Cast Iron's Appliances for OpSource Connect; Reports from Floor - SaaS Week

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February 29, 2008
Cast Iron's Appliances for OpSource Connect; Reports from Floor

Following OpSource's announcement earlier this morning of its SaaS integration solution OpSource Connect, Cast Iron Systems has also announced integration appliances for OpSource Connect. Cast Iron's senior vice president of marketing and strategy, Simon Peel, had this to say about the product:

“The significance of OpSource Connect and the new Cast Iron solution for OpSource is that for the first time, SaaS ISVs and companies using web-based applications can rapidly and seamlessly integrate their on-demand applications with on-premise business systems -- with no software. Elimating the need to purchase, install, and maintain multiple software components, Cast Iron is expediting the adoption of SaaS applications throughout the extended enterprise. Adopting SaaS is a strategic action that more and more high-growth companies are taking. Using the combined OpSource and Cast Iron solutions quickly turns that action into bottom line results.”

Boomi has also announced that its offering Boomi On-Demand will be embedded into OpSource Connect.

In other news from OpSource SaaS Summit, which is having its final day today, Network World blogger Mitchell Ashley posted a report musing on how SaaS is creating so many entrepreneurs. He mentions a company that has created a SaaS-based time clock tool to replace the old punch cards and how anything that encourages the entrepreneurial spirit is usually a good thing.

Also interestingly, Rene Ferguson of eWeek posts a report from a session hosted by Phil Wainewright in which the audience seemed to be less than enthusiastic about Salesforce.com's Force.com. Ferguson reports how attendees seemed far more interested in building their own platforms (or having someone host them) than in adopting Force.com when the moderators conducted an audience poll.