text: **3.5 IBM Cloud Pak for Integration**
  
  With time, every organization expands their IT estate with new infrastructure, software, and 
  applications. This investment in a distributed and diverse environment is a major concern 
  during any cloud migration. 
  
  **3.5.1 Features**
  
  IBM Cloud Pak for Integration includes the following features: 
  
  (cid:2) Maximize utilization: Support traditional integration with a containerized approach across 
  delivery models, domains, endpoints, and personas. Migrate, innovate, and scale at your 
  own pace. 
  
  (cid:2) Improvement efficiency: Use built-in features, including templates, prebuilt connectors, 
  and an asset repository to drive speed in integration development and reduce cost. 
  
  (cid:2) Increased flexibility: Use various integration styles that include APIs, message queues, 
  and emerging capabilities, including event-driven architecture and high-speed data 
  transfer. 
  
  **3.5.2 Layers**
  
  The following layers are available in IBM Cloud Pak for Integration: 
  
  (cid:2) API lifecycle 
  
  This layer is a set of new API that was created for Cloud integration and to meet some 
  basic parameters, such as security, manageability, and continuous availability for the 
  changing needs of business users. 
  
  (cid:2) Application and data integration 
  
  Integrate all of your business data and applications more quickly and easily across any 
  cloud, from the simplest SaaS application to the most complex systems without worrying 
  about mismatched sources, formats, or standards. 
  
  (cid:2) Enterprise messaging 
  
  This layer provides a reliable exchange over a flexible and secured messaging process to 
  ensure that on demand availability of data is the primary objective from this system. 
  
  (cid:2) Event streaming 
  
  Use Apache Kafka to deliver messages more easily and reliably and to react to events in 
  real time. Provide more personalized customer experiences by responding to events 
  before the moment passes. 
  
  (cid:2) High-speed data transfer 
  
  Send large files and data sets almost anywhere, reliably and at maximum speed. 
  Accelerate collaboration and meet the demands of complex global teams, without 
  compromising performance or security. 