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Case Study Summary
Industry Communications and Media
Endpoints Aptify, MS Commerce Server, NetSuite
Business Problem Solved Customer Master Integration, Product Master Integration, Sales Order Visibility

Business Problem

  • Information Provider using NetSuite ERP
  • Multiple Integration Needs
    • 360° view of customer across systems
    • Product catalog synchronization
    • Sales orders between eCommerce & ERP
    • Membership info synchronization
  • Seeking "easy to configure" solution

Competing Technologies

  • BizTalk: Too complicated, lots of programming
  • Custom Code: Not reliable, not scaleable

Solution

  • Cast Iron: Simple & yet comprehensive solution for multi-point integration:
    • Netsuite
    • SQL Server
    • Home-grown applications
  • Automatic error-logging & notifications
  • Easy to configure

Results

  • Project delivered in 20 days
  • Bakeoff: Cast Iron POC completed before BizTalk was installed
  • 100% configuration based, no coding