System & Application Integration

System and application integration is the process of getting all systems, new and old, to communicate and work together. The integration is accomplished by creating, building, or designing an information data system through custom or packaged software and APIs. The result is improved quality of operations and productivity for most or all of the organization.

API stands for Application Programming Interface. An API is a part of the remote server that sends and requests information. You can think of APIs as the “go-between” for software programs, allowing the programs – related or not – to talk to one another and to access features and services as needed.

Data mapping is just as it sounds: it takes complex and estranged data sets and maps them into one cohesive and compatible data set. It makes sense of the route to get to the correct data destination. When data mapping, the factors considered include the volume of data, data hierarchy, number of data sets, number of schemas, and more. Importantly, data mapping must occur for data integration to be possible.

Connected systems and applications can solve for issues like:

• Everyone working off of their own spreadsheets
• Data taking wayyy too long to get 
• Multiple sources of truth, or everyone having their own view of the business
• Siloed data that requires George from accounting to pull it for you
• Technology that users dread, or create workarounds to avoid