G4S is enterprise software that connects ASP.NET systems to Salesforce®. The connection works in both directions and in real time so you can instantly move or share information.
Salesforce objects can be populated from website data. A common use is Web-to-Lead, Web-to-Contact, Web-to-Anything forms. Conversely, data in Salesforce, including cases, leads, contacts, documents, chatter, reports, and custom objects, can be selectively shared to your ASP.NET website.
G4S can be installed on any PC or web server running the Microsoft stack. It includes numerous caching, compression, keep-alive and session handling features.
What is G4S?
G4S is a .NET wrapper for the Salesforce Partner API. It exposes the API functionality so data can be pushed to or pulled from Salesforce and has background performance features to facilitate the fast and reliable delivery of data. G4S has already proven itself across a diverse range of connection requirements and is the engine of our S4S connector. The default configuration uses the industry standard ASP.NET Provider Model which makes it configurable to differing data sources. Website data can be provided from Salesforce, your ASP.NET database on your web server, external databases or a mix of these sources.
Using G4S - what are the advantages?
- Reduce your time to market - typically a two to three days to install
- No need for your team to learn Salesforce technologies
- Reduce project risk - technical challenges have already been solved
- Use Salesforce or a local database as a single data repository (optional)
- FuseIT will assist with problems you might encounter
- Expose data in your business software to Salesforce e.g. Accounting and Document Management systems
G4S Use Cases
G4S connector can connect any .NET accessible data to your Salesforce instance. If you need to share application or website information with your Salesforce instance, a whole world of possibilities opens up.
What are some popular use cases?
- Pre-populate forms and web pages with Salesforce data
- Push completed forms and web pages into one or more objects in Salesforce
- Allow users to log in to a website with credentials from Salesforce (see G4S Single Sign On)
- Enable third party software to access or update Salesforce data e.g. Accounting and DMS systems
- Expose Salesforce data, documents or reports to selected website users
- Enable back end functionality to set and get Salesforce data as needed
