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Case Study Summary
Industry Communications and Media
Endpoints Avtex, DB2 on AS400, Oracle ERP, salesforce.com
Business Problem Solved Customer Master Integration, Customer Support Integration, Product Master Integration

Business Problem

  • Migrating from home-grown CRM to salesforce.com
  • Multiple integration needs:
    • Customer master migration
    • Product master extracts from Oracle ERP
    • Real-time interaction with Avtex IP Telephony
  • 20 day deadline

Competing Technologies

  • Rejected Custom Code as it doesn't scale to meet diverse formats
  • Rejected BizTalk due to programming complexity

Solution

  • Cast Iron enables salesforce.com integration in real time:
    • Caller info to Service & Support in seconds
    • Product master sync with ERP
    • Customer master sync
  • Single console to track transactions

Results

  • Entire project completed in 12 days
  • No single line of code written to complete entire project
  • Superior customer support experience