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ISV News and Notes: Catching Up on More Convergence 2013 Updates

by Jason Gumpert
Editor, MSDynamicsWorld.com

In case you weren't there, the Convergence 2013 exhibit hall was enormous. Too many booths to cover in one go, maybe too many to cover during the whole event for the average attendee. Here are a few more notes of interest we picked up in our travels during the event.

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SharePoint-based document management solution provider KnowledgeLake introduced new AP automation solutions for Dynamics AX and GP at Convergence. The solution can work in different ways depending on the scenario, but it relies on KnowledgeLake's strengths in onboarding the high volume capture product in SharePoint and using workflow tools in Sharepoint, with integration to tools like Outlook and Office, and the ability to push data to Dynamics ERP.

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Following its announcement of a partnership with social shopping platform startup ZoopShop, cloud integration platform nChannel brought their fellow Ohio-based startup to Convergence to show off the upcoming nShop offering. Both nChannel and ZoopShop worked with an Ohio State University accelerator program in their earliest days.  ZoopShop see social shopping as just one potential avenue for success with its technology. Other uses include the ability for large brands to accelerate their product development or market research via social channels with targeted, momentary feedback (rather than a shopping cart) from specific audiences.

Today, nShop adds a connector to ZoopShop that can then be tied back to a Dynamics ERP system of record as one more channel in an nChannel-based integration solution. Pricing has not yet been announced. 

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About Jason Gumpert

As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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