1. CURRENT TRENDS OF EIS :
• Businesses worldwide depend on technology and software integration solutions to sustain
business operations and drive revenue growth.
• As such, one of the key responsibilities of every CIO is to provide an integrated IT
infrastructure that is agile, resilient, and secure while keeping a close eye on costs.
• This is where enterprise application integration (EAI) comes in.
• EAI works as middleware to integrate business software such as SCM applications, ERP
systems, HRM systems, BI systems, and CRM systems without data structure changes.
• Tt enables rapid integration of different systems, services, processes, devices, and information
to enhance business performance.
• The widespread use of packaged applications, technologies, and platforms among enterprises is
likely to drive market growth, at a CAGR(Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 10.28% from
2014-2019.
2. Increased Need for System Integration:
• System integration simplifies how enterprises access and use different kinds of information.
• It helps improve the quality and enhance the efficiency of a service while reducing long-term
costs.
• It also makes business information systems more flexible, enhances productivity, and eases
access to information.
• In addition, it helps mitigate the organization's most complex data integration and information
3. exchange challenges.
2.Demand for Specialist System Integrators:
• System integration personnel focus on solution design and implementation with the primary
focus being on interoperability.
• System integration services include a range of services that are focused on precise areas of
technology.
• For instance, the mobile application is one such application that traditional system integrators,
with a broad spectrum of services, struggle to implement successfully.
• This demands specialist system integrators and therefore offers opportunities for a highly
skilled workforce, propelling the market growth.
3. Adoption of BYOD Policy :
• These days, enterprises are encouraging employees to bring their own mobile devices to
perform basic business functions.
• These devices are linked to a cloud server that allows data accessibility anytime using a security
code.
• BYOD policies provide benefits like increased productivity, employee satisfaction, and cost
savings, and decreased employee mobility and infrastructure costs.
• In addition, BYOD is driving cloud adoption in organizations as it provides flexibility and
ensures agility and data security.
4.) Integration of IT Products and Services Procured from
Multiple Suppliers :
• Current complex business environment has forced organizations to continually evolve and adapt
to new IT infrastructure.
• This means that IT products and services are being sourced from a large pool of IT vendors.
• System integration services have evolved over time to meet emerging organizational
requirements, and a wide array of system integration services are now being offered to unite
various IT products and services used by enterprises.
• This has not only increased the demand for the products' capabilities, but also increased the
expectations of organizations from their system integration partners.
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