1a. The act or process of integrating .1b. The state of becoming integrated. 2. The bringing of people of different racial or ethnic groups into unrestricted and equal association, as in society or an organization; desegregation. 3. Psychology. The organization of the psychological or social traits and tendencies of a personality into a harmonious whole. 4. Mathematics. The process of finding the equation or function of which a given quantity or function is the derivative.

Systems integration is the process of combining a variety of hardware and software components into a harmonious whole. As solution providers, we work with our clients to determine their needs. Often, a completely satisfactory solution can be developed using readily available products that can be configured to work together. This is much less expensive than developing a completely new product from scratch because it elminates reinventing the wheel.

The challenge for the solutions provider is to identify the best component parts and to create the interfaces between them. This usually involves customizing the software applications using the built in programming tools. It is often necessary to write small programs or scripts to facilitate the exchange of data between the software applications.