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No man is an island, and neither is your website. Today's web properties are more complex then ever, requiring integration with all types of systems. To be effective, you need a technology that lets you integrate with third-party systems and reuse that data for not only website content, but for other tasks as well, such as authentication. Sitecore makes this simple, straightforward and high performance with an array of prebuilt connectors, data abstraction layers and out-of-the-box integration capabilities.
Leveraging the Power of .NET
As one of the first content management providers to adopt Microsoft’s .NET technology, Sitecore CMS is able to leverage the Microsoft web services strategy to connect information, people, systems and devices. Sitecore offers a host of Webservices integration tools to build connections between applications, ingest content, as well as serve content to external systems.
Data Provider Abstraction Layer
Sitecore stores and works with all of its content as XML. To facilitate integration with external database systems, Sitecore offers the Data Provider abstraction Layer. This gives developers a standardized way to expose database connections to Sitecore so they can access those databases and records as if they were simple XML documents. This streamlines development and allows developers to leverage the tremendous power of XPath and XSL.
Active Directory and Security Integration
Security and authentication are important elements of any web project, and every company has their own methods for controlling security. Sitecore offers tremendous flexiblity when it comes to security integration, including out of the box Active Directory integration, LDAP integration as well as the ability to plug in any third party authorization and authentication modules.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Integration
The Sitecore MOSS 2007 Connector integrates the Sitecore CMS and Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2007 to provide users with the ability to publish information directly from multiple information sources to the Internet. Sitecore’s tight alignment with Microsoft SharePoint enables enterprises to deploy an intelligent portal that effortlessly connects users, teams, and knowledge.
Organizations can take advantage of their investment in SharePoint and benefit from the collaboration of information across business processes. SharePoint lists can be integrated directly as regular content in Sitecore. All of the layout capabilities of Sitecore can then be employed to deliver SharePoint content in the desired design and correct format. SharePoint media, images and documents can also be used directly in the media library of Sitecore and links to SharePoint can be inserted through the Sitecore HTML editor.
Microsoft Dynamics Integration
Sitecore offers integration with the Microsoft Dynamics suite of applications. Whether you need integration with the CRM applications or the Financial tools, Sitecore has integration and API's that will allow your website to readily integrate with your core business processes.
BizTalk Integration
Sitecore integrates with Microsoft BizTalk to enable companies to automate and optimize business processes including the management and deployment of content. By integration BizTalk into the Sitecore publishing workflow, organizations can leverage their investment in BizTalk and improve content management of all web applications.