...maintain. At the same time, companies struggle with legacy technology systems built on incompatible and disconnectedapplications that limit access to information and impede collaboration. The complexity of these systems forces IT departments...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10363144-56.html
...Further, the Sage CRM development environment allows seamless re-use of business logic between connected and disconnectedapplications. With Sage CRM, the following customisation types can be developed: (2) Metadata is data about the database...
http://www.pinnacle-online.com/items/sagecrm6.2whitepapernetarchitecture.pdf