Faultline’s first foray into the world of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) began in a flurry of lasers, quite unlike anything we have experienced before sundown at an industry trade fair. With strobing lights and dance music building to a crescendo, we passed through the fog-filled corridor and into a somewhat underwhelming event. Hosted in Barcelona, in the same venue as Mobile World Congress, we knew that these lasers should lead us into a bustling central transit corridor, suspended above the halls below, packed full of frantic attendees, scurrying between appointments. Instead, the walkway was quiet, the pace was relaxed, and our panopticon vantage point revealed a horde of booths emblazoned with names we largely did not recognize. This lack of…