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title: 10 steps to lead you through the system integration maze
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# 10 steps to lead you through the system integration maze

## Download this White Paper to find 10 questions to ask yourself before selecting technology to integrate solutions.

![](https://integral.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Integration-Maze-213x300-1.jpg)

## More and more companies do not want to be tied to a single business provider.

They want each of the applications they use to provide the ideal function and cost; the term used for this approach is:

## "Best Of Breed"

Many enterprises now use their core systems with other on-premise and on-demand applications: including Microsoft SharePoint, Lotus Notes, Salesforce.com, specific IBM i-based software and many other applications.

Tedious manual programming of point-to-point interfaces between solutions can cause the advantages of the best-of-breed approach to completely evaporate—but there is a solution.

Rather than manually programming interfaces, companies can use systematic business process integration solutions that:

- Speed Project Completion
- Simplify Integration
- Reduce Risk
- Ensure that integration solutions are easily maintained
- While remaining flexible and adaptable

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