Digibee, an enterprise integration platform as a service (eiPaaS) company that helps organizations build flexible, highly scalable integration architecture, today unveiled its inaugural Digibee 2022 State of Enterprise Integration Report, revealing insights from enterprise technology leaders and executives on the critical role of system and data integration for businesses competing in a digital-first world. Digibee's research was developed in partnership with research firm CensusWide and is based on a survey of more than 1,000 U.S.-based CIOs, developers and enterprise architects conducted April 27 to May 5, 2022.

Organizations around the world are rapidly evolving to a digital-first technology model to support business-critical initiatives such as cloud migration and omnichannel customer experiences. However, the Digibee 2022 State of Enterprise Integration Report reveals that, while most business leaders understand the urgency in modernizing existing infrastructure, most respondents face significant challenges integrating their existing operations with this future state.

Enterprise integration strategy is a top priority, but few strategies are in place
One of the most interesting aspects of the report is the disparity between thought and action regarding enterprise integration strategy. While most organizations recognize the value of enterprise integration and the criticality of creating and implementing an enterprise integration strategy, few have implemented a strategy, reflecting the early stage of these initiatives across most organizations.

Most business leaders (57%) believe an enterprise integration strategy is critical to their organization, while 61% of CIOs and more than half of system architects and developers said a standardized, enterprise integration strategy is a top priority. However, businesses are at different stages in their enterprise integration initiatives. Only 7% of respondents have succeeded in implementing an enterprise integration strategy, while 93% of decision-makers admit they have no formal integration strategy in place. Most are still in the planning stage (53%), intending to activate their strategy within the next 12 months, while over a third (36%) of respondents said that nothing is planned.

"While business demand for enterprise integration is high, managing the enterprise integration ecosystem is challenging and defining a strategy takes time. However, with modern eiPaaS systems and agile methodology, much can be accomplished while developing a formal strategy," said Digibee CEO and co-founder Rodrigo Bernardinelli. "It is encouraging that the majority of respondents view enterprise integration as an important initiative to drive their organizations forward toward achieving their objectives for agility and digital transformation."