What is systems integration?

It is a term that describes the plans, methods, and tools aimed at modernising, consolidating, and coordinating computer applications across an organisation.

A well integrated set of business systems enables you to access the data you want, how and when you want it, regardless of where it is physically located. Systems integration design is one of the critical elements of a good IT strategy and deals with issues such as:

• information duplication and/or redundancy;
• user profile definition to enable security and access control across your systems; and
• platform, data store and application compatibility.