About System Integration

System integration is essential both for business-to-business communication and internal cooperation within an enterprise. As an iPaaS provider, system integration is something we do on a daily basis. In this blog, we will explain what system integration is, what types and methods have traditionally been used for implementation, what the challenges are, and how an integration platform with its hybrid capabilities can help enterprises to develop and deploy integrations between their systems. The main reason for organizations to use system integration is their need to improve the productivity and the quality of their operations. The goal is to get the organization's various IT systems to talk to each other through the integration, to speed up information flows and reduce operational costs for the organization. But system integration is not used only to connect an organization’s internal systems but also to third parties that the organization operates with. This is normally a relatively simple and easy method that only involves a limited number of systems (more than two), but on the other hand, this integration method is quite rigid and more difficult to manage in the long term as any new functionality will require its own functional silo.
This method allows each sub-system to have just one single interface to communicate with all the other sub-systems connected to the common interface layer. The benefit of this method is also that each sub-system can be changed or even replaced without having to redo the interfaces of any other systems. As with the Star Integration, if each transformation needs to be done system-by-system basis, the number of data transformations increases significantly and becomes a high-maintenance task. Integration basically means the integration, automation, and optimization of business processes that extend outside the company firewall. While these processes may vary significantly between them, the one common thing that they share is that the integration of such external business processes delivers a sustainable competitive advantage to the organization. Such advantages may include, improved automation, inventory optimization, and improved customer satisfaction.