WHEN SAMMY SALOUM CONTRACTED WITH a...

WHEN SAMMY SALOUM CONTRACTED WITH a Dallas-area builder for a of recent origin home in 1999, he asked for a unimpaired data, audio, and video network. The builder gave him the names of local integrators, told him to arrange the installation himself, and warned him to not interfere with the schedule. That might have discouraged a certain buyers, but Saloum is vice president of business disentanglement technology with CompUSA, the giant technology retailer. He got the company's