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Cast Iron Integration Appliance for NetSuite

Cast Iron Systems created an appliance-based solution specifically for integrating NetSuite with other applications. The Cast Iron Integration Appliance™ for NetSuite is a purpose-built solution that dramatically simplifies NetSuite integration projects and enables you to complete them in days.

Connect NetSuite with Internal Systems and Partners

Most NetSuite customers need to rapidly migrate data including customer history, financials, orders, inventory, payroll, etc. from legacy applications to be up and running quickly. Customers also need to synchronize this information in real time with other business applications — like MRP, e-commerce, data warehouses, and custom applications — and exchange information with their business partners. The Cast Iron Integration Appliance for NetSuite delivers pre-built connectivity to all major applications and uses a “configuration, not coding” approach to ensure that these projects are implemented in days.

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Why Choose the Cast Iron Integration Appliance for NetSuite Integration?

The Cast Iron Integration Appliance for NetSuite enables IT Departments to be nimble and responsive to the needs of the business. This Integration Appliance has been specifically engineered for NetSuite and contains everything needed to complete integration projects in days.

Fastest Time to Market:

Rapid Integration
  • Complete NetSuite integration projects in days
  • No software to install. Up-and-running in minutes!
  • Graphical configuration, not coding
  • Rack-mountable, production-ready
  • On demand library of Template Integration Processes (TIPs) for the most common integration scenarios

Lowest Costs:

Lowest cost
  • No software to license or deploy
  • Low monthly subscription pricing
  • Up to 80% lower operating costs vs. software-based alternatives
  • Nothing else to buy

Simplest Monitoring and Management:

Simplest monitoring and management
  • Complete visibility into transactions
  • Proactive alerting of data and connectivity errors
  • Monitor from anywhere, anytime
  • Remote setup, upgrades and monitoring

Most Rapid, Efficient Development:

Most rapid, efficient development
  • 100% standards-based: no reliance on niche middleware skills
  • Pre-optimized connectivity to NetSuite utilizing SuiteTalk™
  • Packaged integration processes (PIPs) between Netsuite and CRM applications for common objects including accounts, products, contacts, etc.
  • Pre-built connectors for all major CRM, Customer Support applications, all major databases, flat-files, Web Services, and messaging systems
  • Unmatched flexibility — can be deployed on-premise or hosted in the Cloud

What Problems Does the Cast Iron Integration Appliance Solve?

The Cast Iron Integration Appliance for NetSuite rapidly solves a variety of migration and integration problems that involve both internal and external applications. Projects that require synchronization, either real time or batch, between NetSuite and other systems are easily solved with the Integration Appliance. Companies in industries ranging from manufacturing, retail and consumer goods to energy, transportation and logistics, use Cast Iron’s solution for NetSuite to solve problems like these:

Synchronize data in real time between NetSuite and other systems:

Companies in industries ranging from high-tech, manufacturing, retail and consumer goods, to financial services, energy, transportation and logistics, use Cast Iron's Integration Appliances for NetSuite to solve integration problems like these:

  • Initial migration from legacy applications
  • Customer and product master with other CRM systems
  • Sales order tracking with custom quote-to-build or CRM systems
  • Inventory synchronization with MRP and other manufacturing systems
  • Order management & distribution with warehouse management systems
  • Pricing with catalog management & retail merchandising systems
  • Sales order processing with e-commerce portals
  • POs and payments with suppliers
  • Invoices and receivables with customers
  • Trouble tickets, RMA, warranty and support with call centers
  • Leads, campaigns and opportunities with marketing automation systems
  • Data extraction to data warehouses and reporting/BI systems

Connect NetSuite with:

  • ERP (for migrations) including SAP, Lawson, Oracle, JD Edwards, Great Plains, PeopleSoft, BAAN, and more
  • CRM including Oracle, Clarify, Remedy, Kana, Vantive, Siebel and more
  • On-demand applications like salesforce.com, RightNow, Concur and more
  • WMS applications like Infor (SSAGlobal), Sage and Manhattan
  • All major databases including Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, mySQL, Informix and Sybase
  • SaaS application including Eloqua, Right90, Big Machines, Xactly, and White Springs
  • Flat-files using FTP, HTTP(S), and E-mail
  • Web Services/XML
  • Custom applications
  • Java Messaging Service (JMS)
  • And many other applications

How does NetSuite Integration Work?

