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"Cast Iron is an outstanding addition to the Microsoft Dynamics partner community. Cast Iron's experience with Software-plus-Services integration provides customers with more choice when it comes to their deployment model, allowing them to do what's best for their business."Robert Deshaies,
VP U.S. Partner Group

Integrate Microsoft Dynamics — in Just Days!

Cast Iron Systems created a fast and simple solution for data migration and application integration. The Cast Iron OmniConnect platform for Microsoft Dynamics delivers simplicity by providing everything needed to complete application integrations using a "configuration, not coding" approach that frees up expert programmers. Microsoft Dynamics customers choose Cast Iron's solution to integrate their applications in days and for 80% less than the cost of other alternatives.

Connect Microsoft Dynamics with Your Enterprise

Most Microsoft Dynamics customers need to rapidly migrate and integrate sales and financial data — such as leads, customers, orders, inventory and invoices — with other applications and partners. The Cast Iron OmniConnect platform for Microsoft Dynamics provides comprehensive connectivity to all these applications without any need to install anything at the endpoints.

Microsoft Dynamics Connectivity

Benefits

Why Choose Cast Iron OmniConnect for Microsoft Dynamics Integration?

Cast Iron OmniConnect for Microsoft Dynamics enables IT departments to be nimble and responsive to the needs of the business:

Fastest Time to Market:

Rapid Integration
  • No software to install or manage
  • Graphical configuration, not coding
  • On demand library of pre-built Template Integration Processes (TIPs) for the most common integration scenarios

Lowest Costs:

Lowest cost
  • Low monthly subscription pricing
  • Up to 80% lower maintenance costs vs. software-based alternatives
  • No need to maintain multiple components including hardware, web servers, databases, integration brokers, etc.

Simplest Monitoring and Management:

Simplest monitoring and management
  • 100% remote management and administration
  • Proactive alerting of data and connectivity errors
  • Monitor from anywhere, anytime

Most Rapid, Efficient Development:

Most rapid, efficient development
  • Unmatched flexibility — can be deployed via an on-premise Integration Appliance or the integration-as-a-service Cast Iron Cloud2
  • 100% standards-based; no reliance on niche middleware skills
  • Pre-built connectors for SaaS applications, CRM, ERP, customer support systems, all major databases, flat-files, Web Services, messaging systems, and more

Overview

Problems Solved

What Problems Does Cast Iron OmniConnect Solve?

Cast Iron OmniConnect for Microsoft Dynamics rapidly connects a wide variety of applications and endpoints while complementing existing integration technologies. Companies in industries ranging from manufacturing, retail and consumer packaged goods, to energy, transportation and logistics, use Cast Iron OmniConnect to solve application integration problems like these:

Synchronize data in real time between Microsoft Dynamics and other systems:

  • Data migration from legacy applications to MS Dynamics
  • 360° view of customer and product across MS Dynamics ERP, CRM and call center applications
  • Opportunity to Order integration between marketing automation, MS Dynamics CRM and ERP systems
  • Order to Cash integration between MS Dynamics CRM, ERP, warehousing and financial systems
  • Billings, Bookings and Backlog visibility from MS Dynamics ERP to CRM
  • Pricing and product catalog information between MS Dynamics ERP and customer portals
  • POs, shipping notices and payments with suppliers
  • Customer support integration between MS Dynamics ERP and customer support systems
  • Repair and warranty information between call centers and customer portals
  • Data extraction from MS Dynamics ERP/CRM to reporting and BI systems

Connect Microsoft Dynamics with:

  • Suite of MS Dynamics applications including AX (formerly Axapta), CRM, GP (formerly Great Plains), NAV (formerly Navision) and SL (formerly Solomon)
  • Other ERP systems including SAP, Oracle EBS, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, BAAN, QAD, Lawson, etc.
  • Other CRM systems including Siebel, Clarify, Remedy, Oracle, Kana, Vantive, etc.
  • All major SaaS applications including salesforce.com, RightNow, NetSuite, Oracle CRM On Demand, etc.
  • All major databases including Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, mySQL, Sybase, Informix, etc.
  • Flat-files using FTP, HTTP(S), e-mail
  • XML and Web Services
  • EDI
  • Middleware and all major EAI platforms
  • Project management applications including Clarity
  • And many more…

Benefits

How It Works

Accelerate Your Microsoft Dynamics Integration Projects:

The Cast Iron Omniconnect platform for Microsoft Dynamics provides everything needed to migrate and integrate Microsoft Dynamics with other applications and endpoints by providing the following key features to simplify and accelerate data migration and application integration:

Cast Iron Capabilities

Migration and Data Quality:

Migration Steps

  • Data Profiling: Assess the quality of your data before commencing data migrations
  • Intelligent Data Cleansing:
    • Duplicate Removal (de-duplication): Combine data from various different sources and remove duplicate values
    • Fuzzy Lookup: Configure sophisticated rules to highlight errors and fix them
  • Data Enrichment: Perform lookups with third-party providers to enrich your data

Integration and Extraction

Integration Steps

  • Connectivity: Configurable connectivity to hundreds of applications and end-points
  • Transformation: Drag-and-drop UI for data transformations
  • Workflow: Visual interface for designing workflow rules
  • Management: Easy manageability through single web-based console

TIPs and PIPs

With thousands of successful customer integrations, Cast Iron leverages a wealth of integration experience to provide a comprehensive set of template integration processes (TIPs) and packaged integration processes (PIPs). These TIPs and PIPs are offered for the most common integration scenarios between Microsoft Dynamics applications (e.g. Great Plains and CRM) and also a number of other enterprise applications like salesforce.com, SAP, Oracle, etc. and eliminates the need to build your integrations from scratch. You can simply log in via your browser, select the template that best suits your requirements and enjoy proven, supported and certified processes. The TIPs can also be further customized to meet your specific needs using a simple configuration wizard.

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Problems Solved

Getting Started

Getting Started

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OmniConnect™ Products

  • Cast Iron Cloud2™

    The Cast Iron Cloud2 for Microsoft Dynamics is our integration-as-a-service solution. Using a "develop once, deploy anywhere" approach, the Cast Iron Cloud2 is ideally suited for Microsoft Dynamics customers with a majority of their applications based in the cloud and want no infrastructure on premise.

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    Cast Iron Cloud™
  • Cast Iron Integration Appliance™

    The Cast Iron Integration Appliance for Microsoft Dynamics is our on-premise integration solution. Useful for Microsoft Dynamics customers whose applications are primarily based on-premise and seek a standards-based platform. Also available as a virtual appliance that can be installed on a company's own hardware.

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    Cast Iron Integration Appliance™