Imagine if you could go to your existing payroll, HRMS, or talent management vendor and find a family of partners selling wellness apps, engagement apps, feedback apps, etc. on their platform.

— Josh Bersin, The HR Software Market reinvents itself, Forbes

The biggest challenge now is whether to go for a single provider, but at the disadvantage of being beholden to a single company, versus going for best of breed and leveraging competition in the market.

— Richard Mutter, group head HR technology HSBC, Computer Weekly

Enterprise app stores can support a more diverse and competitive automated software process requiring less procurement intervention.

— Gartner

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— Bill Boorman, World HR Tech Conference, Paris, October 2015

Point to point integration is a quick fix that can just as quickly turn into a big headache.

— Mulesoft

More connectivity always leads to more innovation

— Ross Mason, Founder Mulesoft

Once an organization implements an end-to-end solution from a single vendor, it is committed to that platform. The costs involved in switching providers after several years can be substantial

— Steve Vonder Haar, Senior Analyst, Wainhouse Research

Innovation, of course, is fostered wherever APIs are available, be it inside the company, among partners, or 'in the wild'.

— Brian Mulloy, Vice President, Apigee Corporation

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— George LaRocque, HRWins