Towards Unified Enterprise Integration: Leveraging Hybrid Integration Platforms to Bridge On-Premises and Cloud Environments
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15680/IJCTECE.2023.0605014Keywords:
Hybrid Integration Platforms, Cloud Environments, On-Premises Integration, Enterprise Architecture, Data Security, Scalability, System InteroperabilityAbstract
The fast changing digital environment requires the ability to make integration between various environments work, and businesses are moving to both on-premise and cloud environments. This term paper discusses the deployment of Hybrid Integration Platforms (HIPs) as a remedy to the disparity in on-premises and cloud environments. The paper explores the role of HIPs in data flow, automation, and interoperability between the old and the new cloud-based applications and legacy systems. The research design used will be a systematic review of available integration technologies then case studies of businesses that have applied HIPs as a real-life situation. The mixed-method approach is used, which is the combination of qualitative interviews with IT managers and quantitative performance analysis of integration systems to measure efficiency, scalability, and flexibility.
The findings emphasize that HIPs can greatly simplify the complexity and cost of integration through offering a single framework of controlling on-premise and cloud systems. Moreover, the study shows that HIPs enhance the scalability of the system and data security as well as simplifying the process of data exchange which results in improved operational flexibility and less latency in the decision-making process. Nevertheless, vendor lock-in, issues of data privacy, and lack of skills were also found to be problematic. The study carries the increasing knowledge on the field of enterprise integration, and it can provide useful information to any organization that wants to maximize its IT infrastructure by integrating its operations in a hybrid manner.
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