A review of enterprise IT integration methods

The development of enterprise IT architectures has become a real challenge in the recent years. Most of the issues stem from heterogeneous applications, platforms and environments that need to operate as a homogeneous unit. It is for this reason that the enterprise IT systems of today are increasingly driven to integrate all of their current and future components. The additional motivation for integration is also a need for narrowing the gap between the IT and the business world of today's enterprises, in order to increase competitiveness. This article provides an introduction to enterprise IT systems integration and gives a summary of methodologies most in use today.