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	December 9, 2009 Should You Build, Buy, Rent, Or Download Your Integration Capability? Forrester's Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) Highlights Issues With The Build Approach by Ken Vollmer with Mike Gilpin, Henry Peyret	Average: 7  (3 ratings)

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Executive Summary

The old "buy versus build" dilemma is more complicated than ever, especially when considering the different options for obtaining integration functionality. While packaged integration solutions have been available for some time, conversations with clients indicate that many enterprises still rely on custom development to resolve their integration challenges. Forrester's Total Economic Impact (TEI) model points out the weaknesses in this approach and highlights the benefits of three different options for acquiring packaged integration capability: buying a comprehensive integration solution (CIS), enterprise service bus (ESB), or integration appliance; renting integration capability from a cloud-based provider; or using an open source integration product. Each of these alternatives provides a more agile way to implement integration technology in situations where flexibility, integration speed, and future maintenance costs are of the utmost importance. Application development managers facing extensive integration challenges should utilize Forrester's TEI model to help justify acquiring packaged integration capability.

Keywords

• integration
• buy versus build
• cloud
• open source
• enterprise service bus
• ESB

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The "Build Versus Acquire" Equation
• The Value Of A Packaged Integration
• A Comprehensive Integration Solution Offers Many Benefits
• Evaluating The Buy, Rent, And Download Options

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Use Forrester's TEI Framework To Evaluate Packaged Integration Solutions
• Supplemental Material
• Related Research Documents

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