Colorado Springs is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Colorado with a population of 478,961 (2020 census, U.S. Census Bureau)[1] and is located about 100 km south of Denver on the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains at the foot of Pikes Peak. It is the administrative seat of El Paso County and home to various military installations of the U.S. Air Force, which, along with companies in the high-tech industry, is the most important employer in the area surrounding the city.

Database integration, i.e., the bringing together of separate groups of information, can have long term benefits to both business management, and online commercial, practices. Day to day business operations can be streamlined and organized more efficiently. Online applications result in ease of use and purchase by consumers.

Benefits of Database Integration

For business management, database integration can automate, and improve the efficiency of, many routine processes. Customer lists, inventory, invoicing and payroll information are all brought together. This eliminates redundant information, and highlights missing or incorrect data. Further, for offices facing serious replacement costs for obsolete hardware, database integration can extend the life of overworked servers, and buy time.

e-commerce problems are effectively solved, too, by database integration. Integrated lists allow much easier navigation within the site by customers. If customers can more easily find the items they want, they are infinitely more likely to click-through to purchase.

Database integration, however, is not easy, even for accomplished program managers. It can be an overwhelming prospect, and many less-technically savvy individuals wisely enlist professional aid for database integration projects. Most e-commerce business services have database integration experts that can accomplish this often Herculean task with ease and efficiency, resulting in a much more efficient workspace, and more profitable electronic marketplace.