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Contents API integration platform 4 APIs 5 Web services architecture 5 Technical capabilities 5
API integration platform
Using industrystandard web services architecture, Pronto Connect enables application mobility and allows you to integrate your external applications and platforms with Pronto Xi
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Global in, global out
Advances in mobile communications have made smartphones and tablet computers inexpensive and widely available. Data transfer between platforms is also inexpensive, while the technologies that enable real-time data transfer are now faster, more reliable and more secure. HTML5 and JavaScript make it possible to create adaptive user interfaces that work on many devices.
APIs
Application programming interfaces (APIs) simplify the exchange of data between unconnected applications or processes.
APIs help developers create ways for applications to exchange data freely and efficiently, without human intervention. This reduces data double-handling and human error, allowing for substantial increases in productivity and cost-effectiveness.
The most popular type of API is representational state transfer (REST). Pronto Connect offers standard out-of-the-box RESTful APIs, as well as a development environment that lets you create custom APIs to improve your information flow.
Web services architecture
There are several benefits to using web services architecture instead of traditional “flat file” or field-based API connectivity approaches. These include:
• real-time information exchange, meaning processes can be completed using up-todate information – not yesterday’s data
• user authentication, so only those who are entitled to access and view data can do so
• no need to maintain a flat file transfer mechanism, which saves time and money
• fewer upload or synchronisation errors thanks to a reliable messaging system that ensures requested data is delivered as expected
Technical capabilities
Pronto Connect’s technical capabilities include:
• dynamic data transfer using web-services
• document-based APIs (XML, JSON)
• incoming web services API calls
• outbound HTTPS calls via Runtime
• user-based security, which restricts data access based on the connecting user
• secure data transfer using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
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Overview of how Pronto Connect works Connected applications Pronto Connect server Pronto Connect (service and REST client) Active Directory authentication (LDAP) Pronto Xi server XML or JSON XML Database Execute API Execute API Response Response Web Cloud Mobile Desktop Runtime
About us
We are an Australian developer of award winning business management and analytics solutions. Pronto Xi, our Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, integrates accounting, operational and mobile features in a single system – optimising business processes and unlocking actionable insights. That’s why for more than 40 years, over 1,500 Australian and global organisations, across a wide range of industries, have trusted Pronto Xi to simplify their most complex challenges. With headquarters and our Development Centre located in Melbourne, we have support offices and consultants based across Australia, as well as a global network of Resellers and Solution Partners. Specialised business units within Pronto Software have the expertise to assist you with pivotal technology –Digital Transformation with Pronto Woven, Cloud and Hosting services with Pronto Cloud and Business Intelligence solutions with Pronto iQ. When you choose Pronto Software, you gain a team with deep industry experience, giving us the ability to understand your specific needs and build innovative solutions that drive business growth and revenue.
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