The amount and diversity of work done by data integration specialists have exploded since the turn of the twenty-first century. Analytic data integration continues to be a vibrant and growing practice that’s applied most often to data warehousing and business intelligence initiatives. But a lot of the growth comes from the emerging practice of operational data integration, which is usually applied to the migration, consolidation or synchronization of operational databases, plus business-to-business data exchange. Analytic and operational data integration are both growing; yet, the latter is growing faster in some sectors. This report from TDWI will help organizations worldwide understand the current state of OpDI, as well as where it’s going. The report drills into the business initiatives, technical implementations and cross-functional organizational structures relevant to OpDI, as well as common starting points and success factors.