With today's global and distributed commerce, organizations of all sizes are
having to collaborate and exchange information with a growing ecosystem of
divisions, partners and customers. Most companies want to communicate
electronically and in real time, but beyond email, managing the exchange of
data, messages and documents can be challenging and expensive.
Traditional EDI, networks or point-to-point integration systems are not
providing the interoperability, agility and real-time information exchange
businesses need to compete. In addition, companies need to do more than
merely exchange data; they need to integrate complete business processes,
such as procurement, supply chain management, eCommerce, benefit claims
processing, or logistics, to name just a few.
As with other technologies, integration solutions are moving to the cloud in
order to provide this increas... (more)
Hubspan Session at Cloud Expo
The benefits of doing things "as-a-Service" (aaS) and leveraging cloud-based
technologies are well-known and documented, such as a low barrier to entry,
reduced capital outlay and infrastructure, easy scalability, and
device/location independence. Many companies also appreciate the reliability
of service and the ability to leverage specialized domain knowledge expertise
from an experienced aaS provider.
However, there is still a great deal of confusion about the many different
types of aaS and questions remain over how much companies should rely on t... (more)