Business Problem

• Need to integrate consultant profile info from ERP to Clarity Project Management (NIKU)
• Custom Code effort stalled after 3 months and $100K cost
  • Too many moving parts: .Net, stored procedures, VB, XOG, etc.
  • 5000 lines of code; failed QA
  • No visibility into multiple points of failure
• Deadline to complete in 30 days

Competing Technologies

• EAI: Complex and time-consuming
• Custom Code: Failed effort

Solution

• Cast Iron connects PeopleSoft with Clarity (NIKU) in real time:
  • Extracts data from PeopleSoft
  • Updates into Clarity using SQL & Web Services
• End-to-end visibility of transactions and errors

Results

• Project completed in 6 days – 90% faster delivery times
• 5000 lines of code replaced by Configuration & 20 lines of java scripts
• Initial success has led to multiple new projects