The Cast Iron solution provides the following key features to simplify and accelerate data migration and integration with NetSuite:

Cast Iron Capabilities

Data Quality and Migration:

  • Data Profiling: Assess the quality of your data before commencing data migrations — e.g. identify the unique state and country codes present in your address data
  • Intelligent Data Cleansing:
    • Duplicate Removal (de-duplication): Combine data from various different data sources and remove duplicate values — e.g. remove the same lead scanned multiple times
    • Fuzzy Lookup: Configure sophisticated rules to highlight errors and fix them — e.g. common misspellings, abbreviations, etc.
  • Data Enrichment: Perform lookups with third-party providers to enrich your data — e.g. DUNS number from Dun & Bradstreet services, etc.

Integration and Extraction

Cast Iron Integration Appliances simplify NetSuite integration projects in just four easy steps:

1. Connectivity 2. Transformation 3. Workflow 4. Management

The Cast Iron Integration Appliance connects NetSuite to a wide variety of enterprise applications, databases, flat-files, and on-demand applications. Using a "configuration, not coding" approach for connecting applications not only enables rapid implementations, but also eliminates the need to touch the endpoints. The appliance provides a graphical UI to transform data between source and target applications, and provides automatic completeness checks. A workflow process can be defined using drag-and-drop logical functions. And, a single web-based console provides complete visibility to data flowing through the appliance and enables complete management of the integrations.



Components

The Cast Iron Integration Appliance provides three components to configure, deploy and manage your application integration projects.

Cast Iron Studio™

Cast Iron Studioô Cast Iron Studio (Studio) is at the heart of the easy-to-use design experience offered by Cast Iron's Integration Appliances. Studio provides a graphical environment for you to configure integration data flows called workflows or orchestrations. Studio allows you to create these workflows by dragging and dropping activities into a design window. Once designed, these workflows can be published to the appliance with a single click.

Run-time Appliance

Cast Iron Integration Appiance for NetSuite Combining ease-of-use with robust functionality, the purpose-built Run-time Appliance brings high performance and reliability to your integration solution. With easy scalability and complete security, the appliance is self-contained and has everything needed to complete your integrations.

Web Management Console

Cast Iron Web Management Console (WMC) The Web Management Console (WMC) is a simple-to-use environment where you deploy integration projects, and then securely monitor and manage these integrations. The Web Management Console also manages all deployment assets related to the integration for you. These assets could include the WSDL definition for a web service to invoke your integration or database scripts to send database events to the Cast Iron Integration Appliance.

Getting Started

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Cast Iron Appliances

  • iA2000-NS

    The iA2000-NS is the entry-level integration appliance from Cast Iron. It allows customers to get their first integration project between NetSuite and one other named application up and running quickly and cost effectively. This is an attractive alternative to custom code and a good fit for simpler first projects.

  • iA2500-NS

    Entry-level enterprise class appliance for integrating NetSuite and one other named application for multiple projects. Useful for companies that seek a point-to-point integration solution with an easy upgrade path to a standards-based integration platform. This is an attractive alternative to custom code.

  • iA4000-NS

    Enterprise class flagship solution solves integration problems between NetSuite and multiple applications. Useful for companies that seek a standard solution for their application data migration and integration needs and find software-based solutions too complex.

  • iA4000HA-NS

    High Availability solution for mission-critical applications. Comprised of a pair of iA4000-NS appliances, the HA solution provides failover capability. Useful for companies that need a hot-standby option in addition to high-availability requirements.