Dynamic data exchange

There comes a time when interaction between a surfer and a server is not enough. Your server will have to communicate with another server to provide additional information or authorizations.

We have a number of stock solutions which provide effective and innovative methods for dynamic data exchange.

JavaScript. One way to add dynamic content to a site is to use JavaScript to pull in other information, such as news or weather, from a service provider. We work with many third parties to achieve this, and we can help you and your clients, regardless of whether their needs are pull or push (ie, whether they are using or supplying content). We can also help you code the exchange so that there is no annoying wait at the displaying browser while the remote information is retrieved.

CGI. If you need to pull in information displayed in a remote web page, we can provide a CGI script (Cyber | Grabit) which will retrieve the page, parse it and extract the required content, reformat it, and put it into your page – all dynamically on demand. Surfers remain blissfully unaware that this is happening, and it is very fast (providing that the remote server is responding). We can also time the retrieval. For example, for information which you know is updated only at fixed intervals (eg, daily, weekly), the CGI script automatically retrieves the content at the required hour and stores it on the local server, so that remote requests are minimized.

XML. For a fully-cooperative exchange of data, we can code XML and helper apps which automatically update databases or approvals queues. This is ideal for ecommerce, especially B-2-B extranets.

Other. There are many other bits of magic which we can work, including, or course, a special case of dynamic data exchange – online payments – discussed on the next page.