https://businessintergation.com/2022/11/03/digital-business-analyst-roles-and-responsibilities/

Modern business integration is a crucial accelerator for contemporary organizations that want to accelerate growth, unlock new revenue streams and improve customer experiences. It allows companies take advantage of their current technology, people and process to stay on top of competitors.

Many companies combine legacy systems with on-premises and cloud software solutions. These disparate technologies do not automatically communicate with each other, which is why companies need to develop a robust integration strategy.

Modern integration, which allows these systems to communicate with each other and exchange vital data across and within business lines, makes these business relationships much easier in the digital age. This is often referred as B2B Integration and can involve a range of advanced protocols – AS2, SFTP HTTPs, Web Services and proprietary fast file transfer methods.

Financial services, healthcare, logistics, and other industries are common use cases. These industries have a common need to securely link multiple trading partners, while maintaining robust security, audit trail, and governance capabilities.

Another common use case is horizontal integration, where two or more companies in the same industry combine to offer a wider range of products or services. For example, women’s apparel companies might integrate with fashion brands that cater to teens and young adults in order to introduce them into new market segments.

Modern integration strategies enable companies to extract the correct data from front-end applications, and convert it into an appropriate format for their central organization device. This data can then be sent into the target application to be processed. This can help automate processes, improve business communication, and decrease the risk of human errors or delays.