To get it all to work together, some companies turn to outside specialists called systems integrators.

And many work with outside consultants or independent systems integrators.

This results in improved quality among the various production sites of the system integrators.

"If they can't meet our objectives, we can take over as systems integrator ourselves," he said.

This is different from a systems integrator in that you do not normally take title to product.

The company supplies internet providers and system integrators with products.

Indeed, some systems integrators also offer help in managing personnel reductions.

It has a customer base of over 5400 retailers, local computer producers and system integrators.

However, it is up to system integrators how they organize their bus topology.

System Integrators went public in November 1983 at a price of $10 a share and has never risen much beyond that.