Slides from TUG webinar on Integrating with SX

1. Integrating with SX
Rick Sundahl
Grey Wolf Systems

2. Agenda
 Integration Options
 Add-on Applications
 Requirements and Pricing

3. Grey Wolf Introduction
 Founded in 1992
 Focused on wholesale distributors
‒ P21 users
‒ SX users
 Integration
‒ APIs
‒ Web Services
 Subscription-based applications
‒ Partner Connect
‒ Nu Sync
‒ Magento Online Store
‒ SuiteCRM
 Customizations
‒ SQL Server (Database, Integration Services and Reporting Services)
‒ Excel
‒ Power BI
‒ DynaChange
‒ Crystal Reports

4. Integration Options

5. ODBC Defined
Wikipedia
“ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) is a standard
programming language middleware API for accessing
database management systems (DBMS).”

6. History of ODBC
 1992
‒ Microsoft releases ODBC 1.0
 1993
‒ OpenLink Software ships first independently developed third-
party ODBC drivers for Progress DBMS
 1996
‒ Microsoft releases MDAC 1.0
 1997
‒ Sun Microsystems releases JDBC

7. Enterprise Service Bus Defined
Wikipedia
“An enterprise service bus (ESB) is a software architecture
for middleware that provides fundamental services for more
complex architectures.”
“Messages are routed consequently through the message
bus for buffering (message queuing) to allow inspection
and enhancement of content as well as filtering, correction
and rerouting of message flow.”

8. History of ESB
 1986
‒ Term “bus” created by Teknekron Software Systems
 1998
‒ IBM releases WebSphere
 2000
‒ Microsoft releases BizTalk Server
‒ Progress releases SonicMQ
 2002
‒ Schulte from Gartner Group first to publish phrase “Electronic Service Bus”
 2008
‒ Oracle SOA Suite wins awarded for “Best Enterprise Service Bus”
 2009
‒ JBoss released
 2012
‒ Infor releases ION
‒ Progress sells Sonic

9. Application Programming Interface Defined
Wikipedia
“An application programming interface (API) is a set of
routines, data structures, object classes and/or protocols
provided by libraries and/or operating system services in
order to support the building of applications.”

10. Web Service Defined
W3C
“A Web service is a software system designed to support
interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a
network. It has an interface described in a machine-
processable format (specifically WSDL).”
aka Web API

11. History of APIs
 2000
‒ APIs split from SOA
‒ salesforce.com offers API
‒ eBay offers API
 2004
‒ Flickr offers API
 2005
‒ Grey Wolf offers API
‒ ProgrammableWeb offers API reference site
 2006
‒ Facebook offers API
‒ Twitter offers API
‒ Mashery (Intel company) offers first API service provider
‒ Google offers Google Maps API
‒ Amazon offers S3 (Simple Storage Service)
 2011
‒ Instagram offers API

12. “APIs are perhaps the most critical
technology in digital business design.”
How to Design an API Strategy that Fuels Digital Business
Forrester Research, April 2015

13. The Forrester Wave™: API Management
Solutions, Q4 2016

14. The Forrester Wave™: API Management
Solutions, Q4 2016

15. The Forrester Wave™: API Management
Solutions, Q4 2016
 Manage their APIs as products
 API providers must fulfill four critical tasks
‒ Make it easy for API users to access and understand how to use
available APIs
‒ Know and track who is using an API
‒ Communicate with API users
‒ Support to solve problems that arise
 An API key is the first element of tracking API use and
authorize access to data; and quotas and rate limits for
how many API calls an API user can make

16. Grey Wolf APIs/Web Services
Demo

17. Add-On Applications

18. Partner Connect
 Fully functional EDI and non-EDI documents
 Uses Grey Wolf APIs and Web Services
 Hosted at Grey Wolf data center
 Setup fees
 Transaction fees

19. Nu Sync
 Data maintenance (replace Q&Ds)
 Uses Grey Wolf APIs and Web Services
 Hosted at Grey Wolf data center
 Unlimited uploads for small monthly fee

20. Magento Community Edition
 Community Edition is base technology for Online Store
 Uses Grey Wolf APIs and Web Services
 Hosted at Grey Wolf data center

21. SuiteCRM
 Open-source CRM based upon SugarCRM
 Uses Grey Wolf APIs and Web Services
 Hosted at Grey Wolf data center

22. Futures

23. Requirements and Pricing

24. What is Installed?
 Load API (Progress) code on SX server
 Modify ubroker.properties file
 Start API brokers
 Open firewall to Grey Wolf servers

25. API/Web Services Pricing
 Activation of $400 one-time
 Installation of 5-8 hours
 API Annual Subscription of $500
 Web Services Annual Subscription of $1500
 Web Services - Lite Annual Subscription of $500

26. Conclusion

27. Summary
 APIs are the future of integration
 Web Services allow exploiting the APIs
 Several applications using APIs/Web Services are
available today
 Developing your own applications are readily available
with APIs/Web Services
 Solutions today are very affordable

28. TUG Connects 2017
 Sponsorship since 2011 (first year offered)
 Bronze sponsor in 2017

29. Thank You
Rick Sundahl
ricks@greywolf.com
719.264.9653 x333
greywolf.com