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Integrate Internal and External Systems Securely

Elevated Azure eCommerce Security & API Incorporation

Your eCommerce has the capability of enabling APIs to other internal and external systems that may have cloud-based or different infrastructure for integrations. From a business perspective, one of the most challenging things is skillfully connecting systems and allowing them to communicate with each other effectively.

Various businesses are of a constantly evolving nature, where they may experience a peak usage time during a particular part of the day or week. Another possibility is a high or low season(s), where resources need to be scaled up, down or out, in order to successfully meet demand for the web application.

  • SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language)
  • OpenID connect (OIDC)
  • The ability to complete ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services)
  • Other forms of Single Sign-On (SSO)
  • Connected VPN tunnels

Azure also supports more ways of extended authentication, like IP whitelisting and a firewall configuration, that allow systems to communicate securely over SSL with the most up-to-date security protocols. All capabilities are utilized without a significant amount of temporal or monetary expenses for system configuration and set up, while ensuring that industry best practices are employed.

The bottom line is that Azure eCommerce pairing allows for robust security capabilities, which enable the required APIs for your upcoming project to be readily incorporated. Best of all, everything is accomplished in a highly secure manner, with reasonably low cost for any further integrations to other systems.

Build a Robust, Constantly Evolving Platform

Scaling Capabilities are Available as Needed

One of the most demanding goals, from a business outlook, is delivering superior quality customer service at scale. That scale can be relative for a brand new business and could mean the transition from 1-10 employees to 100 employees. Going from that smaller amount to a comparatively much larger number can require automation of multiple disparate systems.

Therefore, it's really critical that the eCommerce system employed by the organization has the ability to scale, follow and even modify the business workflows. In this manner, the business itself is dictating the workflows and not the software capabilities or, in many cases, limitations. An ineffective system can negatively affect the business, by holding it back and not allowing it to reach its full potential.

We strongly encourage potential clients, who are evaluating an Azure-based eCommerce software solution, to consider the system’s competence of tightly integrating with the Azure infrastructure and resources. If there's a powerful capability which is easy to use within the Azure system, then this allows for lower cost, quicker turnaround, and more readily integrated applications for your next Azure eCommerce platform.

Overcome Any Integration Challenges

Integration Considerations for Azure eCommerce

Another sizable challenge with consistently integrating systems such as Azure eCommerce to an ERP, a CRM or other line of business applications like a WMS, is that those integrations can typically be very manual and time consuming.

A difficult aspect of these types of integrations can be related to security measures and hardening of the access between the applications, as well as ensuring a robust model for data communication is applied among the systems. This can be a key factor in determining the necessary timeline and related costs for integrating systems.

As an example, contemplate the scenario of a business that goes from a few hundred orders a month to tens of thousands of orders per month. This hypothetical business is able to scale into those order growth numbers, while delivering at -or above- the previous quality and customer support levels. If a business is unable to scale and deliver improved quality service, then typically the systems and infrastructure aren't working properly, or the processes aren't effective. Ultimately, it's going to probably make the most sense for the business to slow down in order to speed up.

That's really what we encourage you to combat with the selection of a premium Azure eCommerce system. Whenever you're evaluating a platform, consider if it actually offers the desired capabilities. Not necessarily require them right away, but if and when your organization is ready to leverage those capabilities, they should be available for use. Thus, you can benefit from the ready to use nature of Azure infrastructure, while tying that very closely to an off-the-shelf enterprise eCommerce platform, such as Clarity eCommerce.

How Can Clarity Help

Clarity Azure eCommerce Experts

At the end of the day, it really is about being able to provide quality service. The Azure eCommerce platform delivers this in spades by offering a wide selection of different, highly commoditized and standardized, integration options. On top of that, the Clarity eCommerce system has its own set of robust APIs and role-based access that you can turn on and off based on your chosen integration(s).

There's also an offering for a queue-based persistent connector that connects the eCommerce application to other systems. We strongly encourage you to take a look at these different capabilities, both for the Clarity eCommerce and the Clarity Connect platforms, but also in general when you're evaluating alternative options or possible scenarios for your upcoming Azure eCommerce platform.

In the end, it's all about making sure that you're happy with the final results as a potential customer. We certainly encourage you to review the content below to find out more information on Azure eCommerce possibilities. Feel free to reach out to our friendly and professional staff to discuss any questions that you might have in a complimentary review session.

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