{"id":9202,"date":"2019-04-09T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=9202"},"modified":"2022-10-24T12:29:28","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T20:29:28","slug":"digital-transformation-the-pain-points-of-data-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/digital-transformation-the-pain-points-of-data-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Transformation: The Pain Points of Data Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital Transformation is a top goal for many businesses, but a major problem in achieving that goal is the difficulty of data integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why is data integration between different projects and systems hard? In the 2019 Connectivity Benchmark report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mulesoft.com\/integration-resources\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mulesoft.com\/integration-resources\">MuleSoft<\/a> breaks this question down and identifies three specific pain points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>69 percent of businesses say that existing\/legacy systems occupy the majority of their time, leaving no time to investigate more innovative technologies.<\/li><li>77 percent say that budgets are extremely tight, so taking on new projects is difficult.<\/li><li>91 percent worry that the negative impact from not being able to complete their digital initiatives on time.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"424\" src=\"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-4.png 796w, https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-4-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-4-768x409.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mulesoft.com\/lp\/reports\/connectivity-benchmark\">Mulesoft 2019 Connectivity Benchmark Report<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ross-mason-mulesoft-starting-out-frustrated-it-guy-2017-3\">Ross Mason<\/a>, vice president at MuleSoft,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dagensmedier.no\/globalassets\/rapporter\/mulesoft-connectivity-benchmark-report-2018.pdf\"> said that<\/a> &#8220;when it comes to digital transformation, it is no longer a case of \u2018if\u2019 but \u2018when\u2019 for organizations. 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