To fully enable true, enterprise-wide collaboration, businesses require seamless connection of numerous and diverse systems, information and processes. The critical systems that run an enterprise must also integrate with those of their customers, suppliers and trading partners to enable quick adaptation while maintaining and even improving the quality of existing services. By using a flexible integration approach to link these systems, organizations can help their employees be more productive, make the enterprise more accessible to customers and enable secure and prompt information sharing with suppliers and partners.