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Executive overview
To cut costs, drive productivity, and provide new capabilities quickly, companies are turning to
cloud applications to meet their business needs. Cloud computing is a new consumption and
delivery model. This new style of computing provides applications, data, and IT resources to
users as services delivered over the network. In this case, the application is delivered as a
service known as
Software as a Service (SaaS). Cloud applications can cut IT costs by
reducing the resources needed for cloud application deployment, increase the productivity of
business users by making applications available at the time of need. Cloud applications (from
service providers) have a pricing structure that reduces budgetary issues, which can get in
the way of procuring new applications.
As the success of cloud applications grows, what were once department-level solutions to
reduce cost and increase the effectiveness of specific employee teams now face hurdles
when these solutions must grow to support the wider enterprise. On a daily basis, users
require access to various systems and applications that are critical to doing their job. These
applications can include cloud applications and on-premise systems and applications. It is
vital that these applications and systems are integrated and function seamlessly, providing
the user with the latest information. Now many companies have a hybrid world of cloud and
on-premise applications making integration critical.
Known for industry-leading application integration solutions, IBM® has enhanced its solution
portfolio with the acquisition of Cast Iron Systems™ and its integration platform Cast Iron
OmniConnect™. With this new product, IBM can offer clients a complete
cloud-application-integration platform. Unlike traditional choices that offer multiple products or
on-demand tools that provide rudimentary on-premise application integration capabilities,
Cast Iron OmniConnect provides a single robust solution, designed from the ground up to
deliver everything needed for cloud and on-premise application integration.
This IBM Redguide™ publication introduces Cast Iron OmniConnect, describes its business
value and explains why it provides a complete solution to cloud and on-premise application
integration. This guide is intended for executives, leaders and architects who are looking for a
quick and easy way to integrate cloud applications with their on-premise applications.
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