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Integrations 101: With this new educational blog series, we aim to shed light on the fundamental concepts underlying integration technology. So that we may play a part in elevating discussions about integrations and increasing the quality of understanding of how integrations work. After thinking about where to start, we concluded there was only one logical place: the API.

A while ago, we decided to embark on our journey towards ISO 27001 certification. Because information security matters to all of us, and you are never done with cyber security, we decided to share some considerations of why we undertook the ISO 27001 certification process, as well as our five lessons learned in the process. So you can do better than us in your first audit!

Have you ever migrated to a new application without actually knowing it? You logging in one day and all the information was there as you left it the previous day, everything seemed familiar, but when diving deeper you realise you are on a new application with a big upgrade in functionality. This was "the dream" for the Dutch Department of Home Affairs (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken), for the migration to their new Social Intranet platform. Below, we share their story and also 5 key insights we gained, working on large migration projects.

The fifth integration issue we share our thoughts and learnings about, is vendor lock-in. Staying with a vendor can be the best thing to do, refer to our previous blog about Exonet. However this doesn't always apply, especially if the sole reason for staying or even procuring more software from that vendor is for 'better integrations'. Meanwhile, ending up with a product that doesn't meet requirements. Keep reading for how to avoid this scenario.

We wanted to take some time this week to put the spotlight on one of our long-standing business partners and vendors, Exonet . Exonet and Harmonizer go together like coffee & cream, or like copy & paste :). They provide us with a stable infrastructure, and make sure we never have to worry about getting the best fit for purpose cloud hosting services so we can in turn focus on providing a worry free integration service to all of our clients and downstream partners. A worry-free ‘match made in heaven’.

Helping each other in building a more connected Recruitment and HR world, is what the partnership between TalentLead and Harmonizer is built on. That, and our shared values. Our commitment to an outstanding and high-end client experience is a shared objective. In this blog, we dig a little deeper and reflect on why our partnership works so well and what value it drives to create a connected environment for our mutual clients.

Are autonomous systems the source of nightmares, or dreams? Where does this trend stand at the moment, and what does this mean for integrations between autonomous systems? Or maybe autonomous integrations could be a thing of the future? Keep reading for more.

In this blog, we share a short story around value creation, and how what is considered valuable is very different from business to business.

Integration challenges hold businesses back, with data silos remaining a challenge for 90% of organisations. In this next instalment of our blog series about common integration issues, we shed light on custom fields, some of the common pitfalls associated with these and how to create a very smooth integration and automation experience with custom fields.

The pandemic has been (dare we speak in past tense?) many things, to many people. It gave many people some downtime, balance and flexibility, while others were less happy living through it. We explore how integrations can make a true difference in this new hybrid world we live in, by fostering connections between systems, and people.