Integration, Vermont Style
Sonny Cloward has a great post about how his nonprofit has picked a handful of technology tools to get their work done. His situation is really interesting because:
- He’s using “on-demand” technology tools–they’re hosted by someone else.
- The tools focus on a core competency and don’t try to do everything
- They are each smart enough to be able to talk to each other via web services
Because of this, Sonny is able to pull together a technology infrastrucutre that is based on tools that effectively do a single job, have them talk to each other through relatively simple integration pieces, and have it all be someone elses IT headache.
Once again, Sonny is blazing a trail (sharpen that machete, man!). I think he’s on to the path that we’ll all be going down in the next couple years.
