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Enterprise integration technology is becoming more important for clients, but spending is still on a tight leash, according to our Round Table panel of experts. Pat Sweet sums up their views.
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John Leaman: solid business case
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MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY:
Compass
Interviewee: John Leaman, managing consultant.
Q1. Benefits.
A: Companies are still looking at enterprise integration technology because they face a problem which will not go away. They have got to link applications together more and more, largely because of web developments, so they need to look at a solution.
The difficulty is that the tools on the market currently are themselves expensive, so organisations have to make sure they have a solid business case for integration, based on the cost of the present way of working, what they will spend on tools and implementation and the cost base afterwards.
Benefits include more flexibility, better use of resources, speed to market, and the fact that maintaining the status quo is usually nightmarish.
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Consultants' Advisory 2003
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