What Is System Integration?

System integration generally refers to the business of combining software, hardware, and communication technologies to solve information processing problems for users. The separate parts of the integration are originally independent systems. The integrated parts can Work organically and coordinated with each other to give play to the overall benefits and achieve the purpose of overall optimization. ^[1]

System integration, as an emerging service method,

System integration includes the following five elements: ^[2]

The system integration has the following prominent features: ^[3]

With the development of standardization and specialization of the system integration market,

System integration mainly includes equipment system integration and application system integration. ^[5]

System integration must adhere to certain principles, including practicality principles, economic principles, advanced principles, maturity principles, standard principles, security principles, reliability principles, openness principles, and scalability principles. ^[6]

The overall integration of the system uses the following integration methods: ^[7]

System integration technicians must not only be proficient in the products and technologies of various manufacturers, but also be able to propose system models and technical solutions. Have a better understanding of the user's business model and organizational structure. At the same time, we must be able to use modern engineering and project management methods to carry out unified processes and quality control of each process of the information system, and provide comprehensive services. ^[8]