An increasing number of enterprises is looking into ways to improve business processes and to consolidate their business systems. Improving business processes may require deeper integration of their internal and external business processes or adding newer processes. Business requirements may change and current operating procedures may need to be revised.

In today's dynamic environment, enterprises require systems that will adapt to changing business requirements and collaborate with their partners, suppliers and customers. Collaboration requires the integration of multiple systems internally within the enterprise, as well as externally with those of the partners, suppliers and customers. Over consolidation of systems may limit the ability to change as customizing a larger, more monolithic system can be a significant undertaking. Standards are the key to true interoperability in an enterprise. The advancement and widespread adoption of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services validates the fact that enterprises need the flexibility and agility of key business systems that will run their enterprise the most efficiently and an infrastructure to easily deploy and tie these systems together.

Maximo's integration solutions enables enterprises to continue to improve their asset and service management business processes. Maximo Enterprise Asset Management provides connectivity  and support features. Features that makes Maximo one of strategic systems for Enterprises. The solutions are productized and are fully-supported. They enable rapid integration between Maximo and enterprise business systems.

The solutions' extensible standard-based framework, with a library of pre-defined integration points, provides a complete integration enablement environment for Maximo. They have complete integration development environments that allow users to extend pre-built integration processes as well as develop new ones.

Maximo provides end-to-end adapters and cartridges for Oracle E-Business Suite and mySAP that simplify and speed-up Maximo deployment. These adapters provide the required end-to-end connectivity and data mapping between Maximo and the business system that utilize integration processes that are approved on both ends. As a productized solution, customers can easily deploy the integration within their enterprise and continue to see return on their investment as they upgrade either of these systems.