Integrating the IS with the enterprise: key EAI research challenges

Amir M.Sharif1, TonyElliman2, Peter E.D.Love3, AttaBadii4
1MIS Consultant, Information Systems Evaluation & Integration Network Group (ISEing), Department of Information Systems & Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
2Senior Lecturer, Information Systems Evaluation & Integration Network Group (ISEing), Department of Information Systems & Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
3We‐B Centre, School of Management Information Systems, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia
4Reader in Information Systems at P3ie‐EnCkompass, Information Systems Department, University College Northampton, Northampton, UK

Tóm tắt

Enterprise application integration (EAI) technologies provide the means to integrate strategic business solutions within and across the component parts of organisational information system infrastructures. The continuing development of both digitally integrated business models, through various eCommerce and eBusiness initiatives, has meant that the importance of EAI within enterprise IS, has increased significantly. Noting that EAI incurs not only technological but stakeholder‐level commitments, this paper outlines the product of a sustained investigation into key challenges within enterprise IS and EAI, and provides a framework for future research and investigation into this emerging and evolving area.

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