In this groundbreaking book, Lyle and Schmidt highlight the significant benefits IT organizations can realize by adopting a more centralized integration approach, gaining efficiencies and cost savings that ultimately can translate into a corporate competitive differentiator. Describing the various "flavors" of an ICC that can be adopted by companies depending on their needs, Lyle and Schmidt then lay out a best-practices approach to implementing a centralized integration model�from assigning the right people, to determining processes and selecting the best technology.

This is a must-read book for any IT organization seeking to maximize their IT investments for business advantage.

About the Author

John Schmidt is President of the Integration Consortium, a nonprofit organization promoting integration best practices. Mr. Schmidt has practiced as an information systems professional for 28 years and has experience in a wide range of industries, including retail, communications, and banking, as well as education and government. He has a record of consistent leadership in breaking new ground and driving business results. Mr. Schmidt is a frequent speaker on the topic of integration and has written a number of articles on the subject.

David Lyle is the vice president of product strategy at Informatica, where he leads Informatica�s research on model-driven architecture as it extends to integration automation. During the early to mid-�90s, Mr. Lyle worked as a data warehousing consultant on several large-scale, massively parallel warehouse projects. From this experience, Mr. Lyle helped found and grow Influence Software from 1996 to 1999 as a pioneering company in! the development of analytic applications. Informatica bought Influence in 1999 and since then, Mr. Lyle has helped expand Informatica�s data integration platform and metadata technologies, creating several patent-pending technologies for the company.

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