Business Problem

• Mainly application and data integration projects – No BPM or BAM
• TIBCO infrastructure too expensive and complicated to maintain
• Lack of end-to-end visibility on transactions and errors
• Needed alternative before upcoming TIBCO renewal

Competing Technologies

• Custom Code does not scale with business needs

Solution

• Cast Iron integrates regional inventory tracking systems (DART) to Data Warehouse
• Enables real-time dashboards for analysis of pricing, inventory, & power plant info
• Initial success replicated to other B2B projects: Weather and pricing feeds from third party bureaus

Results

• TCO reduced by $512K (50%)
• ROI payback: 114% (1.2 yr. payback period)
• Adopted as integration standard at the company