<s>
Cloud-based	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
systems	O
integration	O
business	O
delivered	O
as	O
a	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
service	O
that	O
addresses	O
data	O
,	O
process	O
,	O
service-oriented	O
architecture	O
(	O
SOA	O
)	O
and	O
application	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Integration	B-General_Concept
platform	I-General_Concept
as	I-General_Concept
a	I-General_Concept
service	I-General_Concept
(	O
iPaaS	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
services	I-Architecture
enabling	O
customers	O
to	O
develop	O
,	O
execute	O
and	O
govern	O
integration	O
flows	O
between	O
disparate	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
iPaaS	B-General_Concept
integration	O
model	O
,	O
customers	O
drive	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
deployment	O
of	O
integrations	O
without	O
installing	O
or	O
managing	O
any	O
hardware	O
or	O
middleware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPaaS	B-General_Concept
model	O
allows	O
businesses	O
to	O
achieve	O
integration	O
without	O
big	O
investment	O
into	O
skills	O
or	O
licensed	O
middleware	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPaaS	B-General_Concept
used	O
to	O
be	O
regarded	O
primarily	O
as	O
an	O
integration	O
tool	O
for	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
applications	O
,	O
used	O
mainly	O
by	O
small	O
to	O
mid-sized	O
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
hybrid	O
type	O
of	O
iPaaS	B-General_Concept
—	O
Hybrid-IT	O
iPaaS	B-General_Concept
—	O
that	O
connects	O
cloud	O
to	O
on-premises	O
,	O
is	O
becoming	O
increasingly	O
popular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
large	O
enterprises	O
are	O
exploring	O
new	O
ways	O
of	O
integrating	O
iPaaS	B-General_Concept
into	O
their	O
existing	O
IT	O
infrastructures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cloud	O
integration	O
has	O
increased	O
its	O
popularity	O
as	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
Software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
Service	I-Architecture
solutions	O
is	O
growing	O
day	O
by	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
in	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
integration	O
could	O
be	O
categorized	O
as	O
either	O
internal	O
or	O
business	O
to	O
business	O
(	O
B2B	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internal	O
integration	O
requirements	O
were	O
serviced	O
through	O
an	O
on-premises	O
middleware	O
platform	O
and	O
typically	O
utilized	O
a	O
service	B-Application
bus	I-Application
to	O
manage	O
exchange	O
of	O
data	O
between	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advent	O
of	O
SaaS	B-Architecture
applications	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
kind	O
of	O
demand	O
which	O
was	O
met	O
through	O
cloud-based	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emergence	O
of	O
this	O
sector	O
led	O
to	O
new	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
business	O
process	O
management	O
tools	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
build	O
integration	O
layers	O
-	O
since	O
those	O
are	O
now	O
a	O
separate	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drivers	O
of	O
growth	O
include	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
integrate	O
mobile	O
app	O
capabilities	O
with	O
proliferating	O
API	O
publishing	O
resources	O
and	O
the	O
growth	O
in	O
demand	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
things	I-Operating_System
functionalities	O
as	O
more	O
'	O
things	O
 '	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
