A critical view of EAI EAI is designed for large enterprises with thousands of different sources of data. For such organisations, the business return of integrating all their applications with expensive EAI solutions may be justified. That justification may dissolve, however, when the enterprise compares the huge cost of EAI with alternative solutions aimed primarily at enterprise unification rather than application integration. Industry reports indicate that some of the EAI vendors have not performed as well as analysts had expected, and their products were not only expensive, but also hard to use. The vendors' performance is highlighted by their recent financial results in which they've posted net losses in their most recent quarters and revenues down from year-ago levels. It's indicative of the trends, not just the overall economy.
A critical view of EAI
EAI is designed for large enterprises with thousands of different sources of data. For such organisations, the business return of integrating all their applications with expensive EAI solutions may be justified. That justification may dissolve, however, when the enterprise compares the huge cost of EAI with alternative solutions aimed primarily at enterprise unification rather than application integration.
Industry reports indicate that some of the EAI vendors have not performed as well as analysts had expected, and their products were not only expensive, but also hard to use. The vendors' performance is highlighted by their recent financial results in which they've posted net losses in their most recent quarters and revenues down from year-ago levels. It's indicative of the trends, not just the overall economy.