Enterprise Application Integration: New Solutions for a Solved Problem or a Challenging Research Field?

Abstract

When closing the loop back to legacy systems, data warehousing is becoming a general IT integration topic, which is — partly — discussed under the label enterprise application integration. This article enables the interested reader to identify current problems in enterprise application integration. It shows solutions reached in previous research efforts, as well as solutions provided by today’s software vendors. Finally, it sums up the pending gaps and open research fields.