Systems integrator

The term system integrator for job profiles in the information technology (IT), systems engineering and industrial automation technology used.

• 3.1 Training
• 3.2 Field of activity

• 4.1 Requirement profiles

System Integrator ( IT)

System integrators are companies in the IT industry selling hardware and software products from other manufacturers, customize, extend and integrate into the IT environment of their customers. Customers include, inter alia, medium and large companies, banks, insurance companies and the public sector (government agencies, associations, and the like ). A possible English name for the field of activity is systems integration.

As administrative units have the greatest need for tailor-made solutions, provide database applications is the overriding activity

Market for IT consulting and systems integration in Germany

2012 determined the following merchants also instrumental in the German market for IT consulting and systems integration:

• * ) Revenue and / or employee figures are partly estimated.
• 1) Sales of IT consulting and system integration
• 2) Revenues include sales to management consulting
• 3) As of 2012, including the sales of Plaut AG
• 4 ) Consolidated IT consulting and system integration and IT service figures for 2011 a total of 1,680 million euros and 9,200 employees
• 5), among others Acquisition of tecops personal GmbH 08/2012
• 6) acquisition of perdata Society for Information Processing mbH Leipzig

The inclusion in this ranking is subject to well-defined criteria. More than 60 percent of sales to be achieved through IT consulting, custom software development and systems integration.

Role, distribution channels

System integrators play a mediating role between software and hardware manufacturers on the one hand and the commercial or public end-users on the other hand and play a key role in the marketing strategy of most software and hardware manufacturers. Often they do not even get their products here directly from the manufacturers, but from wholesalers (distributors ).

The distribution channel through system integrators and maybe even through distributors is called " indirect sales " as opposed to the more rare direct sales to end customers. Some large manufacturers (eg IBM or Canon ) but also take on themselves the role of system integrator, in which they establish this independently operating areas or subsidiaries, which often are then to provide a degree of neutrality also authorized products to expel from their competitors.

The system integrators usually have a very sales -heavy: they regularly participate in tenders and maintain a personnel-intensive internal and field sales. The share of distribution costs is the industry average about one-third of the total cost of the company. According discounted buy a products, and accordingly high priced daily rates for their own services are recognized.

Profiles of System Integrators

Most system integrators are medium-sized companies with a strong regional (eg in Switzerland, Swisscom IT Services) and industry respect. Larger companies (eg Accenture, EDS or CSC ), however, act more or less global, and often provide outsourcing and consulting services to. The combination of advisory and service but it always carries the risk of competition-restricting conflicts of interest and is therefore sometimes seen in public with suspicion.

While some system integrators who specialize in customized solutions, many profile as a solutions provider with its own industry solutions or as a partner of standard software vendors such as SAP.

Customers expect system integrators, like of consulting companies, a broad Herstellerunabhängkeit, but this is rarely given in practice. Many are bound by close and sometimes even exclusive contracts to specific software or hardware vendor and use and distribute almost exclusively with their products.

System Integrator ( Vocational System Engineer )

The system engineer integrates new requirements for a computer system in complex hardware and software systems.

System integrators to plan, install, administer, configure, and maintain the complex IT systems. Other main activities are the consulting and system analysis.

The field of application is often historically grown IT structures.

Training

The training in a recognized by the Chamber of Commerce IT professionals IT specialist ( in the fields of system integration or application development ), computer science Kaufmann, IT Manager Jobs or IT system electronics usually takes three years. If the trainee has the general higher education, training in consultation with the training company can be shortened by half a year.

The training takes place in the so -called " dual system" that is, to spend part of their training in a company as a "Trainee " and the other part in a vocational school.

Field of activity

The field of activity is to be taken very far, as there are in many areas more complex IT systems. However, the focus is in the field of engineering.

System Integrator (industry)

In automation system integrators are specialized companies that individual or various marketable technical systems ( eg, optical / electronic / mechanical sensors and actuators of the typical components manufacturers ) integrated into production lines.

Requirement profiles

There are detailed industry knowledge required. The additional instrumentation or actuators must seamlessly as possible into existing mechanical, electronic and software systems are fitted.

The availability of the introduced technology (and often the entire manufacturing plant) must be obtained often contractually guaranteed, through fast technical support (such as service technician on site ) or quickly restored (regardless of time of day and public holidays).