Introduction about salesforce Integration and Their needs in real time

What is Integration?

Integration means combining two different services. so that they can work together or form a whole.

What is web service?

The term webservice describe standardized way of integrating web-based applications using xml, SOAP, WSDL.

Xml is used to tag the data.

SOAP is a protocol to transfer the data.

WSDL is to describe the service availability. 

Ways to connect salesforce?

There are Five ways to connect saleforce :

            

1. Native Desktop

In this Integration with lotus notes, Outlook, MS word …..

2. Mash-up from App exchange

Integrate with already available apps in app exchange.

3. Native ERP connectors

Integrate with already existing applications like ERP systems or other data base like Oracle, MS SQL…

4. Integration with middleware

By using middleware technology we do that like informatica, Apatar.

5. developer Toolkit 

Using web services to connecting with salesforce to .net, java, RUBY ........