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From Cloud to Ground : Assessing Integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) Against On-Premise Integration Platforms
Rienstra, W.D. (2024) From Cloud to Ground : Assessing Integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) Against On-Premise Integration Platforms.
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| Abstract: | Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) pertains to the process of enabling different enterprise systems and applications to work together within a business, facilitating controlled data exchange and optimization of business processes. With the introduction of cloud computing, an integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) emerged as a cloud-based alternative to traditional on-premise integration platforms (TIP). This research investigates how these integration platform concepts compare to understand the benefits and drawbacks organizations should be aware of when deciding between them. Employing the Design Science Research Methodology, this research constructs an integration platform capability model with functional and non-functional capabilities to inform decision-making between TIP and iPaaS vendors. A Non-Functional Capability (NFC) Tool further compares TIP and iPaaS on the non-functional capabilities to provide a comprehensive comparison that minimizes vendor-specific biases that exist for the functional capabilities. Both the tool and the capability model are improved through iterations of expert reviews. The capability model is further validated via a case study that analyzed the TIP and iPaaS offerings of two different vendors. This research contributes a structured comparison between TIP and iPaaS, a capability model describing the structural components of iPaaS, and an NFC Tool that compares iPaaS with TIP. The contributions of this research should be treated as a first step to more insightful research towards the concept of iPaaS and integration platforms in general. Therefore, this research concludes with directions for future work that can built upon the findings of this research, such as improving the NFC tool through scenario testing. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | EEMCS: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Subject: | 50 technical science in general |
| Programme: | Business Information Technology MSc (60025) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/99581 |
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