Archive for the ‘iMIS e-Series’ Category

iMIS Authentication Services integrates iMIS with WordPress, PHPBB & Media Wiki Support

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

In the last few months since Metisc has updated their iMIS CRM offerings things have changed substantially on the world market. Now more than ever customers are seeing the value in free open source software as a viable alternative to expensive and proprietary closed source solutions.

 Today Metisc announced new iMIS Authentication Services that allow customers to deploy sites based on the following packages - and have those packages authenticate their users against an iMIS CRM database:

  1. Media Wiki - The web’s most advance Wiki System
  2. PHPBB - The web’s most popular forum and community management solution
  3. WordPress - The web’s most popular blogging tool.

Businesses and Not-For-Profit organizations running the IMIS CRM system can now deploy powerful content driven sites - and ensure that their content is viewed and updated by approved users. These systems are invaluable to trade associations, legal associations, membership groups and similar who’s very viability and business depends on providing value added services to paid members.

In the past, Metisc has released support for linking the open source content management systems DRUPAL and JOOMLA to iMIS. These new releases reaffirm Metisc’s commitment to the open source market, and further establishes Metisc’s position as the world’s leading vendor of iMIS CRM and Open Source Authentication Services.

iMIS Authentication for PHPBB and Media Wiki is shipping now.  The WordPress version will ship December 15, 2008.

For further information contact Metisc at 1-888-4-METISC or visit www.metisc.com on the web.

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JOOMLA Authentication Services for websites using ASI iMIS CRM

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Metisc, the leading open source developer for Microsoft CRM and ASI’s iMIS CRM systems today announces the release of its JOOMLA Authentication Services.

Traditionally, customers wanting to authenticate website users against their CRM system have had very few choices. Metisc now provides a cost effective solution allowing JOOMLA powered websites to authenticate their users against customer/member records in their ASI iMIS database.

Metisc’s JOOMLA Authentication solution works with ASI iMIS Versions 4, 10 and 15. It also with iMIS sites with or without ASI iBO.NET services. If you do not have iBO.NET - then Metisc’s JOOMLA Authentication Solution will read user information directly from the underlying SQL database that is powering your CRM System. 

JOOMLA Authentication Services is the latest in a series of middleware products from Metisc. Other solutions include a DRUPAL Authentication Services, and the cross platform MBO WebServices - the only truely cross platform WebServices API to support access to both Microsoft Dynamics CRM and ASI iMIS CRM - allowing developers to deploy websites that can work on EITHER CRM target platform without recoding.

For more information on Metisc and JOOMLA Authentication for ASI iMIS - visit their website at www.metisc.com

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Open Source Drupal compares favorably to ASI iMIS e-Series

Monday, August 18th, 2008

Metisc today announced that it has developed a specific packaging of its products for those customers wishing to save money and deploy an industry standard and open source Content Management System.

To date there have been limited choices in the ASI iMIS & Content Management System’s worlds. While ASI e-Series may be a potential option, many organizations have looked for alternative for several reasons. No one can deny the popularity of free open source content management systems. Now, there is a standard, cost effective and powerful alternative for organizations wishing to integrate their websites with their membership databases.

Metisc’s Drupal MBO WebServices Kit provides customers with a fully functional website platform, built on the wildly popular open source Drupal Content Management System. The Drupal CMS is recognized as one of the most powerful and flexible Content Management Systems available today. It works on Linux, Solaris and Windows hosts, to provide your organization with a powerful community portal through which you can engage your customers.

Drupal is a free open source product, which can save cost conscious and savvy business owners litterally hundreds of thousands of dollars in software licensing and maintenance costs.

Pairing Drupal with Metisc’s cost effective MBO middleware platform ensures full integration with your ASI iMIS (or Microsoft CRM) database. Whether you are using V4, 10 or 15 - with iBO.NET or without, your Drupal CMS will offer your customers the ability to authenticate, renew memberships, view targeted content based on membership level and payment status, purchase products defined in iMIS and so much more.

From Unions managing membership Dues, through to not for profits who wish to drive value and engage customers in new ways, Metisc’s Drupal MBO middleware platform provide extreme value and convenience.

For further information contact www.metisc.com

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