This document discusses best practices and architectures for real-time data integration. It outlines how traditional integration approaches are no longer sufficient due to business demands for more timely, accurate information. Real-time integration can reduce decision latency and improve responsiveness. The document describes different real-time integration patterns like transactional data processing, data replication, and event-driven architectures. It provides examples of how to implement real-time integration through a data integration hub and event processing. The key benefits of real-time integration are also summarized.