StrikeIron Inc., the leading provider of Data as a Service (DaaS), today announced its Marketplace Web Services are now integratable with the majority of leading mashup platforms.
“There has been a lot of speculation about whether mash-ups would have a significant role to play in Enterprise computing. In the last year, it has become clear that they do. Indeed, Enterprise mashups are now changing the IT landscape by providing end-to-end quality, performance and dependability to critical business processes”, said Robin Bloor, partner in Hurwitz & Associates. “StrikeIron is part of this rapid evolution, meeting the market need for enterprise ready data that is reliable and easy to use.”
“The promise of tailored applications for business users is inspiring our clients to experiment,” said Rod Smith, IBM's vice president of emerging Internet technologies. “Through expanding the emerging mashup ecosystem, IBM and StrikeIron are empowering clients to leverage the massive amount of information on the Internet, and sending it to work within their enterprises.”
These Mashup Platforms allow users to rapidly bring together data from the Web, enterprise applications and Web services, in order to deliver a rich client experience. Business users can easily consume information and create customized solutions for their specific business problems without having to define requirements and wait for IT.
There are many sources of data available from both inside the enterprise and on the Internet; however, business problems require access to a reliable source of data. StrikeIron provides enterprise-class data from the leading providers in business intelligence, eCommerce and mapping information such as D&B, Zacks, MapQuest, Xignite, YP.com, IDExec and SAS.
Currently, StrikeIron Web Services can be easily integrated with any of the following players in the mashup space:
“Mashups work because they easily leverage data from both inside and outside of the enterprise in new, creative ways that is usable by a larger group of people within an organization”, said Bob Brauer, CEO and president of StrikeIron. “Companies can now empower business users to create their own short-term solutions such as mashups, leveraging time, resources, and technology – which is ultimately ideal for the bottom line.”
About StrikeIron
StrikeIron is the leader in Data as a Service (DaaS), facilitating the consumption and distribution of live, integratable data and business functionality over the Web. The company’s innovative Web Services Marketplace provides a technology platform, micro-transaction management and a consistent interface across many XML-based Web services from multiple, diverse sources. This allows business users, application developers and enterprise IT professionals to customize and integrate external data sources and additional external functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications. Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business functions from organizations such as D&B, Zacks, MapQuest, Cdyne, Xignite, YP.com and IDExec. StrikeIron also offers a set of products and tools to simplify and accelerate the consumption of data such as its SOA Express for Excel, enabling business users to access live data via front office applications. StrikeIron delivers value to over 1,000 customers and partners such as BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda Europe, D&B, Time Warner, Siemens, Nike, Kenwood, and Exclusive Resorts. For more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.
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