Comments on: Integration Is Not Always the Best Answer http://aspectblog.12hna.com/2007/08/14/integration-is-not-always-the-best-answer/ Views from industry luminaries Gary Barnett, Roger Sumner and Jim Mitchell. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: George Tarrant http://aspectblog.12hna.com/2007/08/14/integration-is-not-always-the-best-answer/#comment-2313 George Tarrant Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:18:54 +0000 http://aspectblog.12hna.com/2007/08/14/integration-is-not-always-the-best-answer/#comment-2313 Unified is obviously the way to go, but integration still has it's perks. What happens when the unified system is impacted or down? If the components of the unified solution fail gracefully then your entire production is not stopped but, with QoS and availability to consider for overall operations the flexibility and availability of a mish mash of integrated systems may provide a better avenue of geting business done. Just my $0.02. Unified is obviously the way to go, but integration still has it’s perks.
What happens when the unified system is impacted or down?
If the components of the unified solution fail gracefully then your entire production is not stopped but, with QoS and availability to consider for overall operations the flexibility and availability of a mish mash of integrated systems may provide a better avenue of geting business done.

Just my $0.02.

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