c360 Striking while Iron is hot

Representatives of web services marketplace provider StrikeIron Inc. and of c360, a leading provider of add-on products, industry solutions and development tools for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform, have announced their partnership.

In the first move to be undertaken by the pair, c360 will integrate the StrikeIron address verification web service with its Microsoft Dynamics productivity packs. The productivity pack combines multiple c360 products, sold exclusively through a network of authorized partners. c360 integrated StrikeIron’s address verification web service into the data quality center of the core productivity pack so that users may perform real-time address verification and standardization. An XML-based web service is to be employed.

Claimed director of c360 product management Arvind Raman: “This offering is a first for Microsoft Dynamics CRM users.” The address verification web service now takes a seat among the growing “StrikeIron Marketplace” now offering over 75 web services to ISVs such as c360. StrikeIron also offers an API for integration of commercial web services into an ISV application. c360 Solutions is a CDC Software company.

The c360 product network includes more than 500 authorized partners that have delivered c360 solutions to over 1,200 in nine languages. CDC Software is a provider of enterprise software applications designed to assist organizations in delivering a superior customer experience. The CDC Software product suite includes Pivotal CRM, c360 CRM, Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform development tools, Ross enterprise resource planning, Ross supply chain management, IMI warehouse management, order management, Platinum China human resource solutions, and business analytics.

CDC Software now boasts more than 5,000 customers worldwide in the manufacturing, financial services, health care, home building, real estate, and wholesale and retail distribution industries. StrikeIron touts itself as “the leader in the commercialization of web services. More specifically, Strikelron provides a library of externally available plug-and-play web services.

Core Strikelron technology seeks to provide self-service publishing and consumption of web services, micro-transactions and -billing, software infrastructure, multiple productivity tools, and integration for both individual customers and software technology partners. The Aurora Funds, Inc. and NC IDEA originally provided funding for StrikeIron.