B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

This is the first in our three-part series, “Integrationists Wanted.” The series examines the essential role EDI, MFT, EAI and API specialists can play in helping to create value and competitive advantage for companies and organizations in an era of economic disruption.

At Remedi, we’ve been all in on system and business integration as a corporate and competitive strategy since 1994 when we all did was EDI.

As companies look for ways to respond to the current sluggishness and uncertainty in the economy in the wake of Covid-19, IT staffing budgets often go under the microscope first. Accordingly, the term “outsourcing” enters the conversation.

We’d be the first to admit it seems like we’ve devoted a server’s worth space to our series on integration delivery options. Then again, with so much focus on “digital transformation” in an economy still struggling from the effects of the pandemic, and so many options to choose from, the topic couldn’t be timelier. So, clear some headspace and join us for a look at another, increasingly popular integration choice—the hybrid approach.

Before Covid-19 began its march across the globe in early March of 2020, the U.S. economy was surging, and unemployment was at a post WWII-era low of 3.8% according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

If you’re strategizing with your LOB colleagues and decision makers at your company about how to level up your B2B integration capabilities, you’re not alone.