Systems Integration is considered a niche, but those who work in it know well that this is not the case. This is shown by the countless occasions we find ourselves in contact with it every day of our lives.
The announcement at the train station? The videoconference meeting in the morning? Ordering lunch at the display of our favourite fast food restaurant? The visit to the multimedia museum last week? Integration is in and for all of this.
But this morning a further sign jumped out at me, leading me to think once again that Systems Integration has emerged from the niche, where it never really has been: a colleague who had worked for many years in a company in the visual world has accepted a new job at an airline, a friend who was responsible for marketing at a large videoconferencing group has moved to a similar job at a PC and consumer electronics manufacturer, and the now former head of the corporate market at a manufacturer of professional audio equipment has been started a new job at an electronics manufacturer last month.
While in the past all personnel transfers took place more or less in the same sector, this is no longer the case, indicating that the skills gained in this sector are usable in many others, and the opposite is also true, effectively broadening the platform and points of contact.
It is not by mistake that it is called Integration.
