1. Get Your Business Logic Right With Integration by Jason Hendricks
    Software integration isn’t just a buzzword for online businesses, it’s an absolute must. Having your entire business automated is the ultimate goal in efficiency, and if you’re still wondering if it’s right for you let me offer a few reasons I believe eve... more
     
  2. Enterprise Application Integration by Abdul Rahman Waraich
    The Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is defined as the process of integrating enterprise computer applications using computer software resources, mostly organizations have two type of applications front office and back office applications, to inte... more
     
  3. One Minute Self Assessment & Integration – Stocks or a Mutual Fund by Hans Bool
    This title is some how misleading, but on the other hand figuratively explain just the main point. The question is about integration. When you buy a mutual fund you are free from integration problems – those are handled by your fund provider.If you prefer... more
     
  4. Closing the Loop: Integration Strategies for Marketing and Sales by James Krouse
    It’s Business 101: Marketing and Sales are the two forces that drive business; whether it’s a small one-person operation or a global corporation, these are the two distinct channels of reaching customer and prospects. Or at least that’s the traditional t... more
     
  5. CRM/SFA That Accelerates Sales: The Sales Process Integration Approach by Andrew Rowe
    Has your company struggled with Sales Force Automation (SFA) or Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software? If so, you’re not alone. It’s estimated that between 65 and 80 percent of all system implementations end in failure*. Sales people don’t like ... more
     
  6. Sales Process Integration & CRM by Andrew Rowe
    Let's talk more about sales process and integration with CRM. Lots of companies fail to see the connection between developing a well defined sales process that's repeatable and scalable and the actual recording of sales activity, tracking and forecasting... more
     
  7. Brazil: Microsoft CRM Integration Scenarios by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 should be considered as very flexible, programmable and customizable CRM application, really it is a heaven for Microsoft .Net and SQL developers. In this small article we will give you highlights on the integration techniques.... more
     
  8. Enterprise Software, Integration Issues and New Trends by Hans Bool
    Océ, a leading provider of digital document management technology and services, published it’s financial figures yesterday over the second quarter of 2006.The CFO of Océ commented to Betten Beursmedia (a financial information company) about the pending de... more
     
  9. Creative Suite - The Underlying Integration by Blur Loterina
    Are you an Acrobat user and needs a complete tool for your print or web design projects? Read on.A few months ago, Acrobat launched its main creative design packages including Photoshop/ImageReady, GoLive, InDesign and Illustrator. After a long period of ... more
     
  10. Sociability: It is All About Integration by Duane Hennessy
    Many products today require some kind of integration with other products: Integration with corporate IT infrastructure. Integration with other applications. Integration with legacy hardware or software. Integration with new or up-and-coming hardware... more
     
  11. Microsoft Dynamics GP Integration: Advanced Scenario by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 or old Microsoft Great Plains 8.0 has very solid and traditional integration tools, such as eConnect (designed for eCommerce developer), Integration Manager (this is end-user tool, with new trend to be rewritten in eConnect it is... more
     
  12. Microsoft Dynamics GP Integration Tools Review by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Dynamics project was first known as Microsoft Project Green, and got its current name in September 2005. Currently Microsoft Dynamics unifies the family of former Microsoft Business Solutions ERP & CRM products: Great Plains, Microsoft CRM, Axa... more
     
  13. Data Integration Guide by Mansi Aggarwal
    Customer data integration can be defined as the process of collecting or assimilating and managing customer information from all the resources that are available. The data so consolidated includes the details of the customer, customer valuation data (the ... more
     
  14. Outlook Integration with SharePoint by Noel Williams
    This article applies to both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server, using Office 2003.For earlier versions of Microsoft Office please refer to Microsoft’s article "Good,Better, Best" at http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/7/b/07b... more
     
  15. Oracle E-Business Suite Integration & Development – Software Factory Approach by Andrew Karasev
    When we talk about implementation, customization, integration, data conversion and tailoring the ERP for large corporate business or non-profit organization, we need to formalize and structure software development project. This approach is also referred ... more
     
  16. Changing the Politics of Integration by Louis Columbus
    The growing adoption of service-oriented architectures (SOAs) including SAP's (NYSE: SAP) NetWeaver platform and its related applications are having a significant impact on the politics of integration between manufacturers and distributors. The balance o... more
     
