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As we move to integrate more systems, and as service-oriented integration becomes more important, you need to plan for scalability into the future, advises integration guru and ebizQ columnist David S. Linthicum, who is the CTO of Grand Central Communications. He says what sufficed until very recently doesn't anymore and certain won't down the road, as integration needs widen:


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