Enterprise Platforms and Integration Questions

Designing, integrating, and operating enterprise software platforms and middleware that connect applications, data stores, and third party systems. Topics include enterprise middleware, API gateways, connectors and adapters, message brokers and integration buses; common integration patterns such as publish subscribe, request response, and event driven architectures; data transformation and schema mapping; transactional and eventual consistency considerations across heterogeneous systems; versioning and backward compatibility of integration contracts; identity federation and single sign on strategies; integration testing and validation; observability and error handling for integration points including retries and idempotency; deployment and change management for platform components; vendor evaluation and third party integration concerns; and governance and operational practices for platform evolution at scale.