Cloud integration platforms help users build an integration process

Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Crystal Bedell.

As organizations move beyond their initial Software as a Service (SaaS) deployments, they’re recognizing the increasing need to integrate data and processes between the public cloud and their on-premises databases and applications. In fact, according to a study by 451 Research, a New York City-based analyst organization, migration and integration together make up the second-largest cloud computing pain point cited by IT decision makers, behind only security. Not surprisingly, a variety of vendors have moved in to address the challenge of the cloud integration process.

"It’s still early in this market, just like it’s still early in cloud computing," said Bernard Golden, senior director of the cloud computing enterprise solutions group at Dell. "But there’s take-up of these solutions." While it’s still a nascent market, it’s one that he expects to grow a lot…

"For most organizations, as soon as they start buying or subscribing to a SaaS solution, they’re either going to be forced immediately to think about integration requirements or they should right away, because inevitably they will be adding something on to it. No one application sits in a vacuum," said Jeff Kaplan, managing director of THINKStrategies, a Wellesley, Mass.-based consulting firm…

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