Spotlight on Integration
This edition of Spotlight On is full off zingers about Integration! In the past 20 years business have transformed from operating on monolithic systems to highly complex, multi-platform, multi-application, multi-system organisations. Having a robust integration strategy is key to remaining agile, enabling swift reactions to market and environmental changes, and to ensuring you extract the greatest value from your technology investments.
Conversations about integration are now a standard part of due diligence BEFORE embarking on any kind of digital transformation project. Join Mike Hornsby and Trudi Allerby to learn how integration done well can be a weapon for sustained competitive advantage, and integration done badly can be a tax on your business.
02:00 How has the role of integration evolved in the past 20 years?
04:06 What is the core value of integration for businesses today?
05:40 What are the symptoms that a business could benefit from investment in integration?
10:14 Has the surge in interest and adoption of AI increased the need for strategic integration?
14:35 Examples of commercial benefits when integration is done well
17:18 Scenarios when 'strategic integration' is NOT the right fit for a business
19:44 Out of the box integration middleware vs holistic integration strategy
24:01 Integration myths - busted!
28:44 Advice for someone considering investing in an integration project
32:43 Does industry experience made a difference when it comes to integration partners?
35:07 Local vs offshore integration services and partners
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