  17. Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 - Great Plains: Customization, Integration, Reporting & Development FAQ by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0 has multiple improvements and “Project Green” innovations. One of the new key words, Microsoft Business Solutions people like to introduce and increase the frequency of using is eConnect. eConnect object and methods will have m... more
     
  18. Axapta - Microsoft Dynamics AX: ERP Integration, Implementation, & Customization Market Gain by Andrew Karasev
    Being designed by Navision Software, prior to its acquisition by Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions, Axapta was first thought as MRP, being in direct competition with such corporate ERP vendors as SAP R/3, Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, ... more
     
  19. Microsoft Dynamics GP: Project Accounting Integration Scenarios - Overview for Consultant by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Great Plains or former Great Plains Software Dynamics/eEnterprise is very good platform for service business automation, including midsize and large corporations, specializing in routine projects: placement, small contracts to residential and sm... more
     
  20. Microsoft CRM Integration with Great Plains - Overview For Consultant by Andrew Karasev
    Initially this integration was created for Microsoft Great Plains 7.5 (now Microsoft Dynamics GP), later on Microsoft released the patch, which enables integration between GP 8.0 and MS CRM 1.2 (now Microsoft Dynamics CRM). Integration is created on the ... more
     
  21. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Customization, Reporting Integration Highlights by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Business Solutions CRM has now new name, Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Microsoft Dynamics product series also include Microsoft GP (Great Plains), Microsoft NAV (Navision), Microsoft AX (Axapta), Microsoft SL (Solomon). However version number wa... more
     
  22. Microsoft Navision Implementation, Customization, Integration - Rio de Janeiro ERP Market Notes by Andrew Karasev
    Major ERP/MRP vendors, such as Oracle. SAP, Microsoft Business Solutions are present on Brazilian market, in this small article we would like to highlight MBS Navision, especially in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, plus the economy situation in Rio and its ... more
     
  23. Oracle E-Business Suite Customization & Integration: New Directions by Andrew Karasev
    You probably have heard about the new directions of Oracle concern on Java and J2EE Technology. Oracle has announced the commitment with Java and also kept the “traditional development tools” community happy, promising they will continue to invest on them... more
     
  24. Microsoft Dynamics GP - New Customization, Development, Integration, & Reporting Opportunities by Andrew Karasev
    Recent marketing decision of Microsoft to rename its products: Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, CRM and Solomon into Microsoft Dynamics GP, NAV, AX, CRM, SL for Project Green Wave 1, intending to merge them into just Microsoft ... more
     
  25. Microsoft CRM Integration with Lotus Notes Domino: Messaging Connector - Future Directions by Andrew Karasev
    IBM Lotus Notes Domino and Microsoft CRM (Client Relation Management) from now on can work in tandem. Microsoft CRM Lotus Notes Domino connector from Alba Spectrum Technologies provides seamless messaging in MS CRM through Domino. Our customers suggest ... more
     
  26. Microsoft CRM Integration with IBM Lotus Notes Domino - Machinery Dealership Example by Andrew Karasev
    IBM Lotus Notes with Domino email server is traditional document workflow management solution for large corporate business, where you need audit trail on approval cycle and decision making. Microsoft Business Solutions CRM is very cost efficient solution... more
     
  27. Lotus Notes Domino and Microsoft CRM Integration by Andrew Karasev
    Well, even if the combination might look very unusual, we see the coexistence of these two systems, especially in large corporations, non-profit organizations. Technically Lotus Notes Domino has parallel structure, including Domino email server. Lotus ... more
     
  28. Cross-Platform Custom Software Development & Integration - IT Strategy for Large Corporation by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Business Solutions products: Great Plains, MS CRM, Navision, Axapta, MS RMS integration with UNIX/Java based platforms & non-Microsoft applications: Oracle, Lotus Notes/Domino, DBII, PeopleSoft, SAPThe history of software application development... more
     
  29. Microsoft Great Plains Integration Manager: Using Continuum - Overview for Developer by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains has I’d say end user integration tool – Great Plains Integration manager. Integration Manager itself uses OLE functionality to validate text or ODBC integration files data through Great Plains forms behind the sc... more
     
  30. Microsoft Great Plains: Service Business Customization & Integration Example by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains might be considered as ERP platform, ready for customization and integration. Microsoft Business Solutions partner typically does one of the two things: specializes in the industry (in this case it goes for the n... more
     
