Data that flows within your company and to/from customers and partners can be extremely valuable. Yet many organizations struggle to access and transform this data into actionable information.
Also, they face challenges keeping up with rapidly changing demands around this data. Whether it’s a new business partner that needing to access data in your ERP system, Finance needing access to an HR application, integration between your CRM and eCommerce platform for customer data, or a variety of other needs — IT departments often struggle with the complexity of setting up and managing all of the connections.
Often, lack of integration and inflexible application connectivity are at the root of the problem. Enterprises may have dozens of applications that communicate in haphazard ways (if they are connected at all).
The applications and their connections are rigid, requiring hand-coded changes that are costly, error-prone, and time-consuming.