The Data Transformation Challenges with EAI
Given the diverse application landscape of companies, the integration of these applications to support a robust and reliable message exchange is more relevant than ever. These integrations can be categorized into vertical and horizontal integrations. Horizontal integration reflects the different applications and business partners that are engaged in the exchange of messages. Vertical integration can be further categorized into four layers: communication, message structure, data elements, and business process. The complexity of a problem can be reduced by subdividing the problem into smaller problem spaces that are self-contained units, or in this case, layers.
Integration (EAI) has evolved from a simple architecture of connectors that mostly support point-to-point integration scenarios to today’s sophisticated middleware platforms that manage the integration of enterprise applications in numerous ways. With the advent of cloud applications and the need to integrate them into the enterprise ecosystem, the development of robust integration solutions is more relevant than ever before.