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The Communicative Nature of Information Systems Integration as an Enabler for Business IT Alignment

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Patterns of systems integration strive to accommodate the diversity of business ecosystems, including novel Web- and cloud-based services. In this paper, we apply the principles of the language/action paradigm (LAP) to develop a decentralized integration pattern that supports dynamic integration of services. A model is proposed for designing the interacting systems as active and independent entities that seek to communicate with each other. Two modes are enabled in the communication model: an indirect mode, where systems interact via business processes; and a direct mode, where systems directly interface with each other, following four categories. The communication perspective of the proposed integration pattern contributes to realizing the vision of a marketplace for cloud services. It supports a more flexible alternative to centralized integration patterns. The communication model builds on the improved alignment between system design models and the overall organizational design offered by the unifying meta-model for enterprise modeling.

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    Iyad Zikra

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Zikra, I. (2017). The Communicative Nature of Information Systems Integration as an Enabler for Business IT Alignment. In: Abramowicz, W., Alt, R., Franczyk, B. (eds) Business Information Systems Workshops. BIS 2016. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 263. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52464-1_13

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