The document discusses the need for connector-less cloud integration using APIs instead of proprietary connectors. It notes that traditional integration approaches using enterprise service buses (ESBs) are too heavy-weight and have long integration cycles. Most cloud integration solutions still rely on the ESB architecture and use proprietary connectors that do not scale well. The document proposes using a cloud integration gateway based on an API-centric approach with open connectors to APIs for cloud platforms, SaaS applications, mobile/IoT apps, and data services. It describes how the cloud integration gateway supports API-based integration across systems, flexible deployment, declarative security policies, multi-point integration, orchestration and transformation of data, publishing integrations as APIs, and data/