- Today, Number of organizations fitted with different types of open and proprietary systems. Each with its own development, database, Networking and operating system, thus creating a heterogeneous environment.
- EAI has come as a boon for enterprise architects to set right everything, which today's enterprises face. EAI has become a sophisticated set of procedures with newly refined technologies, such as middleware and message brokers that allow users to tie systems together using a common glue code.
Advantages:
- Middleware-enabled EAI - Enterprise Application Integration is the creation of new strategic business solutions by combining the functionality of an enterprise's existing applications, commercial packaged applications, and new code using a common middleware.
- Middleware is able to hide the complexities of the source and target systems, here by freeing developers from focusing on low-level APIs and network protocols and allowing them to concentrate on sharing information.
