What is iPaaS and Why Do You Need One Now?

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What is iPaaS and Why Do You Need One Now?

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Examining the unique characteristics of an integration platform as a service (iPaaS)

Apr 17, 2019

Driven by the need for greater business growth and stronger relationships with their customers, business everywhere are changing from slow-moving to fast-moving digital organizations, where traditional boundaries between systems, people, and channels are eliminated.

Fast-moving digital businesses require more touchpoints and greater intelligence, use more applications to interact with the outside world, connect more applications and data sources, enable more people with information, and need more integrations. And they need to make those integrations at unprecedented speed.

This whitepaper examines the unique characteristics of an integration platform as a service (iPaaS), and why it is suited for helping businesses accomplish their digital transformations.

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