A Proclamation on Integration
Last Updated on Wednesday, 3 January 2007 05:56 Written by Steve Wednesday, 3 January 2007 01:38
I’ve become aware of an effort in the works to let the nonprofit technology world know that having software that talks to other software is currently a big issue for most small nonprofits and activists. Most of us who use Salesforce.com chose the platform partly because it can integrate with other systems (you may be using What Counts for email blasting out of Salesforce, or using the Outlook Edition to look up people in Salesforce from your email). Integration can sure make life easier for all of us nonprofits.
It’s called the Integration Proclamation.
The stated goal of the effort is to generate some mass that can be put in front of technology vendors, funders, etc. If you support the idea, please add your name to the list to indicate you want a world where other technology that nonprofits use should integrate just as easily as Salesforce does.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, Steve. I am so signed on!
This applies to the whole SaaS/Web 2.0 world, too. I am so tired of reading about the next great best thing that is only next, great, and best if you are ready to completely give up what was yesterday and good enough and start all over with a completely different system.
[...] Steve points out something that is music to my eyes… Integration Proclamation: We, the undersigned progressive leaders, have together identified technology integration as a top priority infrastructure need in 2007. We urge progressive funders, vendors and technologists to support a collaborative effort dedicated to ensuring that our tools integrate effectively, so that we can move forward with innovative, powerful platforms that will help us win. [...]