Argyle Stark

What we do / System integration

Make the systems you already pay for work together.

Rekeying data between two systems is the most expensive cheap problem in a growing business. We connect finance, CRM and work management platforms so information moves once, accurately, without anyone babysitting it.

Talk to us about an integration

Integration comes in three levels

Not every connection needs custom code, and not every connection can avoid it. The right answer depends on your systems, not on what a supplier happens to be good at. We have delivered all three.

Straightforward

Prebuilt connectors

Where a supported connector already exists between your two systems, we use it. It is the fastest and cheapest route, and we will tell you when it is the right one rather than talking you into something bigger.

  • Connector selection
  • Field mapping
  • Testing and handover

Moderate

Middleware and ETL

When no off the shelf connector exists, or the data needs reshaping on the way through, we use integration platforms and ETL tooling to move, transform and reconcile data on a schedule or close to real time.

  • Integration platform selection
  • Data transformation and cleansing
  • Scheduling and reconciliation

Complex

Custom API development

When two systems have no common ground, we build it. REST and SOAP development, authentication, error handling and monitoring, so the integration keeps running when something upstream changes rather than failing quietly at month end.

  • REST and SOAP development
  • Authentication and security
  • Error handling and monitoring

Systems we work with

The platform matters less than the approach. Whether a system needs a connector, middleware or custom development, the work is the same discipline applied at a different depth.

Finance

Xero, Sage and other accounting platforms

Invoices, purchase orders, expenses and ledger data moving cleanly between your operational systems and your accounts, so finance is not the last to know.

CRM

HubSpot, Salesforce and comparable platforms

Customer, pipeline and order data kept consistent across sales, delivery and finance, rather than three versions of the truth that nobody trusts.

Work management

Jira, Asana, Monday.com and project platforms

Project, resource and task data connected to the systems either side of it, so status reporting comes out of the tool rather than out of a spreadsheet someone maintains on a Friday.

We also work with line of business and sector specific platforms. We have delivered integrations in healthcare, central and local government, financial services, legal and utilities.

For software vendors

If you sell a platform, your customers will ask you to connect it to their accounting system, their CRM and whatever else they run. Those requests are a distraction from your roadmap and a drag on your onboarding, and losing a deal over an integration nobody wanted to build is an expensive way to protect engineering time.

We work as the integration partner behind software vendors, taking those conversations directly with your customers, scoping and delivering the connection, and handing back a customer who is live rather than waiting.

How an integration runs

Short, and deliberately so. Most integration projects overrun because the discovery was rushed, not because the build was hard.

1

Discovery

What data needs to move, in which direction, how often, and what happens when it fails. This is where the cost of the project is actually decided.

2

Recommendation

Connector, middleware or custom build, with the cost and the trade-offs of each written down so you can choose rather than be steered.

3

Build and test

Delivered against real data, not a sample, including the awkward records that break things in month three.

4

Handover

Documentation, monitoring and a named route back to us if something upstream changes. Support if you want it, no lock-in if you do not.

Talk to us about an integration

Tell us which two systems are not talking. We will tell you which of the three levels it needs and roughly what that costs.

Email
info@argylestark.com
Telephone
+44 141 474 1747
Office
Savoy Tower
77 Renfrew Street
Glasgow G2 3BZ
United Kingdom