From enterprise scale network management systems, to complex service management systems, the central challenge has been to integrate data from different system types. Hybrid environments that incorporate virtualization, a variety of storage technologies, cloud-service offerings like AWS and emerging technologies like SDN add to the integration challenge. For more than 20 years as a systems/software architect, and engineering leader; building systems that scale and integrate data from independent sources into a coherent, informative view has been my focus.