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CONSULTING & INTEGRATION OVERVIEW
Systems integration is about designing, building or adjusting your company IT or business process systems to ensure there’s a cohesive approach to information across diverse components or equipment from multiple vendors.
Integration generally means combining parts so that they work together or form a whole. In information technology that can mean bringing different manufacturers’ products together into a single system.
Why do we need it?
During the 80s, the dawning of the age of business computer systems, technology grew in great leaps and bounds with little concern for how it was all going to work together. Mainframes, minicomputers and eventually the PC had different operating systems, as did the networks that connected them.
As the 90s shifted the focus to connectivity, network operating systems became more complex but meant a greater range of hardware and software could co-operate on the same network. Now as we enter the cloud era and an age of interconnected enterprises and devices, internal systems are expected to interact across department and branch processes, websites, multiple devices and apps not only internally but also with up- and down-stream partners in the supply chain.
That’s where systems integration or the services offered by a systems integrator become invaluable. If in-house IT resources are already stretched, this is a function that can be outsourced to a consulting company with IT analysis and software customising skills.
Who should consider systems integration?
If your organisation has grown in a piecemeal way with different departments responsible for their own IT development and are considering ways to improve efficiency and get into business-to-business electronic commerce then you need to think seriously about systems integration.
If different departments’ systems are connected to each other, each department can get a much better view of how to sell to and service the customer.
Systems integration ensures that organisations can begin to operate more holistically, with systems working together to build a corporate memory and much deeper relationships with customers and business partners. Getting the old and new systems working together opens the way for greater co-operation, speedier access to data and a much better grasp of resources.
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NEWS | ANALYSIS | RESEARCH
Secure Parking lifts gate to data transformation
Finding a carpark gets easier with key partnership…
Fuelling business growth with data optimisation and automation
Steps to unlock business potential…
2023 trends: Reshaping the future of business with cloud, data and AI
Key data, cloud and AI trends that will reshape the future of business for the year ahead…
2023 opportunity: APAC expansion
Insider advice for growth-focused tech vendors…
The pressure is on universities to innovate
Data-driven student systems provide a first step…
Why 2022 is critical for investment in health innovation
Health analytics and AI present strategic opportunities…
Cybersecurity needs health and safety mindset
It’s all about leadership…
Cincom presents: Liz Forsyth, Northcott
Leadership in 2021 at Northcott…
The business case for integration
It’s not all about the tech. PlaceMakers, Fulton Hogan and VUW show why integration matters…
With integration comes power
But first, how do you get to the ‘on’ switch?…
Proof of concept is so yesterday
Now, it’s all about proof of value…
Winning at RPA
A matter of using robots and human intelligence when the hat fits…
Switched on CIO: Paul Littlefair NZ CIO of the Year
A down-on-the-farm focus on execution has changed the role of technology for LIC…
Dr Gartner prescribes digital detox, play and daydreams
2019 CIO resolutions recommend creative pursuits…
Transitioning to agile? First prepare your environment
It may well be the corporate buzzword of the decade, but proper business agility is all about setting the foundations say Owen McCall…
Why an API strategy is critical for your DevOps environment in 2018
As organisations plan their IT strategies for 2018, increasing attention is being given to DevOps, writes Will Bosma…
Enterprise Tech in 2018: What’s on the horizon
We are in a period of transition, says Unit4’s Dan Ussher, moving away from ownership of assets and instead consuming services…
Digital transformation – peel away the hype
Focus instead on creating business value…
Drop the ‘digital’ – these days it’s just ‘experience’
An increased focus on digital requires your entire business to understand they have a role to play in enhancing user experience, writes Keith Buckley…
Field service at the sharp end of digital transformation
Doing the same thing again and expecting a different result is, apparently, at least one definition of insanity…
Exploit your hidden assets for sales success
Leveraging your corporate networks can boost your warm sales leads by 40 percent, says TrustSphere CEO, Manish Goel…
Is SIAM the white knight on the horizon for IT Service Management?
Organisations may have been unknowingly setting up their IT Service Management (ITSM) initiatives for failure but there is a solution according to UXC Consulting…
C-Suite soup: Win with actions, not titles
Every function, discipline and sub-discipline aspires to be in the C-Suite, says Owen McCall. But it is outcomes and not titles that count…
Air New Zealand: The tech company with planes
Think Air New Zealand is an airline? Well, yes it is, but according to CIO Julia Raue, it needs to be an experience-led digital social company to get the competitive edge…
UXC signs three-year $12 million contract with Ixom
UXC to provide Application Managed Services and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform…
Tapping the data asset: the emerging Chief Data Officer
The IT world bandies big data about as some kind of nirvana but the reality is that data is a pain point for most. But organisations are starting to value data as an asset they need to get serious about…
Agility runs deep, failure runs deeper
IT developers have been refining the process of agile development frameworks for the last two decades. Today a more flexible work method is necessary across the enterprise. Organisations are now beginning to heed the lessons learnt from agile development and apply its principles to other departments. Clare Coulson investigates…
Why agile hype could lead to project failure
Darren Christophersen, general manager of applications & consulting at Empired explains why you should be wary of the hype…
Five steps to identify the right software development pathway
Chief Operating Officer, North America at DXC Technology, Lizann Gohring, takes you through the five key steps to determine the level of development for your business…
Who owns IT?: The CxO procurement conversation
IT investment used to be the sole preserve of the CIO, but recent research shows this is changing and CxOs and line managers are taking on a greater decision-making role…
UX: Creating beautiful software
Enterprise software has finally got the message that user-friendly also means productivity-friendly, and a bit sexy. We asked Anthony Doesburg to look at how to create simple-to-use software and websites…
Whitepaper: Enabling enterprise mobility through people-centric IT
Multi-device workplaces are creating new challenges for IT, but by implementing a people-centric management approach businesses can satisfy both the needs of their users and their governance and security requirements…
Old fashioned views of ICT endanger business
Emerging ICT Leader of the Year Amanda White says there is frustration amongst a large number of ICT managers who are being excluded from the C-suite…
Satisfaction calling: does outsourcing contact centres work?
Often maligned from within and outside, the contact centre is the coal face of customer service interaction. But so often the processes and people are dumbed down so they can be sent offshore and run more cheaply. Stephen Withers treads the political minefield…[View as PDF]
Tardy SMEs late and inaccurate – survey
Information disconnect between businesses and their accountants results in time wasting and lost opportunities according to new research…
2013 iStart ICT Investment Intentions Survey
Mobilising management is the key objective of IT investment plans for 2013 says iStart’s annual investment survey. The mid-market is investing in mobile business intelligence while small business is doing more with less in the cloud.
Some manufacturers just don’t get IT!
Keith Jessop laments the lost opportunities that he sees from 20,000 feet when manufacturers do not leverage their system capabilities to do better business.
E-health technology shows vital signs
From referrals systems to electronic health records and devices that allow patients to monitor their symptoms, health sector technology is evolving…
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