SharePoint Cloud Connector by Layer2
- 1. Cloud Connector for SharePoint and Office 365 Features & Benefits The Layer2 Cloud Connector for SharePoint 2010 / 2013 and Office 365 connects your external line-ofbusiness data to Microsoft SharePoint: • Extends the SharePoint capabilities to existing external data sets, that will continue to reside within your corporate network – directly connected to native SharePoint lists and libraries and always up-to-date. • No programming or tools required: Setup in a few minutes guided by a wizard. No installation or customizing at SharePoint or data source required. • 100% compatible to ALL SharePoint 2010 / 2013 offerings: On premise, externally hosted, Office 365, sandboxed. Utilizes the new Microsoft CSOM API. • Reliable architecture: A connection is established only for data exchange – not for general usage. No direct access to corporate data required from outside. Native SharePoint lists and libraries act as a cache for your data – bidirectional if required. • Secure data connection and transfer: The connector runs where your data resides today - on any server or client inside your corporate network with Internet connectivity available. No data is exposed to any 3rd party. • FREE Shareware Edition available for download. • Personal Edition: UD$ 499 / 399 € per server. • App Edition: (via SharePoint App Store only). • Professional Edition: US$ 1.407 / 995 € per server. • Enterprise Edition: US$ 6.360 / 4.999 € per server. • Annual Software Assurance: 20% per year. • Partner Program: 15-30% reseller discount on licenses, FREE NFR Edition, priority support, lead transfer. Start workflows or send email notifications in the cloud on external data change. • • CSOM, OData, File System, XML provider included. • Licensing & Partner Program Almost any data source supported: ODBC, OLEDB, OData, .NET-based providers, file content (Excel, XML, CSV), File System Replication, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, IBM DB2, IBM AS/400, IBM Informix, Microsoft SharePoint, MS Dynamics NAV/CRM, Exchange, Active Directory, Navision, Lotus Notes, SAP, XML Web Services etc. • David Linthicum in Cloud Computing High performance: Works great with large data sets. • “A data-integration strategy needs to be within the foundation of your cloud computing plan. This integration needs to be innate to the architecture; it can't be something you're reminded of at the rollout meeting…” Add additional “cloud-only” columns, e.g. for rating, or file attachments. Aggregate your external data. Layer 2 GmbH | Eiffestr. 664b | D-20537 Hamburg | Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 40 284112–30 | Mail: sales@layer2.de | Web: www.layer2.de/en/products/