracle, n.d.) Lastly, IT cost savings and time as integrated systems diminish the requirement of managing multiple systems, required to conduct business …show more content…

Two key examples of system integration technologies or concepts are EAI and ERP, however the two technologies differ, with EAI being a middleware centric technology, and ERP being a ERP business process management software. As the two concepts serve as the building blocks of two of the most popular integration platforms BizTalk a middleware solution and Boomi a service-oriented solution. However, numerous technologies exist to aid in system integration challenges still arise, but only can be rectified internally by an organization. In the end, system integration provides organization a method to improve business processes and the flow of the data, but not without a well thought plan of

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