SOAP Integration

Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) is a standard way for web sites to communicate and interact with external systems. A SOAP request may pull information from a legacy database, send data to be processed elsewhere, or call remote procedures to trigger any number of external interactions.

Accessing stored information via the SOAP protocol is often a safer and more secure way to provide access to business sensitive information then traditional ODBC access as it provides a layer of abstraction to your private, underlying infrastructure. Furthermore you can limit access to certain areas more effectively then with traditional ODBC connectivity.

More and more legacy systems are having SOAP interfaces developed for them and by leveraging the security and functionality they bring you are able to provide traditional business service, like invoicing, order history, availability, etc. online for your customers. By putting these services on the web you can limit customer service interactions with live employees, freeing them up for more complex tasks.