Archive for January, 2009

Integration with MYOB

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

We had several clients ask us about MYOB integration. After doing some research we realised why, all the solutions we could find were custom code not true integration. If you are wondering why this isn’t suitable for everyone, you may find our comparison of custom code versus RIO helpful. These clients were interested in synchronising data with several SaaS applications such as Salesforce and @task and they wanted a true integration solution that allowed for flexibility moving forward and didn’t cost a bomb to maintain.

We have built a MYOB connector to address this issue and provide our customers with the ability to connect MYOB with just about any system. Our MYOB integration solution can be implemented in days and is maintained for you, so less hassles if you need to extract or synchronise different data or connect to different systems moving forward.

If you are interested in a trial of our MYOB connector, email rio@wdcigroup.net and we’ll set it up for you.

Breaking down the barriers to SaaS adoption

Monday, January 19th, 2009

I’ve read a lot of blogs/articles about integration being a significant barrier to SaaS adoption in the enterprise. Sure integration can be a challenge, but in my opinion it’s not as scary as some of the articles imply.

Using a tool like Boomi, implemented as part of a solution like RIO makes use of the excellent APIs that many of the SaaS vendors have put in place. Boomi offers a true integration solution, has more than 40+ connectors/adapters and enables you to integrate to just about anything. Admittedly some of the SaaS vendors (and many of the on-premise vendors) present some challenges to integration, but there’s always a way to extract and insert your data.

I’m not downplaying the fact that integration can be a challenge, I’m just suggesting that it’s possible and there are tools out there to do it and to do it fast.  Before we partnered with Boomi we looked at 20+ tools for SaaS integration and whilst Boomi was ahead of the pack, many of the tools were decent and have come a long way in the past 12 months.

I’ve posted some reasons why we think that RIO is hot, you may want to check it out.  From our perspective, integration from SaaS to SaaS and SaaS to on-premise applications is achievable within days, with a solution that allows for ongoing monitoring and maintenance at a low-cost.