external system integration
Gavant Software has implemented a number of web solutions that rely on external systems. In other words, the applications have a database and manipulate data like any other; however, they have a need for different data to be retrieved from or sent to some other remote system.
authorize.net
Many of our web solutions have a requirement to bill a user's credit card. To do so, we programmatically integrate with 3rd party systems like Authorize.net to submit credit card and charge information on behalf of a user. This charge may be for a product you are offering or for a monthly subscription service. Whatever it is, your website is enabled for ecommerce and allows you to provide your customers with a variety of new services that were previously unavailable.
sabre web services and galileo web services
One example project we developed is ExpertFlyer.com, which relies on Sabre Web Services and Galileo Web Services for travel- and air-related data. Both Sabre and Galileo provide an SDK for how to communicate with their servers to request such information as real-time airline seat maps and flight schedules. We can then use that XML data to provide customers with an interesting service they can't find elsewhere.
salesforce.com
Let's say your business leverages Salesforce.com to manage customers and leads. Now suppose that you're collecting user information on your website through a form or some other sign-up process. It's redundant and time-consuming to take all the leads that are emailed to you through your website and then enter them one at a time into Salesforce.com. And thanks to an SDK provided by Salesforce.com, you don't have to. We can help you submit those leads directly into Salesforce.com from your website so that you no longer have to act as a middle-man between the two interfaces.
wyncs
Another example is HomeConvenience.com, which relies on Wyncs to easily feed appointment, contact and task information into Microsoft Outlook and/or Palm, a process which is not so elegant using the alternative approach of CSV files and direct importing.
