The Cast Integration Appliance™ is the on-premise integration solution from Cast Iron Systems. Useful for companies that seek a standards-based platform for their on premise-based application integration needs and find software-based integration solutions too complex. Available in both hardware appliance and virtual appliance options.
Entry-level enterprise class appliance for multiple integration projects between a few applications. Useful for companies that seek to secure, standards-based way to connect a few applications. This is an attractive alternative to custom code. Also available as a virtual appliance that can be installed on a company's own hardware.
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The iA4000 is the flagship integration appliance from Cast Iron. The iA4000 solves integration problems between multiple source and target applications and is useful for companies that seek a standard solution for all their application integration needs. This is an attractive alternative for companies that find software-based integration solutions too complex.
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The iA4000HA is Cast Iron's High Availability product for mission-critical applications. Comprised of a pair of iA4000 appliances, the HA solution provides failover capability and is useful for companies that need a hot option.
Each appliance in the iA4000HA pair has the following specifications:
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Cast Iron's solution for enterprise application integration comprises three distinct appliances — the iA2500, iA4000 and iA4000HA. While these appliances share the same technology foundation, each product is designed to meet specific customer needs.
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.
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 WMC 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.
The Cast Iron Integration Appliance family comprises three distinct appliances — the iA2500, iA4000 and iA4000HA. While the family shares the same technology foundation, each product is designed to meet specific customer needs.
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| Simplified integration with Template integration processes (TIPs) and self-guided wizards |
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| Flexible deployment options: on-premise or hosted in the Cloud |
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| Low monthly subscription pricing |
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| 24 * 7 Production support |
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| No restrictions on number of users |
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| Graphical data transformation |
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| Content-based data routing |
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| Lights-out management and error notifications |
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| Guaranteed delivery of transactions |
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| Web-based monitoring of integrations |
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| Secured management and data communication |
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| Bi-directional real-time and batch integration |
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| Designed for high reliability across multiple projects (built-in battery backup) |
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| High-throughput projects |
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| Redundant components |
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| Two quad core CPUs for enhanced performance |
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| Automatic failover capability |
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| Hot-standby appliance |
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