I’m a copywriter tasked with writing a website copy for an industrial automation software company. As I was doing my research, I kept stumbling upon this particular term: system integration/integrator”. Now, I’m not the brightest of folks when it comes to explaining technical terms. So, loves, please explain it like I’m 5.
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It will depend on context, but in general it refers to someone or a company who is responsible for assembling a complete product (or system) or application from parts/components (integration) they procure from third parties.
Examples in manufacturing include pretty much all car manufacturers (They buy components from third party suppliers) or ASML (They buy a lot of parts for their lithography machines from third party suppliers).
In the software world this is typically a consulting company like Accenture. They might use software from Microsoft, Oracle, or IBM to build a final application. For example, taking Azure web services with an Oracle database, and IBM made server software to create a website.
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