Technology leaders in midsize businesses have a handful of integration approaches to choose from: wrestle with sophisticated enterprise application integration (EAI) tools, write custom code, or use the simple and rapid approach of pre-packaged integrations from WebSphere Cast Iron. 

Application integration practices have their own patterns and languages and over the past few years the number of practices have grown immensely. This eguide will gives you expert advice on strategies for multiple application integration practices. 

Fiorano has developed the only Message-Driven Service Orientated Architecture platform deployed on a peer-to-peer Enterprise Service Bus. Learn how it can help CIO's solve their highly constrained and demanding SOA Integration problems. 

Read this paper to learn how drive an intelligent, integrated enterprise through successful integration of your enterprise service bus (ESB) and enterprise data and applications. Find six major steps to get you headed on the right path. 

Read how with the introduction of SAP NetWeaver XI/SAP NetWeaver PI, SAP has brought internal (EAI) and external (B2B/EDI) integration and collaboration into its core functionality. 

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) enables different programs, applications, and tools to interact via self-contained services that do not depend on the context or state of the other service. This white paper provides insight into the top-four worst practices for SOA integration, and how to avoid and/or overcome these worst practices. 

In this white paper, Philip Howard reviews the current market for data integration platforms, paying particular attention to open source offerings from Talend. 

In this white paper, Dan Moore, the senior vice president of professional services at IBM, Cast Iron reviews the current application environment in light of emerging trends, describes an ideal complete integration solution and discusses common sense best practices as well as pitfalls. 

Explore how a data access and integration solution saved one of North America's oldest wholesale grocers from replacing its ten year old distribution system and spending up to five million dollars on a brand new enterprise solution. 

Many IT teams have turned to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers for IT service management (ITSM) because of the well-known benefits, but businesses do not always see the desired results. This report highlights the key factors of determining if and to what extent a SaaS-based ITSM strategy can deliver the desired benefits for your organization. 

MIX wanted to avoid the expenditure and time lag resulting from manually entering Salesforce data and XE.com feeds into their hosted MySQL databases. It also sought to improve data quality by automating data updates. MIX turned to Pervasive Software to provide cost-effective, quick, scalable integration of its Salesforce and XE.com data. 

Businesses are always searching for new resources that give them a better understanding of their customers, prospects, competition and current operations. This insight can be achieved by integrating analytical tools into their business processes. Read this presentation transcript to learn more.