BUSINESS INTEGRATION
ARE WE IN AN ICT
BUBBLE TERRITORY?
By Peter Namasaka
P
rior to 2014, Transparency
Market Research had predicted
that aspects of business
integration would form part of a large
and growing market through 2030.
By 2015, business integration had
already achieved much growth in most
businesses, and was already being
supported by various trends responsible
for shaping up different industries.
However, in 2016, we have witnessed a
continued growth towards investments
that target cloud technologies, and
complicated data analytical systems.
Such technologies and systems still
require some level of integration
to function properly. But, there are
different reasons why more and more
businesses are seeking to develop and
adopt better integration plans.
infrastructures, together with the everincreasing social software are driving
the growth in business integration
trends, contributing to the burgeoning
of various industry segments.
The growing prominence of
infrastructure system integration plans
has compelled more businesses to
become more receptive and consider
adopting cloud technologies, or even
look for systems that have the capacity
to manage their networks more
effectively.
However, to avoid integrating your
business blindly, it is important to have
a clue on where the grass is likely to be
greener throughout 2016, and into the
future years.
Global financial and insurance
‘‘The Government of Kenya is also setting up
and supporting the development of various
technology hubs across the country as a means
of fulfilling Vision 2030. It doesn’t matter
how you look at these trends, but the bottomline is that the future is bright for businesses
that are willing to align their integration
efforts in line with the ICT industry
developments.’’
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Ongoing initiatives and projects
Currently, there are various ongoing
initiatives and projects that are
linked to the ICT industry. These
initiatives range from business process
outsourcing, content creation, and
information security initiatives.
The Government of Kenya is also
setting up and supporting the
development of various technology
hubs across the country as a means of
fulfilling Vision 2030. It doesn’t matter
how you look at these trends, but the
bottom-line is that the future is bright
for businesses that are willing to align
their integration efforts in line with the
ICT industry developments.