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Minimal IT integration

Minimal IT has developed a simple, effective and cheap approach to systems integration. The newsletters below give an overview of this approach.

Minimal integration 1: what is integration?

Minimal integration 2: define system boundaries

Minimal integration 3: send the right information

Minimal integration 4: XML is beautiful

Minimal integration 5: keep XML simple

Minimal integration 6: standardise data transfer

Minimal integration 7: point-to-point, hub, or bus?

Minimal integration 8: do you need tools?

Minimal integration 9: make good documentation easy

Minimal integration 10: simple fast programming

Minimal integration 11: integrate software packages

Minimal integration 12: integration summarised

Some additional materials are available:

XML helper example

Business aligned integration architecture presentation

Andrew Clifford from Minimal IT presented on business aligned integration architecture to the WebSphere MQ and Business Integration User Group on 21 June 2005.

Read a summary of the presentation and view the slides.

Andrew would be happy to deliver this presentation at your company, or at other industry events. Please contact us to discuss.

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