Many companies today are prioritizing modernization of application
landscapes to reap the benefits of cloud-native applications, such as agility,
flexibility, and resiliency. Benefits of modernization include reduced total cost
of ownership and improved productivity by leveraging the latest technologies
to better support business demands. Additionally, the pressure to innovate
and deliver better outcomes for the business and experiences for customers
drives organizations to undertake digital transformation initiatives.
Successful digital transformation enables a company to not just react to change but also to
anticipate what’s coming – and to be prepared for it. A key imperative of an organization’s
transformation journey is upgrading its technology landscape to take advantage of the latest
innovations, such as artificial intelligence (AI).
Yet, the adoption of new technology leads to highly distributed system landscapes with
scattered business information, lacking the ability for real-time insights and actions. Business
information today comes from everywhere: from departments like finance, manufacturing,
and customer service to suppliers, partners, and broader business networks. This information
is captured and stored in a variety of systems, on premises and in the cloud. When these
systems aren’t properly integrated and managed, that data can’t easily be shared between
them, leading to a lack of visibility and disjointed end-to-end business processes that span
across and outside an enterprise. Collaborating with partners can be challenging if there is
no integration platform in place to facilitate the exchange of data between systems.