Most businesses recognise the challenges of fragmented systems and the fact that integrated system architecture is the answer. Integration-Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) has emerged as a middleware solution for connecting fragmented systems and data sources across hybrid application landscapes.

However, the iPaaS approach comes with its own set of challenges. As with previous ESB solutions, a good tool can be used and implemented badly, resulting in an integration bottleneck that fails to decouple and isolate applications, failing to enable faster, simpler change. An integration platform needs to be approached as a project by itself, as it is implementing an entirely new layer of technology connecting all the applications and services of the enterprise, and beyond.

As a result, iPaaS solutions are often complex and costly exercises, requiring significant upfront investment, before any benefits are realised. Often, it requires specialist consultants who are familiar with the integration platform. It can take significant time to implement and maintaining key principles, standards, patterns and a reusability mindset often erodes over time. For complex hybrid, cloud and on-premise integrations of the kind needed by many large organisations, iPaaS may not be up to the job. Furthermore, IPaaS involves an additional layer of IT complexity that will take ongoing time and resources to maintain, potentially even requiring further external support meaning it can take years for iPaaS solutions to deliver any ROI.

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Remember, iPAAS IS A SOLUTION – BUT NOT A SILVER BULLET.