Mulesoft offers a hosted integration platform which it refers to as the Mule iON integration platform as a service (iPaaS,) and the solution sports a line-up of applications that make up its ecosystem. The newest is called iApp4Tax, borne of a collaboration between Mulesoft and Avalara, a software developer that makes tax management and reporting tools.

iApp4Tax will run on Mule’s iPaaS to empower Avalara’s 170 partners, who will leverage it to more easily integrate the latter’s software in their own clients’ environments. The app connects hosted and/or on-premise ERP systems to AvaTax, and supports a whole line of up of third party offerings. These include e-commerce shopping carts and accounting systems such as Quickbooks, as well as alternatives offered by Oracle, SAP and others.

“Mule iON provides a great alternative to those customers who previously relied on custom integration code to access our sales tax solutions,” said Scott McFarlane, CEO at Avalara. “With iApp4Tax, many more customers can now quickly and easily access our advanced tax decision technology.”

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