  31. Microsoft CRM Integration with Microsoft Retail Management System (RMS) - Overview by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Client Relation Management system (Microsoft CRM) and Microsoft RMS are both Microsoft SQL Server based applications, however historically Microsoft was purchasing industry leading software applications, such as QuickSell which is now Microsoft ... more
     
  32. Microsoft CRM Integration & Customization: SharePoint Document Gateway by Boris Makushkin
    MS CRM is very close to document workflow automation, including Microsoft Office documents: Words, Excel, etc. The document workflow was perfectly automated about 10 years ago in Lotus Notes Domino. In this small article we describe the solution based o... more
     
  33. DB Integration - Software for Combine MS Access Databases by Valery Semchukov
    Our company, Novaprof Inc., developed unique software - DB Integration. This software makes it possible to integrate two databases of *.mdb format. An integration, in this case, is combining the objects of two databases. Software features.This software ... more
     
  34. Microsoft CRM Integration With Microsoft Office Documents - Overview For System Integrator by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft CRM is CRM application, maintained and supported by Microsoft Business Solutions. Microsoft CRM utilizes majority of the Microsoft technologies: Windows Active Directory, SQL Server, MS Exchange, BizTalk (integration with MS Great Plains, and s... more
     
  35. Lotus Domino: Application Integration - A Programmer View by Polina Gottmann
    1f5c There are two approaches for application integration:• Programmer’s approach – for applications integration it is necessary to create some program codes;• Integrator’s approach – in this case special software products are to be used and the integra... more
     
  36. Microsoft Great Plains Integration Manager - Advanced Techniques by Andrew Karasev
    Great Plains Integration Manager scripting and translation - overview for programmer, software developer, database administrator, IT specialistMicrosoft Business Solutions main middle market ERP application - Microsoft Great Plains has multiple integratio... more
     
  37. Microsoft CRM Customization: Integration with Third Party SQL Application/Database by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft CRM – Client Relationship Management package from Microsoft Business Solutions was initially designed to be customizable with Microsoft Visual Studio.Net and one of its programming languages – C#.Net or VB.Net. You can use ADO.Net, Web Service,... more
     
  38. Microsoft Great Plains - Microsoft RMS Integration - overview by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Great Plains and Microsoft Retail Management System (Microsoft RMS) are originally developed by different software vendors, who had no idea that in the remote future (now) these two applications will be owned by Microsoft and will need to be ti... more
     
  39. Microsoft Navision Integration with Microsoft RMS - Overview for IT Specialist by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Business Solutions Navision serves both European and American megamarkets. It was originally written by Denmark-based Navision Software in its own proprietary language C/SIDE (Client/Server Integrated Development Environment). Currently Navisi... more
     
  40. Microsoft Great Plains Integration Manager - Working With Text File by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Business Solutions main middle market ERP application - Microsoft Great Plains has multiple integration options: MS SQL Scripting (stored procedures and views), ADO.Net programming, Microsoft SQL Server DTS packages. You certainly can deploy su... more
     
  41. Microsoft Great Plains Integration with Microsoft Access - Overview for Developer by Andrew Karasev
     Microsoft Business Solutions stakes on Microsoft Great Plains as main Accounting/ERP application for US market.  At the same time it seems to be staking on Navision in Europe and has Axapta as high end large corporation market competitor to Oracle, Peopl... more
     
  42. Microsoft CRM Custom Design & Development: SDK, C#, SQL, Exchange, Integration, Crystal Reports by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft CRM is new player on the CRM software market. The whole conception behind CRM seems to be different. In case of traditional CRM software (Siebel, Oracle) - the application was designed with platform independence in mind. Microsoft CRM is dedi... more
     
  43. Microsoft Great Plains Integration with Legacy Systems - Overview For Developer by Andrew Karasev
    Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more popular, partly because of Microsoft muscles behind it. Now it is targeted to the whole spectrum of horizontal and vertical market clientele. Small companies use Small Business Manager (which is base... more
     
  44. Microsoft RMS - Great Plains Integration - Overview For IT Specialist by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Great Plains and Microsoft Retail Management System (Microsoft RMS) are getting new market share due to the Microsoft strong marketing campaign. Both products: Microsoft Great Plains and Microsoft RMS are coming from the same Microsoft subdivis... more
     
