System Integration & Software Application

A system integrator is a company or a person who assembles software applications for customers by mixing hardware, software, networking, and storage components from various suppliers in the form of System Integration. Instead of more expensive, bespoke implementations that may need original programming or manufacturing unique components, a corporation can use a system integrator to match cheaper, pre-configured components and commercial off-the-shelf software to fulfill essential business goals. Having a system integrator merge numerous modules into an integrated solution may also make licensing and vendor management easier for the client, who otherwise would have to buy each part individually and interact with multiple suppliers. As a result, system integration is both a procurement method and technical activity.

System integration often begins with a client meeting or a series of meetings. Next, the system integrator examines the client’s customer needs and establishes the technical requirements for an IT system that fulfills those goals. Finally, the integration strategy that results lays the groundwork for the process. Designing or creating a bespoke architecture or application and integrating it with new or existing hardware, packaged or custom software and networking infrastructure are all part of this process.

With the growth of cloud computing, the system integrator may also be called upon to help integrate being on IT systems with cloud-based apps or computing resources.

System Integration In Some Companies

Some IT services companies still refer to themselves as system integrators, even though system integration is typically simply one of several services provided by an IT services firm. Hybridized business models emerged due to IT outsourcing in the late 1980s and 1990s, managed services in the late 1990s, and the entrance of cloud services in the 2000s. Consulting, system integration, managed services, and cloud services are all standard services IT services companies provide. As a result, system integration has evolved into a business line rather than a business concept.

A contract engineering business that can design, create, and install a computerized control system to automate a client’s facilities is a control system integrator. With partner programs, a range of technology suppliers targets system integrators. These programs can give sales and technical assistance to system integrators and financial incentives such as discounts for reselling items and delivering services. Other perks of integrator programs include training and certification programs, free or cheap demo equipment, and marketing collateral.

Before entering a partner program, system integrators must typically fulfill the vendor’s requirements. For example, some suppliers demand that system integration partners reach specific revenue targets. Citrix, for example, requires system integrators to have annual IT services sales of at least $500 million. Hortonworks, for example, has programs that compel partners to meet sales, certification, and specialized targets. Like Dell EMC and Cisco offered, other integrator programs are exclusively accessible to invited partners.

Phoenix Contact system integrator manufactures high-quality industrial and commercial equipment for a variety of sectors, as well as provides extensive support for its products. As a Master System Integrator, Convergence provides localized assistance in implementing and integrating control system platforms and related technologies. We’re working together to ensure that end-user assets function smoothly and profitably.