AI Didn’t Break Enterprise Integration; It Just Revealed the Cracks

July 24, 2025

Solace — The Leading Enabler of event-driven architecture for real-time enterprise • solace.com

For decades, businesses have relied on traditional approaches to stitch their systems together. These methods were passable when integration was about moving data between a few back-office systems on a predictable schedule.

But with the advent of AI, that era is over, stated Solace CEO Denis King at the recent Solace global Sales Kickoff in London, UK.

“Today’s businesses demand real-time collaboration between people, applications, and now, increasingly, autonomous software agents powered by AI. And those agents don’t wait for a nightly batch job or tolerate stale data; they expect that information now.”

Diving into FY2026 with “real-time integration for the agentic age” as a key theme, Solace is leading the charge to delivering a more distributed, event-driven, AI-based way of connecting and coordinating assets across the enterprise.

Check out Denis’ video for a closer look.

The past quarter also saw Solace:

  • Bring aboard its new Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer, Paul Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick brings deep experience in enterprise software go-to-market, having held senior leadership roles with IBM, Cognos and Halogen Software. His resume also includes a prior stint at Solace where he led partnerships, global customer education, field enablement and performance management. Fitzpatrick joins Solace from Shopify, where he led the development of the company’s enterprise partner ecosystem, and evolution of global partner programs and education.
  • Rank as “Exemplary Provider” in ISG Research’s 2025 Buyers Guide for Messaging and Event Processing, joining other industry heavyweights such as AWS, IBM, Microsoft and Google Cloud. An “Exemplary” rating is the highest classification given to those vendors who performed beyond the median in overall product and customer experience scoring.

Solace earned the designation of Overall Leader as well as Leader in Product Experience and Customer Experience. In the Capability category, Solace received the highest marks for its complete scope of messaging and event processing functionality, as well as its commitment to investing in product development resources and system improvements. In Customer Experience, Solace was ranked among the top providers for its commitment to a successful customer journey across sales, onboarding, support, services and partners. Our Messaging and Event Processing Buyers Guide can be found here.