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America's Fastest Growing Emergency Medicine Management Provider Deploys Cast Iron Systems for SaaS Integration

The Schumacher Group Rolls Out Cast Iron Solution to Integrate Salesforce.com with other SaaS and Back-End Applications, Streamlining Recruitment, Scheduling, Billing, and Payments

Mountain View, CA, April 8, 2008 — Cast Iron Systems, the #1 SaaS integration provider, announces that The Schumacher Group (TSG), the fastest growing and third largest provider of emergency medicine practice management, has deployed Cast Iron's platform for integrating salesforce.com with other software-as-a-service (SaaS) and back-office applications to streamline the recruitment and scheduling of physicians as well as hospital and insurance billing and payments processing. With 710 full-time employees, TSG manages 2,400 physicians who care for 2.4 million patients each year in 150 emergency rooms (ERs) across 19 states.

The company is using Cast Iron’s pre-packaged SaaS connectivity to integrate salesforce.com with Peak Software's Tangiers physician scheduling software as well as with PeopleSoft for physician-related accounting, finance, and human resources and GE Business Centricity for hospital billing. TSG is also using the Cast Iron solution to extract data from many business applications, including Microsoft SQL Server databases and Microsoft Excel, and move it into a data warehouse for analytics, adding significantly to the company's business intelligence.

"With our rapid growth and agile model, we need a scalable solution that enables us to change our business processes as needs change," said Doug Menefee, CIO at The Schumacher Group. "We're using the Cast Iron integration platform to manage workflow across the extended enterprise as well as improve the quality and reliability of our data. After looking at multiple options, including custom code and ETL solutions, we chose Cast Iron primarily based on its simplicity and rapid SaaS integration capabilities. By using the Cast Iron platform to quickly take care of SaaS and on premise integration issues, we’ve been able to keep our developers focused on doing what they do best — solving our most complex business issues."

"CIOs and IT departments are under pressure to drive innovation instead of just spending time and budget merely keeping the lights on and the infrastructure up and running," said Clarence So, CMO at salesforce.com. "The Schumacher Group is generating business success using Cast Iron technology to integrate the Force.com platform and Salesforce applications within their enterprise."

Menefee was honored with the Chief Innovation Officer Award at Dreamforce '07, the salesforce.com user and developer conference, held in San Francisco in September 2007. He was chosen from 35,300 customers by a panel of experts at salesforce.com in recognition of his leadership in driving innovation by integrating salesforce.com with PeopleSoft using Cast Iron technology.

"Our SaaS integration platform is providing The Schumacher Group with the competitive advantage they need to serve the urgent needs of ER doctors, hospitals, and patients," said Ken Comee, CEO at Cast Iron Systems. "Having immediate access to reliable business information is key to sustaining rapid growth and capturing additional market share. We are proud to play a part in the success of such an innovative and fast growing company."

The Cast Iron SaaS integration platform eliminates the cost and complexity associated with traditional software-based integration tools. The company's products are designed to simplify the integration experience. This simplicity enables new levels of efficiency for business processes in companies of all sizes. Cast Iron's customers complete integration projects in days instead of months and at a cost of 80 percent less than with traditional software-based alternatives. Using Cast Iron, companies can easily maintain their integration projects using a "configuration, not coding" approach.

About The Schumacher Group

The Schumacher Group (TSG), now in its thirteenth year, is the third largest and fastest growing emergency medicine practice management company in the nation. TSG delivers qualified, client-compatible physicians and operating teams for over 140 hospitals in multiple states. More than a staffing service, TSG is a proven partner dedicated to enhancing patient care. For more information, visit www.schumachergroup.com.

About Cast Iron Systems

Founded in 2001, Cast Iron Systems is the #1 SaaS integration vendor. The company's flagship iA3000 product garnered Network Computing's Product of the Year for two consecutive years. Cast Iron has hundreds of customers across all industries and around the world, including Allianz, British American Tobacco (BAT), AmerisourceBergen, Emerson, IBA Molecular, Krueger International, Peet's Coffee & Tea, PGP Corporation, salesforce.com, The Sports Authority, and Tesla Motors, among many others. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and Lehman Brothers, Cast Iron is privately held and led by experienced technology executives from Informatica, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Oracle, Vitria, and webMethods. For more information on Cast Iron Systems, please visit www.castiron.com.