RatchetSoft Integrates StrikeIron's Marketplace API to Deliver Enhanced
Contact Management Solutions
Web services enable developers to add new capabilities to
applications without any modifications
Research Triangle Park, NC and Commack, NY – February 7th – StrikeIron Inc.,
the worldwide leader of Web services commercialization through the StrikeIron
Web Services Marketplace, today announced that it has partnered with RatchetSoft
to deliver integrated Web services to the Ratchet-X platform. Ratchet-X is an
end-user focused desktop integration platform that allows users to add new
capabilities to existing applications via Web services without requiring changes
to those applications. Also released is Contact Xtend, the first of a series of
free Ratchet-X plug-ins to integrate with the StrikeIron Marketplace Web
Services API. The recently launched API is a full-service interface that allows
Independent Software Vendors to integrate StrikeIron Marketplace Web services
into their on-demand applications.
Contact Xtend is a free plug-in module that allows developers and system
integrators to integrate Web Services into any application. Powered by
StrikeIron’s Marketplace API, Contact Xtend allows users to link a number of
StrikeIron’s Marketplace Web services to existing applications such as
Salesforce.com, Outlook and FreeCRM. These capabilities include: address and
email verification, residential, business and reverse phone number look-ups,
national do not call screening and location mapping services.
“We created Contact Xtend to allow business users to integrate Contact
Management data directly into applications,” said Joe Labbe, CEO of RatchetSoft.
“StrikeIron’s comprehensive set of Marketplace Web Services combined with their
Marketplace API allowed us to seamlessly create a plug-and-play environment
directly into our platform.”
An example of how a company would use this is if they want their CRM system
to automatically update address information for each contact in their database.
With Ratchet-X and Contact Xtend, business users can easily create this
functionality directly into their application without any modification to that
application. Developers will never have to batch contacts, send out for an
update, and reintegrate into their system.
“Contact Xtend is an excellent demonstration of how the Ratchet-X platform
can dramatically increase user productivity by bringing the promise of Web
services to the business user,” said Bob Brauer, president and CEO of
StrikeIron. “Our customers tell us they want to integrate our Marketplace Web
services into their applications but don’t have the pre-requisite expertise or
access to the source code required to implement these integrations. Ratchet-X
removes this barrier for them.”
About RatchetSoft, LLC
RatchetSoft, LLC is dedicated to the empowerment of software users by giving
them greater control over systems integration. Unlike portal or service
aggregation solutions that require users learn and access data via alternative
user interfaces, RatchetSoft products and services are all about delivering
information at the point of need - directly within the applications people use
everyday.
RatchetSoft is a privately held, New York-based Limited Liability Company
founded in 2002. For more information, visit www.ratchetsoft.com
About StrikeIron
StrikeIron is the leader in providing innovative solutions for delivering data
over the emerging Internet. The company’s innovative Web Services Marketplace
provides a technology platform, micro-transaction management and a consistent
interface across many XML-based Web services from multiple, diverse sources.
This allows business users, application developers and enterprise IT
professionals to customize and integrate external data sources and additional
external functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications.
Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business
functions from organizations such as Cortera, D&B, Gale, MapQuest, Midnight Trader,
Tax Data Systems, The Sports Network, and Zacks.
StrikeIron also offers IronCloud™, the only comprehensive Web services delivery
platform that opens up new channels for data distribution and consumption
through Web Services. Enterprises of all sizes can now reduce the cost and
complexity of managing the challenges of data distribution which include
leveraging an existing external hardware and software architecture, controlling
and metering access and usage, external monitoring for 24x7 reliability, full
usage analytics, as well as multiple authentication scenarios and instead
concentrate their focus on making information easier for partners, customers,
and distributed business units to access and use. StrikeIron delivers value to
over 1,500 customers and partners such as Avaya, BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda
Europe, D&B, Siemens, Nike, Swarovski, ShoeBuy, and Exclusive Resorts. For
more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.
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Joe Labbe
RatchetSoft, LLC
(516) 620-1197 x711
jlabbe@ratchetsoft.com