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Data Warehousing and Data Mining

notes objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

l z Know enterprise application integration
l z Describe practice of source integration
l z Explain research in source integration

l z Describe methodologies of source integration
introduction

Enterprise Application Integration deals with approaches and mechanisms to integrate multiple
applications, and deliver processes, and each business process supports a specific business use
case. And, each business process includes multiple sub processes, which also perform some
related tasks for achieving the overall goal of the business process. In addition, as each business
process works across multiple functional areas (which are typically realized using multiple
applications), there is also a need for performing specific business activities that would support
the overall business process in the context of the functional area.

6.1 enterprise application integration

EAI solutions provide an integrated approach to connecting the different components of IT
infrastructure- people, applications, platforms and databases to enable secure, intra and inter
enterprise collaboration. EAI solutions enable an organization to integrate business processes
internally and externally with business partners to create dynamic environments that support
current and evolving business requirements, thereby creating a global organization.

EAI assists in unrestricted sharing of data and business processes among any connected
applications or data sources in the enterprise without making major changes to the applications
or data structures. EAI integrates multiple, independently developed applications using
incompatible technologies into a single enterprise wide system with information flowing
seamlessly.

6.2 reasons for emergence of eai

The reasons for emergence of EAI need are varied. Efforts by the leading Enterprise Business
Application Suppliers seeking to establish themselves as the primary provider of the business
and the IT backbone that supports the enterprise’s operations. But the core driving forces behind
EAI is of following categories, which are within themselves inter-related.

Mergers & acquisitions

Mergers & Acquisitions to be successful require overnight integration of dissimilar business
processes of two or more companies, so that they can work as a single corporation. EAI is the
only solution, which will enable such a rapid integration.

e-business

e-business requires connecting of customers, suppliers and partners across the world, so as to
form an integrated value and supply chain over the Internet.

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