{"id":12841,"date":"2017-06-27T12:43:51","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T12:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/?p=12841"},"modified":"2018-08-22T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T16:51:11","slug":"white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/","title":{"rendered":"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s tempting to think of a system integrator (SI) as providing a commodity, or to view their services as standardized and delivered in the same, methodical way.<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12842\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignright wp-image-12842 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting-231x300.png\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting-231x300.png\" alt=\"White Paper - Vetting Integrators\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27231%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20231%20300%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27231%27%20height%3D%27300%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png 405w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Not so. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are stark differences in processes, expertise and the service of your SI team \u2013 and the success or failure of your project hinges on those differences. Every potential SI will tell you why they\u2019re different, but to get past the marketing speak you\u2019ll need to know what questions to ask in order to discover the differences early in the vetting process.<\/p>\n<p>Get <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/BTM_WP_Vetting_system_integrators_fnl.pdf\">this white paper<\/a>\u00a0to learn how to spot differences among your potential vendors and a list of key questions to ask during the selection process.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t settle for a commodity mindset from your SI partners! <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/BTM_WP_Vetting_system_integrators_fnl.pdf\">Go here<\/a>\u00a0for the white paper: Vetting System Integrators<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s tempting to think of a system integrator (SI) as providing a commodity, or to view their services as standardized and delivered in the same, methodical way. Not so. There are stark differences in processes, expertise and the service of your SI team \u2013 and the success or failure of your project hinges on those [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators - BTM Global<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators - BTM Global\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It\u2019s tempting to think of a system integrator (SI) as providing a commodity, or to view their services as standardized and delivered in the same, methodical way. Not so. There are stark differences in processes, expertise and the service of your SI team \u2013 and the success or failure of your project hinges on those [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BTM Global\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BTMGlobal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-27T12:43:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-22T16:51:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"525\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d43317069627ad45260882cde9939b1e\"},\"headline\":\"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-27T12:43:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-22T16:51:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Point of View\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/\",\"name\":\"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators - BTM Global\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-27T12:43:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-22T16:51:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png\",\"width\":405,\"height\":525},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/\",\"name\":\"BTM Global\",\"description\":\"Retail System Integration &amp; Development Services\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"BTM Global\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/btm_retina_logo-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/btm_retina_logo-3.png\",\"width\":367,\"height\":185,\"caption\":\"BTM Global\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BTMGlobal\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d43317069627ad45260882cde9939b1e\",\"name\":\"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c141649370edd3564361cd62c58828d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c141649370edd3564361cd62c58828d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/author\/btm-it-contactbtmgcs-com\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators - BTM Global","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators - BTM Global","og_description":"It\u2019s tempting to think of a system integrator (SI) as providing a commodity, or to view their services as standardized and delivered in the same, methodical way. Not so. There are stark differences in processes, expertise and the service of your SI team \u2013 and the success or failure of your project hinges on those [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/","og_site_name":"BTM Global","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BTMGlobal\/","article_published_time":"2017-06-27T12:43:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-22T16:51:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":405,"height":525,"url":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/"},"author":{"name":"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d43317069627ad45260882cde9939b1e"},"headline":"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators","datePublished":"2017-06-27T12:43:51+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-22T16:51:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/"},"wordCount":150,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png","articleSection":["Point of View"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/","name":"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators - BTM Global","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png","datePublished":"2017-06-27T12:43:51+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-22T16:51:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/WP-Vetting.png","width":405,"height":525},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/white-paper-what-retailers-need-to-know-when-vetting-system-integrators\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"White Paper: What Retailers Need to Know when Vetting System Integrators"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/","name":"BTM Global","description":"Retail System Integration &amp; Development Services","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#organization","name":"BTM Global","url":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/btm_retina_logo-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/btm_retina_logo-3.png","width":367,"height":185,"caption":"BTM Global"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BTMGlobal\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d43317069627ad45260882cde9939b1e","name":"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c141649370edd3564361cd62c58828d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c141649370edd3564361cd62c58828d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"btm-it-contact@btmgcs.com"},"url":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/author\/btm-it-contactbtmgcs-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.btmglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}