  45. Maximizing Educational IT Assets - An Integration Strategy for Educational Institutions by Peter Binkley
    PROBLEM: Among the unique challenges facing educational institutions in the early years of the twenty-first century is how best to serve a diverse user base with new technologies in a time of tight budgetary restrictions. While many businesses in the pri... more
     
  46. Web-Based Application Integration - The Benefits of Getting it All Together by Peter Binkley
    PROBLEM: After the rapid rate of change in business technology over the last ten years, many businesses and organizations find themselves with a hodge-podge of databases and applications that work only in isolation. They were purchased or designed to addr... more
     
  47. What is Enterprise Data Integration by Grady Hawley
    Enterprise data integration is the process of combining data from various resources for obtaining certain enterprise needs. This also includes the sharing of information among various business applications. Today, enterprise data integration is a widely p... more
     
  48. The Role of Cultural Due Diligence in Business Integration Efforts by Debbie Imboden
    2aaa Due Diligence is a phrase that has been traditionally used to reflect the analysis activities that occur during merger and acquisition activities. Recently the due diligence process has been extended to include the evaluation of business affiliation... more
     
  49. A Successful Organizational Marriage: Cultural Integration is the Secret to a Successful M&A by MB Page
    Merger &Acquisition OverviewMergers and acquisitions (M&As) are a significant activity for many organizations. Yet most mergers are not successful, primarily because the “merger of two organizations is actually a merger of individuals and groups.” Buono a... more
     
  50. Integration of Employee, Customer, and Financial Data by Jan Stringer
    It is well known that high employee satisfaction contributes significantly to high customer satisfaction, which drives intent to return, and therefore, financial results. High employee satisfaction expresses itself as enthusiasm in one's work, which direc... more
     
  51. Customer Data Integration Solutions - Definition and Benefits by Grady Hawley
    Customer Data Integration or CDI is the process of combining customer information from various customer data resources, like sales process information, shipping process information and bookkeeping process information resources, of an organization. It invo... more
     
  52. Integration of Spirituality in Business by Walter H Groth
    Almost undetected and very silently, a transformation in business is taking place with the potential to become as big as did the transition into the information age, about a decade ago. We are still at the very beginning of what will profoundly change the... more
     
  53. System Integration: Will You Handle It Yourself? by Leon Chaddock
    When you need system integration, do you handle it yourself or pass it on to a specializing firm? If you are one of the many that handle this process yourself, you may want to rethink just why you do this and if it is the right choice for you. Many skil... more
     
  54. The Role of Model-Driven Architecture in Business Integration by Patrick Spencer
    As businesses grow, often as the result of mergers and acquisitions, the need to integrate enterprise applications becomes a quintessential factor in the drive to remain competitive. It is a common strategy to allow the capabilities of hardware or softwar... more
     
  55. Oracle Integration with Microsoft CRM - Overview for Developer by Boris Makushkin
    Oracle has huge number of installation worldwide and Microsoft Business Solutions CRM is gaining its market share on the CRM market – mostly for mid-size and small companies. Sometimes we see the situation when large company has Oracle-based business sys... more
     
  56. What is Data Integration? by Christopher J Enders
    Data integration is a technical term used to describe the process of combining data from various applications for the purpose of sharing the data between applications and for accomplishing data analysis tasks that provide solid information which is... more
     
  57. Supply Chain Integration by John Mehrmann
    Let's take a quick look and analyze your position in the Supply Chain. You are either the one driving the truck, the one pumping the gas, or the one paying the other two. It does not matter if you are a vendor, supplier, manufacturer, dealer, service supp... more
     
  58. Lack of Integration = Customer Frustration by Ron Kaufman
    I purchased a video-conferencing unit to connect my office visually with clients all over the world. To use the equipment I need a high-speed telephone line. ‘No problem,’ I thought, ‘I’ll just call the telephone company.’The telephone company referred me... more
     
  59. Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics GP Integration Manager by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Dynamics GP advanced Integration Manager techniques: VBA scripting, advanced ODBC queries, translationIntegration Manager itself is often considered as end-user tool. However it is also powerful in custom integration, and here we would like to ... more
     
  60. Microsoft Dynamics GP Office Stack Integration advances by Andrew Karasev
    Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics GP is on the way of Microsoft Dynamics or former Microsoft Project Green advances. Great Plains Dexterity is still a core of fat client workstation plus it defines ODBC Dex database access, requiring such columns as DEX_RO... more
     
