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Last Updated: Jan 20, 2005 
Integration is one of the biggest buzzwords in IT, and it's a key area of focus for many enterprises. Learn more about the hottest integration issues and technologies here.
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Explaining integration

(04 Feb 2004)

The first and most obvious way in which you might differentiate between application and data integration is that the former uses messaging and the latter does not. Philip Howard of Bloor Research explains further in this IT-Director.com column.

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>> EAI aids company with data transition (Line56) 01 Aug 2003
>> EAI vs. Web services: Different answers to the same problem (SearchWebServices) 24 Jan 2002
>> Web services favored for integration, study finds (CNET) 03 Feb 2004
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