iXp includes Enterprise Integration Tools called ToolBoxiXp. Developed using the J2EE framework, ToolBoxiXp enables customers to achieve loosely coupled integration with third party applications facilitated by a SOA utilizing SOAP, XML, WSDL and Web Services. ToolBoxiXp includes a repository of traditional integration software developed by Daffron, MultiSpeak versions 1.0 and 3.0 (Web Services) and leading edge integration tools.

ToolBoxiXp is the integration solution between our Daffron Software Suites (CISiXp, FMSiXp and MMSiXp) and our 3rd party AMR, GIS, IVR, Outage, and Staking vendors. Daffron products, such as GISiXp, Interactive Voice ResponseiXp, Incident Management SystemiXp, and WinStakeiXp are also integrated via ToolboxiXp.

Technology
ToolBoxiXp uses Web Services to communicate between systems. It runs on an application server (Apache Tomcat or IBM WebSphere). The application server receives and sends HTTP messages similar to a web server. However, the message body is descriptive XML as opposed to HTML. Each XML request is handled and processed through ToolBoxiXp. ToolBoxiXp will send a resulting response (also in XML) back to the caller. In some cases, the 3rd party application is the host and ToolBoxiXp is the caller.