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Get yourself a Cast Iron stomach

Get yourself a Cast Iron stomach

By Vinnie Mirchandani on May 4, 2010

Mr. and Ms. CIO, over the next couple of years you will need a strong constitution as one after another of your big, “strategic” vendors line up to make acquisitions “in the cloud”.  They have plenty of cash to do so. It’s your money. You fattened them. The 25 biggest buyers make up less than […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Appirio, cast iron, Cloud Computing, ibm, netsuite

IBM buys itself a cloud integration toolbox

IBM buys itself a cloud integration toolbox

By Phil Wainewright on May 3, 2010

IBM bought Cast Iron Systems because it simply had nothing in its huge Websphere toolbox that could do cloud integration. I just heard the company’s SVP of its software group Steve Mills admit this in today’s IBM press briefing, talking about the acquisition. While IBM has a massive catalog of technologies for integrating applications within […]

Posted in Business | Tagged cast iron, Cast Iron System, Development, ibm, IBM WebSphere, integration, redmonk, SaaS Integration, software as a service

IBM acquires Cast Iron Systems: Cloud Services integration for Enterprise

IBM acquires Cast Iron Systems: Cloud Services integration for Enterprise

By James Governor on May 3, 2010

I got up early this morning for an invite only breakfast with WebSphere GM Craig Hayman. Turns out IBM just acquired Cast Iron Systems. What’s the big idea? Take companies onto the cloud. That’s right folks- its a cloud onboarding play. The firm has 75 employees, was founded 2001, and has a stellar list of […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisition, cast iron, Cast Iron System, cloud SaaS, ibm, IBM WebSphere, M&A, SaaS Integration, software as a service | 1 Response

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