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The [[system integrator]] [[data integration|integrates]] discrete systems utilizing a variety of techniques such as [[computer network]]ing, [[enterprise application integration]], [[business process management]] or manual [[Computer programming|programming]].<ref name="Info">{{Citation| last=Moore | first=June | date =13 December 1982| contribution= Software Reviews, BusinessMaster II+, ledger for CP/M systems| title=InfoWorld | publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc| page = 31 | issn=0199-6649}}</ref>

System integration involves integrating existing, often [[disparate system]]s in such a way "that focuses on increasing value to the customer"<ref name="VonderembseAPost97">{{cite journal |title=A post-industrial paradigm: To integrate and automate manufacturing |journal=International Journal of Production Research |author=Vonderembse, M.A.; Raghunathan, T.S.; Rao, S.S. |volume=35 |issue=9 |pages=2579–2600 |year=1997 |doi=10.1080/002075497194679}}</ref> (e.g., improved product quality and performance) while at the same time providing value to the company (e.g., reducing operational costs and improving response time).<ref name="VonderembseAPost97" /> In the modern world connected by [[Internet]], the role of system integration engineers is important: more and more systems are designed to connect, both within the system under construction and to systems that are already deployeddeployeds.<ref name="Info2">{{Citation | last = Merriman| first = Dan| date =19 Feb 1996| contribution = Tying it all together |title=Network World|publisher=IDG Network World Inc| pages = 51|issn= 0887-7661}}</ref>

==Methods of integration==