Application integration involves the connecting of disparate applications and components to function as new cohesive structures for processing business transactions and optimizing processes and workflows. Integrating applications requires designing structures to transfer data and information between connected platforms, languages, and environments, whether within or across organizational boundaries. Well-designed application integrations enable unified user experiences and interactions, efficient data sharing, and reliable communications between systems to form new emergent systems and architectures adapted to the changing needs of the business.
