Layer2 SharePoint Cloud Connector for Office 365 Integrates Corporate Data Sources with the Microsoft Cloud

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The Microsoft ISV Gold Partner Layer2 now offers seamless integration of corporate line-of-business data with native SharePoint lists in the cloud."A data-integration strategy needs to be within the foundation of every cloud computing plan - it cant be something youre reminded of at the rollout meeting," noted Frank Daske, Product Manager at Layer2.Instead of installing and deploying SharePoint Server on premises, any business can now simply subscribe to this service online to provide their employees with an enterprise grade solution for creating sites to safely share documents and information with colleagues, partners and customers.The Cloud Connector for SharePoint 2010 and Office 365 extends the SharePoint cloud capabilities to existing data sets that will continue to reside within the corporate network, e.g. with SQL databases, files or CRM/ERP systems.Using Office 365 requires a data integration strategy to benefitWhile a cloud-based solution opens new opportunities to trim down infrastructure and the maintenance effort and costs, it doesnt eliminate the need for integration."A data-integration strategy needs to be within the foundation of every cloud computing plan - it cant be something youre reminded of at the rollout meeting," noted Frank Daske, Product Manager at Layer2.Remote corporate data cached in native cloud-based SharePoint lists“While the existing integration tools for SharePoint are not made for cloud-based scenarios out-of-the-box, the SharePoint Cloud Connector was especially developed based on the new Microsoft Client Side Object Model (CSOM) API to solve the specific challenges of disconnected systems in the cloud without any direct access to corporate business data and very restricted feature customization capabilities,” Frank Daske, Product Manager at Layer2, accented.

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