Nintex, a provider of software products that extend Microsoft SharePoint Technology, and Stone Bond Technologies, a provider of agile integration software, have entered into a strategic technology partnership, to provide options for SharePoint Workflow and Reporting.
As per the agreement, Stone Bond’s Enterprise enabler AppComm data connection technology will be utilised with the Nintex products including Workflow 2010, Workflow 2007, and Reporting 2008.
The company said that the integration between Stone Bond and Nintex products would enable it to provide data virtualisation to SharePoint workflows; and with a click of the button users can auto create the XML code required to execute.
In addition, external data from many different sources is accessible inside a SharePoint list or part giving users complete create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) capabilities, the company said.
Nintex said that by using an ADO.Net driver, developers can develop web parts, dashboards and UI applications that can display, interact with aggregated data from multiple backend (LOB) systems.
Nintex Workflow enhances SharePoint workflow to allow users to design, deploy, and use workflows quickly and easily, the company said.
Further, by extending SharePoint’s native workflow engine, Nintex adds farm-wide tracking and management tools, and ships a large number of ready-to-use workflow tools, which include connectivity options to native SharePoint features and industry-standard protocols.
Nintex technology vice president Mike Fitzmaurice said that accessing enterprise data in workflows can be a challenge, but Stone Bond made it easy.
"From their point of view, they are just accessing the Business Data Catalog (for SharePoint 2007) or Business Connectivity Services (for SharePoint 2010)," Fitzmaurice said.
"Since Stone Bond leverages this key part of SharePoint, that data is available to lists, Web Parts, search and workflows.
"We both see SharePoint as the centre of the universe it’s what makes our products work together so well, and it’s what will help customers get more done in less time."
