Computer Science

Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive: Systems Integration

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This report on systems integration is the second in a series of Computer
Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) reports focusing on the
competitive status of the U.S. computer industry. In CSTB's initial report,
Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive: Defining the Agenda
(National
Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1990), leaders of the computing field
surveyed each of the major sectors of the computer industry. To no one's
surprise, the hardware sector was considered to be under serious competitive
pressure, with the semiconductor memory market all but ceded to Japanese
companies. The U.S. competitive position in the software market was deemed to
be strong but precarious, given the weakness in basic hardware components.
However, systems integration was identified as a large and rapidly growing
market in which the United States was a clear leader; unfortunately, few could
agree on just what systems integration was!
The present report is based on a colloquium held in January 1991 in which
participants from industry, academia, and government discussed what systems
integration is, its importance and prospects for growth, and why the United States
is perceived to have a strong competitive advantage. A distillation of the
colloquium discussions, this report is designed, in particular, to inform
policymakers, but it should also be of value to anyone with an interest in
computing and telecommunications.
The colloquium was organized by a steering committee chaired by Laszlo
Belady, then vice president for Software Technology and Advanced Computing
Technology Programs at the Microelectronics and Computer Technology
Corporation (he is now chairman and director of Mitsubishi Electric Research
Laboratories Inc.)

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