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This leads to scalability issues and impacts business agility.</p><h2>Beyond custom coded point-to-point integration</h2><p>Enterprises must move beyond custom coded, point-to-point integration and, instead consider a new integration approach based on reusable, purpose-built <a href="https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/api/what-is-an-api" title="What is an API">APIs</a>, otherwise known as <a href="https://blogs.mulesoft.com/dev/api-dev/what-is-api-led-connectivity/" title="API-led Connectivity">API-led connectivity</a>. </p><p>This approach facilitates plug-and-play integration and makes adding or changing systems as simple as connecting LEGO blocks. 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