Software applications that are dedicated to a specific business function or process but do not interact with other applications belong to an older generation of software applications. When corporations plan their Information Technology strategy today they focus on how well a new software application will integrate with their existing systems seamlessly. Corporations realize that if they have a well planned and integrated EAI architecture they will spend less time on the routine tasks of workflow management and will be able to spend more time on their core competencies.

Software vendors have realized the value to business that EAI can bring and provide easy integration points for their products. Many software vendors like Intuit and SalesForce encourage the use of their APIs and SDKs by maintaining active forums and certifying products that effectively use their APIs.

At PhiStream, whenever we build a software solution we keep an eye on how effectively it can be integrated with other software solutions that are relevant to the domain.
We have a common framework which is used across applications and provides effective ways of integrating with various software applications.

PhiStream also specializes in building EAI layers for existing applications. We have been approached by clients who have multiple applications running in their enterprise and face operational problems because of loose or no integration between their applications. We go in and study the applications and come up with ways in which the applications can be integrated. In some cases this involves building a bridge front end application which can talk to all the applications.

We have varied experience with working with web services in Java and .NET and have researched the interoperability issues extensively. This comes in very useful when looking at achieving loosely coupled and powerful integration between java and .NET applications. We have typically used JMS for asynchronous message driven integrations.