Cast Iron Systems, BT, IBM, and Microsoft Among Cloud and SaaS Industry Leaders Presenting at SIIA Seminar
Cast Iron SVP Simon Peel Shares Insights on Critical Role of Integration in Using Cloud Infrastructure to Offer SaaS Business Solutions
LONDON--(Marketwire - February 18, 2009) - Cast Iron Systems,
the #1
SaaS integration company, today announced that Simon Peel, Cast Iron's
Senior Vice President of Strategy, is participating with executives from
BT, IBM, and Microsoft, among others, in the Software & Information Industry Association
(SIIA) OnDemand pre-conference seminar, Cloud and the SaaS Provider,
hosted by IBM and taking place at IBM United Kingdom Limited in London. The
presenters are discussing how SaaS ISVs can use the cloud as part of their
infrastructure to help them make the transition to SaaS. Mr. Peel will
focus on the core integration issues companies need to be aware of as the
cloud and SaaS application landscape continues to evolve rapidly and will
show how the innovative Powered By Cast Iron™ program is helping SaaS
providers address these issues.
According to Mr. Peel, "In this tight credit market, CIOs can cut IT
capital expenditures without affecting operations by using cloud computing
and SaaS solutions, both of which are budgeted as operational expenses.
While SaaS offers tremendous business value with its low cost of
implementation and ease of use, integrating SaaS solutions with other SaaS
and on-premise applications using the Powered By Cast Iron™ program
unlocks the true potential of these applications and opens the door to
tremendous opportunities for ISVs."
Powered By Cast
Iron™, a comprehensive program uniquely designed for SaaS providers,
solves the challenges of selling SaaS into the enterprise by combining
leading products, proven services methodologies, and customized sales and
marketing strategies. The program eliminates the need for SaaS vendors,
VARs, SIs, and OEMs to develop and maintain their own integration solutions
and gives them everything they need to deliver
low-risk, high-reward Integration as a Service (IaaS) to their customers.
About Cast Iron Systems
Founded in 2001, Cast Iron Systems is The #1 SaaS Integration Company™.
With thousands of customer integrations across all industries and around
the world, customers such as Allianz, British American Tobacco (BAT),
Amerisource Bergen, Emerson, IBA Molecular, Krueger International, Peet's
Coffee & Tea, PGP Corporation, Salesforce.com, The Sports Authority, and
Tesla Motors, among many others, are benefiting from the simplicity, speed,
and flexibility of the Cast Iron integration solution for connecting SaaS
with the enterprise in just days. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Norwest
Venture Partners, and Lehman Brothers, Cast Iron is privately held and led
by experienced technology executives from Informatica, Oracle, PeopleSoft,
Siebel, Vitria, and webMethods. For more information about Cast Iron,
please visit www.castiron.com.
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respective owners.
Contact Information: Cast Iron Media Contacts:
Laurie Gibson
B3 Communications, Inc.
650-969-0764
Gloria Santilo
Cast Iron Systems, Inc.
650-230-9961