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... There is a growing demand for such systems, and a growing need to overcome the vexing challenges inherent in their design and development. At a January 1991 colloquium organized by the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council, industry leaders, university researchers, and government policymakers discussed how systems integration is taking shape today and why it is expected to define the characteristics of computerization for decades to come.
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... Other federal projects, including systems modernization at government agencies, could also serve to demonstrate applications of systems integration and options for cross-sectoral collaboration. The United States faces a peculiar challenge in the evolution of its computing, telecommunications, and broadcast media infrastructure.
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... Moreover, colloquium participants observed that foreign countries, most notably Japan and countries in Western Europe, have been developing their information infrastructures with greater levels of determination and comprehensiveness than those exhibited thus far in the United States. To date, systems integration has been a success story.
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