However, point-to-point integration is not necessarily a bad thing.

尽管如此，点对点集成不一定就是坏事。

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Each of these services is also replicated in a fashion specific to each application, leading to point-to-point integration.

每个服务都要复制成应用程序所喜欢使用的方式，这就需要点到点地进行集成。

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Given that ETL is just a small part of EII, you can imagine the scope and the severity of the point-to-point integration problem.

考虑到ETL仅仅是EII的一小部分，所以您可以想象端对端集成问题的范围和严重性。

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But the company is working on technology such as near-field communication (NFC) technology and point of sale integration, which could make coupons completely digital and transferable from your phone to the cashier.

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The combined forces of the Software-as-a-Service deployment model, the role of Salesforce.com as the master data aggregator and integration point, buying habits of marketing departments and cooperative efforts among vendors have created a situation in which IT plays almost no role in supporting the use of marketing technologies.

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National governments are another: politicians have mastered the possibilities of European integration to the point at which they, and not the commission, have become the real agenda-setters.

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