  61. Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics GP Integration Manager Troubleshooting & FAQ by Andrew Karasev
    In this small article we would like to give guidelines to Great Plains IT support people, who is trying to troubleshoot Microsoft Dynamics GP in-house, sometimes appealing to Microsoft Business Solutions support. GP IM is using several technologies, howe... more
     
  62. Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains: Web Integration Overview by Andrew Karasev
    eCommerce highlights for Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics GP eConnect with XML Web Services, Automatic posting, cross platform integrations with Oracle, IBM Lotus Notes DominoMicrosoft Great Plains should be considered as open platform for eCommerce web de... more
     
  63. Global Integration by Sharon White
    Goods and services produced in one part of the world are increasingly available in all parts of the world. International travel is more frequent and international communication is commonplace. International travel has been boosted by a growing airline ind... more
     
  64. Stakeholder Integration - A Key Competitive Advantage by Linda Ford, PhD
    Complexity. Change. Uncertainty. These are the “givens” in your world. Yet, one simple “rule of business” remains constant. Your organization’s ability to execute is the ultimate determinant of your success. And, when it comes to effective execution you... more
     
  65. Whose Responsibility is It to Provide the Context for Work - Life Integration? by Clare Mann
    The organisation’s or yours?Modern organisations provide the context through which much of our work is conducted and structures and systems are established to achieve organisational objectives. From the moment the employee enters an organisation, his/her ... more
     
  66. Integration Of Information Systems by Sharon White
    However this integration impacts several aspects of the organization, this essay will examine the implications of information technology on organizational structure. The classical notion of organizational structure has been challenged by information techn... more
     
  67. SAP Business One Ecommerce Integration Highlights by Andrew Karasev
    In this small article we would like to give you SAP Business One SDK integration options, if you already own and operate e-commerce business. Legacy ecommerce website might be substantial historical investment and the idea to slash it and re-implement SA... more
     
  68. SAP Business One Integration highlights by Andrew Karasev
    SAP B1 has multiple tools to enable integration with your legacy system, eCommerce, etc. In this small article we would like to give you highlights on SAP Business One SDK integrations. These integrations require Microsoft Visual Studio.net C# or VB pro... more
     
  69. SAP Business One in Illinois: Implementation, Upgrade, Customization, Integration by Andrew Karasev
    Chicago metropolitan area and downstate Illinois might be characterized as mid-west distribution place. This means that we see large number of diversified mid-size businesses, engaged in light assembly, shipping and receiving and distribution to their wh... more
     
  70. SAP Business: One Chicago Market Review, Plus Customization, Integration & Data Conversion by Andrew Karasev
    SAP B1 is becoming more popular in the USA, increases number of implementation each year substantially. Originally designed by one of the Israel software development companies, now it is part of SAP ERP brand. This ERP application fits you , especially ... more
     
  71. Integration of SAP Netweaver by Ron Victor
    In the present era, where SAP companies are struggling to fuse the various heterogeneous environment in their organization and maintain a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Netweaver comes as a solution to all their problems. SAP Netweaver is the latest ... more
     
  72. SAP Business One XML Connector: eCommerce and EDI Integration by Andrew Karasev
    Typical example would be when you need your ecommerce web site be powered by ERP application with sales order execution login: inventory item allocation and shipping to the customer. In some cases you would like automatic invoice posting (in SAP B1 termi... more
     
  73. SAP ERP: SAP Business One - mySAP SAP All-In-One Integration Architecture by Andrew Karasev
    SAP provides all the spectrum of MRP solutions – from large company, down to mid-size businesses and with SAP B1 – for small and small-to-midsize companies. In this small article we would like to discuss SAP ERP architecture for multinational corporation... more
     
  74. SAP Business One in Ecommerce: Integration highlights by Andrew Karasev
    SAP BO is moving to ecommerce with the acquisition of NetPoint ecommerce and web CRM modules, however if you already have functioning ecommerce website the idea of redeployment might be not very attractive. Let’s take a look at simple ecommerce functiona... more
     
  75. SAP Business One Integration with Service Management System by Andrew Karasev
    In this small article we will give you SAP BO integration example with C# code. Service Management System uses Microsoft CRM Case object to store service hours. Integration pulls Customer Number, Billable Time, Unit Price, Service Description and Item n... more