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October 16, 2008
Cast Iron Cloud Integrates SaaS, On-Premise Models
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 16 -- Cast Iron Systems, the No. 1 SaaS integration company, introduced Cast Iron Cloud, the future of software as a service integration, today. Only Cast Iron offers the choice of a completely cloud-based integration service or an on-premise integration appliance as an organization's application ecosystem evolves. Now any organization, regardless of size or resources, can rapidly connect SaaS solutions with other on-demand and on-premise applications, immediately boosting productivity.
"Productive SaaS deployments don't operate in a vacuum," said Ken Comée, CEO and president of Cast Iron Systems. "Companies must be able to efficiently integrate SaaS solutions with other enterprise systems to effectively orchestrate cross-functional business processes. By delivering our integration solution in the Cast Iron Cloud, or via our on-premise appliances, we can provide organizations with a seamless and secure transition between on-demand and on-premise environments."
As SaaS usage expands from departmental silos into the extended enterprise, integration of data and applications is even more critical to productivity and success. Cast Iron and its partners can now deliver the most widely used solution for connecting SaaS and enterprise applications through the simplicity and speed of Integration as a Service (IaaS). The Cast Iron Cloud leverages the company's unique ability to deliver completed integration projects in just days and also eliminates the need for customers to invest in integration infrastructure or deep middleware expertise.
Partners Endorse Cast Iron Offering
"Our customers have been very successful using Cast Iron to bring Force.com and Salesforce CRM into their IT environments," said Ariel Kelman, senior director of platform product marketing at salesforce.com. "With Cast Iron integration solutions available on the Force.com AppExchange, small businesses and large enterprises alike tell us that Cast Iron gives them great time to value for their integration projects."
"Given the growing number of vertical solutions built on NS-BOS for NetSuite, as well as the increasing sophistication of our customer base, we wanted to provide our customers and partners options on how to connect to specific vertical and legacy systems," said Mini Peiris, NetSuite's vice president of product marketing. "With built-in connectivity to NetSuite solutions and the flexibility to deliver integration in the cloud or using an appliance, Cast Iron accelerates adoption of our ERP, ecommerce, and CRM suite."
Industry Analysts Endorse Cast Iron Offering
Leading analyst firms Saugatuck Technology and Gartner explain the importance of this announcement for both SaaS users and providers.
Analyst Michael West of Saugatuck Technology summarizes: "To take advantage of SaaS at an enterprise level, users must have access to broad, deep, and sophisticated integration capabilities. Requirements for integration could stifle effective and efficient enterprise-wide deployment of SaaS unless SaaS providers commit to delivering more and better enterprise-ready integration solutions."
According to Gartner, "An analysis of a cross-section of successful SaaS vendors reveals that business-to-business (B2B) flexibility -- rather than any one B2B standard or approach -- lowers barriers to SaaS integration and helps drive SaaS adoption. The diversity of SaaS integration solutions from SaaS vendors is good because it gives customers more options to solve their diverse integration requirements."
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Source: Cast Iron Systems
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