India, June 10 -- System Integrators (SIs) have long been the backbone of India's technology deployment, stitching together hardware and software solutions from multiple vendors into seamless systems for businesses. But as digital transformation accelerates, the SI industry faces unprecedented challenges-shrinking margins, increasing competition from OEMs, and a critical skills gap that threatens long-term sustainability.

Avinash Bankeraika, Secretary of ASIRT and Director of Innov8 Infinite Technologies provides a sharp analysis of these pain points. "The role of the System Integrator has expanded far beyond just assembling computers or installing software," he says. "Today, an SI is expected to handle everything from cloud infrastructu...