For Application Development & Delivery Professionals

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Executive Summary

In response to new requirements, the integration market landscape is shifting. Service-oriented architectures, business process management (BPM), composite applications, and other new application requirements have become the driving force in the market. To meet these requirements, enterprise integration solutions are evolving into more flexible and service-oriented platforms that extend the breadth of platform capability. New ideas such as the enterprise service bus, the interaction platform, the data hub, and the business services hub will be implementations of these strategic integration platforms. The ultimate goal of an integration strategy should still be to rationalize integration infrastructure to the smallest number of broad platforms that meet business requirements. As we predicted in 2003, the optimum outcome of such convergence will still be two platforms: One that supports integration of business processes, user interactions, and applications, and another for data integration and delivery, although a small number of vendors will supply both.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• If Integration Is So Hot, Why Does It Seem So Lukewarm?
• New Integration Requirements Will Drive The Market
• Platforms Will Dominate The Integration Market
• Where Do I Get An Integration Platform?

RECOMMENDATIONS

• How To Navigate The Integration Landscape

WHAT IT MEANS

• No Integration Platform Will Dominate, But Specialties Will Decline
• Related Research Documents

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