Enterprise application development and integration

As a small to medium sized company you have specific needs in keeping your growing organization connected, with unified direction, communication and collaboration. Between desktop applications, Microsoft Office spreadsheets, documents, databases and SharePoint web portals, HR and accounting software, sales and support operations you have an ever growing number of systems, information and line of business applications to keep straight. Typically, none of these applications talk to each other or provide for easy collaboration, however Scharf Holdings can help.

We specialize in bringing together the enterprise through systems integration and enterprise application development. By building enterprise level line of business apps that are connected to your growing company, you can leverage the power of data and information from across the enterprise from a single location. Let us show you how you can bring together your different teams and systems within your organization, even across physical locations, offices and remote employees. Rather than re-invent the wheel, we have a plethora of knowledge and experience integrating or configuring and/or customizing enterprise software applications from 3rd party vendors as well as building them from the ground up. From SAP, Oracle HRIS, PeopleSoft, SalesForce.com, BizTalk, Microsoft Dynamics, Peachtree, Microsoft Office, and more if it lives on a server or PC we can find a way to connect it with other applications in your organization.

Connected enterprise applications

Technology Stack

  • Microsoft .NET Framework
  • SQL Server 2005/2008
  • SQL Reporting Services
  • Oracle
  • SAP
  • SalesForce.com
  • HRIS
  • PeopleSoft
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • Microsoft Office
  • Cisco CallManager
  • Peachtree
  • QuickBooks
  • Windows Azure
  • Microsoft Great Plains
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft Office Live Communication Server
  • Windows and Web Services
  • Host Automation Server
  • CRM
  • SAML 1.x and 2.0
  • IdP and SP initiated SSO
  • view many more that we specialize in...

Simplify the complexities of enterprise software

Enterprise applications and frameworks are supposed to simplify your business, bring your workforce together and promote collaboration. Most systems are overly complex, expensive to implement and customizations are very difficult. Let Scharf Holdings build and design your line of business applications for the enterprise, connecting all of your disparate applications, databases and systems into an easy to use and maintain, scalable package.

Single sign on; Federated Identity for the Enterprise

Single sign on allows users to have a single identity federated between different applications both inside a network and outside of the network with external systems, vendors, web sites, etc. Federated identity is nothing new, some of the earliest forms of this include Windows NT authentication with a domain controller to access different resources throughout a network, then Active Directory, Novell systems, etc. All of these concepts accomplish the same goal in the enterprise, give users a single user name and password to remember and allow them to log in using a single identity to any application or resources they need access to throughout the organization, including partner sites, etc.

When dealing with providers, portals or applications outside of the company control, SAML allows the easiest and most industry wide accepted method for federating identity across physical and logical boundaries. The SAML specifications drafted by OASIS both version 1.x and 2.0 give your partners and other software vendors the ability to exchange key and trust information and to federate identity for single sign on in a consistent and unified way.

Scharf Holdings has experience in both SAML versions and technologies, components and software for managing both identity providers (IdP) and service providers (Sp) single sign on (SSO), single sign out (SLO) and the different bindings and supported protocols between each. Let us get you integrated with a partner that offers SSO, or let us unify your existing enterprise internally with an Active Directory or other single sign on solution for federated identity.