Cast Iron integration into the current IBM ESB stack
So where does Cast Iron fit into the IBM Websphere stack?Cast Iron primary used for Cloud to on-premise integration. Where you can create a message flow diagram using the Cast Iron Studio and deploy that flow to the following environments:
1. Cast Iron Appliance (which is now the Datapower XH35 Cast Iron V5.1)
http://www.castiron.com/ibm/websphere/datapower/castiron/appliance/xh35
2. The virtual Cast Iron appliance which can be installed in VMWare.
3. Amazon EC2
So how can you integrate Cast Iron with current IBM ESB’s:
1. Datapower XI50
2. Websphere Message Broker
3. WESB (Websphere ESB)
The simple answer is:
1. Websphere MQ
2. Web Services
Cast Iron integrates natively to Websphere MQ and any Web Services call can be made. This is a great addition to the IBM Stack and will be a great solution for customers that want to do any cloud integration.
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