A core tenet of Blackbaud's Infinity platform is embracing an open, 3rd party developer ecosystem.  Thus, I was excited to see a 3rd party developer digging into our SDK and building something cool.  Even better, free! 

 

Enter David Zeidman, of Zeidman Development.  Using the Infinity Software Development Kit (SDK), Mr. Zeidman built an interesting integration between the special events feature and Google Calendar.  The component makes use of the Infinity Web Services API, Infinity LINQ integration (code name "metal") and integrates directly into the Blackbaud Enterprise CRM user experience.

 

This same API and technology platform powers the forthcoming Raiser's Edge 8.  With Javascript APIs, a RESTful API stack, and a traditional SOAP API, the developer will have full access to over 9,500 individual features and entities in the system. 

 

Check out Mr. Zeidman's Google Calendar component today (he built one for RE7 as well!)

 

I can't wait until a large developer community can be unleashed on the open API.  Stay tuned!

 

Shaun Sullivan

CTO

Blackbaud, Inc.