Spark Integration Technologies Inc. (Spark) provides a software solution that allows for independently developed hardware and software components to be integrated into a system without the need for re-development or re-engineering of each component to suit the requirements of any particular implementation. Spark has created DIOS™ (Distributed Integration Operating Schema™), which is an enabling software platform for integration of disparate hardware and software components that manages the addition, removal, modification, failure of, and information exchange between such components. DIOS™ enables a fundamental shift in systems architecture, design and engineering with the potential for massive time and cost savings over traditional design and engineering processes.