Boomi World 2024 - why organizations need to tackle data fragmentation more than ever if the benefits of AI are to be captured

A stark declaration from Steve Lucas, CEO of integration and automation specialist Boomi, as the company kick off its first post-pandemic in -person conference in Denver. The vibe at Boomi World 2024 was all about connectivity, reducing complexity and of course, AI.

Lucas believes the rapid development of AI represents a pivotal moment:

I believe that what we are experiencing right now is going to have a profound impact on all enterprise applications, everything. Boomi and 1000s of other companies are moving very quickly to invent a stack of new technologies that can take what we work on today, applications, databases, API's, and embrace those things in new ways.

But he cautioned that organizations still have the significant challenges of digital fragmentation, applications sprawl and the converging apps landscape, and need easy connectivity and simplicity more than ever:

There is profound complexity in the enterprise. Does anyone honestly feel ...