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This research note is restricted to the personal use of tmorriss@us.ibm.com
G00248983
Magic Quadrant for On-Premises Application
Integration Suites
Published: 27 June 2013
Analyst(s): Jess Thompson, Yefim V. Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Daniel Sholler, Ross Altman, Kimihiko Iijima
Enterprises need systematic application integration functionality supporting
robust messaging, multiple B2B protocols and cloud APIs. We examine
vendors with products providing features addressing the needs of
systematic application-to-application, B2B and cloud-based application
integration.
Market Definition/Description
Application integration is defined as giving applications that were designed independently the ability
to work together. In 2008, Gartner republished a seminal paper identifying three integration
patterns: data consistency, multistep process and composite application integration (see
"Understanding the Three Patterns of Application Integration").
Data consistency integration is about making data across all applications consistent. For example, if
a customer changes a billing address in a CRM application, that changed data is pushed out to
other applications (such as accounting, billing and ERP) so that those applications can update their
databases with the new data.
Multistep process integration entails orchestrating the execution of a sequence of business process
activities, regardless of whether these activities are performed by software (applications or
services), humans, or intelligent devices. Comprehensive support for multistep process integration
entails supporting multiple styles of business integration, including system to system, collaborative,
document-centric and administrative.
Composite application integration creates what appears to be a single application, purpose-built
from the ground up to address user requirements. But if examining the deployment of the
application, you will find components, both business logic and data, that a