Integrations - Technology
Integration platform
A shared layer for connecting many applications and managing the information passed between them
What's it for?
Provides one managed place for connecting many systems instead of building a separate link for every pair.
For example…
Finance, HR and the CRM all talk through one platform, so a new starter syncs to payroll and email without a bespoke link for each pair.
A company uses an integration platform to connect CRM, payroll and finance through reusable connectors instead of maintaining separate custom scripts
Think of it like…
Railway hub: trains from many lines meet at one station instead of building a private track between every town
Often confused with…
- Integration layerThe part of a system architecture that connects applications and moves data between them
- ESB (Enterprise Service Bus)Software that connects systems so data can flow correctly between them
- iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service)A cloud service for building and managing connections between applications and data sources