Welcome to Sharp Approach, the premier choice for Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools in the Midwest.

 

 

.Net Integration

What Is .Net? | .Net Solutions | Integration | Home

One of the most significant advantages of the .NET Framework is its level of interoperability with other languages, applications and systems. .NET has the ability to help businesses integrate and manage their Web-based solutions through Web services, which are quickly becoming an industry standard.

.NET enables modern software applications to communicate through standard Internet protocols such as XML and SOAP, creating a channel through which internal and remote systems can easily interact. Applications hosted in-house--in addition to external systems--can communicate together, allowing businesses to quickly meet their unique business needs through specialized solutions.

The common language runtime comes into play by allowing individual components of specific applications within a company to communicate. The common language runtime integrates all programming languages and allows objects created in one language to be read with equal weight by code written in a different language. For example, a new scheduling function written in COBOL can be used with an existing human resources application that was written in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.

CRM Integration

Sharp Approach offers custom implementation and .NET integration services for your systems.   We offer the skills, training and experience to strategically incorporate best-of-breed practices with your CRM implementation. Based on our business process review, we will work with you and your employees to customize your CRM application to address your specific business and functional requirements. Along with proven industry expertise in delivering customized CRM implementations, we also provide a variety of related services including data migration, business process review, application customization, end user training and integration. Everything is designed to greatly increase and accelerate the return on your CRM investment.

Sharp Approach can integrate your existing back-end or front-end application databases to mesh seamlessly with any CRM system such as ACT, Goldmine, SalesLogix, Microsoft CRM, Pivotal, Onyx, Siebel, etc.   Your staff will be able to access and interact with information housed in any application from any other application, making your data storage and retrieval activities more efficient and productive. We can also integrate your in-house applications with your vendor or supply-chain applications, streamlining your business processes and eliminating cumbersome makeshift paperwork bridges.

Mobile Integration

One of the biggest advantages of .NET technologies is its ability to connect and support a wide variety of stationary and mobile devices. IT professionals will appreciate the ease with which they can facilitate and maintain these connections over time.

Web services play an important role in device support. As mentioned previously, Web services allow various applications to share information over the Internet, regardless of the operating system or back-end software that the application is using. They also enable users to interact with a broad range of smart devices through the Web while ensuring that the user--not the application--controls the interaction.

Powerful client software such as the .NET Compact Framework, Windows CE .NET, and Windows XP enable a multitude of smart devices to operate and communicate through .NET and Web services. This collection of software empowers smart devices to access the Internet easily, providing a positive user experience while giving developers and IT administrators more control over their information.

Benefits of Integration

Sharing of Data

Integration ensures consistency of data across teams and departments, streamlines processes, and empowers employees with a complete, accurate view of customer information.  

Integration with Business Solutions
  • Integration functionality includes key data mapping for accounts, contacts, product catalog, orders, and prices.
  • Customer information integrates bi-directionally, with account and contact information in CRM mapping to customer fields in ERP applications.
Third-Party Applications and Web Services
  • Using Microsoft .NET technologies, any system can be integrated with business and financial systems regardless of platform or programming language.
  • .NET can utilize Microsoft BizTalk Server for creating customized integrations with third-party applications and Web services.
  • Working with open application programming interfaces (APIs) and a comprehensive Software Developer Kit (SDK), developers can incorporate CRM functionality into custom solutions developed in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
Interoperability and Management

Microsoft .NET is already shifting the focus from individual websites and devices connected to the Internet to constellations of computers, devices, and services that work together to deliver more comprehensive solutions. For IT professionals, this means a wider scope of vision is required to manage advanced connectivity issues. But even as the field of vision expands, the possibility for error diminishes. .NET reduces the guesswork of many IT management tasks by:

  • Helping to streamline deployment.
  • Enabling interoperability with diverse systems, including legacy systems.
  • Helping to enhance security.
  • Reliably connecting and supporting both stationary and mobile devices.

For IT professionals, the value of .NET lies in interoperability and the seamless connectivity of multiple systems and sources of data. Coupled with anytime, anywhere connectivity and system-to-user interconnection, .NET-connected software helps businesses deliver unprecedented levels of value to customers, partners and employees. By embracing .NET technology, IT professionals can empower their businesses to realize this vision

 

Top

 

about sharp approach | crm solutions | .net development | web design | site map