Abstract
Application Integration is used to shape flexible business systems.
Integration is the fundamental layer of IT infrastructure, providing
connectivity across applications and across platforms. EAI software license
markets are growing as the Internet dominates e-commerce channel adoption.
Supply chain automation is a market driving force. Integration of applications
by the financial services industry has not been dented.
Efficient process consolidation is supported by EAI middleware. EAI software
solutions are used to support software developed in-house to enable the rapid
construction of Web portals and other Web-based systems. Typical
implementations are related to systems running on a mixed group of servers,
under different operating systems.
Application and business integration is used to form business systems that are
flexible. The changing business climate is a central concern for IT
departments. The ability to create products that allow for efficient and quick
response to changing business conditions is the basis for EAI vendor strategy.
Businesses today face a serious and widening information "Integration Gap"
between system integration demands and their ability to meet these demands.
Hand coding is less expensive than packaged integrations software in the short
term. Packaged applications efficiently accomplish the basic broker and
adapter functions needed for integration. Business processes are automated
using eai systems. Further EAI functionality is achieved via extract,
transform, and load functions. The application integration markets have
migrated to another level of functionality. EAI is synonymous with the
infrastructure for business integration (BI). As the application vendors begin
to support connectivity across applications and across platforms, the
integration markets are moving to another level of functionality providing
business automation.
Worldwide application integration software markets at $4.6 billion in 2006
grew substantially as vendors were able to leverage the EAI expertise to
provide competitive advantage from middleware infrastructure. Markets are
anticipated to reach $11.5 billion by 2013.
Research Methodology
WinterGreen Research authors use a structured, consistent, and detailed
research approach. The methodology supports an analytical approach to market
research. In depth comparisons are made of many aspects of the market. Data
relating to Industry segments is developed to permit presentation of forecasts
and market share positioned to have substantive value.
Research has been automated using automation of interactive surveys that
implement delta trend analysis and instant messaging in combination with
e-mail. Automation is made possible because of a proprietary engine that
implements multilayered cell based analysis. Modular systems support dynamic
computing that use a graphical configuration engine to reach more people in a
research modality.
Full spectrum research and information services, including market reports,
customized research, and customer interviewing are available, reports and
research are positioned to provide strategic value to industry participants,
strategic planners, and product managers.
New systems combine sales tools and independent industry analysis, seeking to
leverage the expertise of the sales force and combine it with the skepticism
of the analysts to provide accurate return on investment analysis.
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