Cast Iron Systems and SPS Commerce Team to Provide Rapid B2B Integration between Suppliers and America's Largest Retailers.Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS (Standby Power System) A UPS system that switches to battery backup upon detection of power failure. See UPS. SPS - Symbolic Programming System. Assembly language for IBM 1620. Offers Fast, Cost-Effective Integration of SPS Commerce's EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. Services and Major ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , Database, and Warehouse Management Systems MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. & MINNEAPOLIS -- Cast Iron Systems, the #1 SaaS integration provider, and SPS Commerce, the leading provider of SaaS EDI services, today announced the Cast Iron Integration Solution[TM] for SPS. The solution enables suppliers to quickly and easily connect their back-office applications with SPS' outsourced EDI service, SPSCommerce.net, and exchange information with some of America's largest retailers including Costco, Best Buy and Wal-Mart. Cast Iron Integration Solution[TM] for SPS contains pre-built connectivity from SPSCommerce.net to all major ERP applications including SAP and Oracle, databases, flat-files, warehouse management and 3PL systems, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. and web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. , and on-demand applications. "With the inherent complexity of supply chain integration," commented Ken Comee, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cast Iron Systems, "companies are finding the combined SPS Commerce and Cast Iron integration solution to be a very effective way for suppliers to enjoy the advantages of a software-as-service model and be nimble and responsive to the needs of their large retailers." The Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS Commerce uses a "configuration, not coding" approach to SaaS integration, eliminating the need to implement complex and expensive middleware or write custom code that may not scale to other integration projects as a company grows. Cast Iron provides a drag-and-drop graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to to design workflow rules and transform data between source and target applications with automatic completeness checks. A single web-based console delivers complete visibility into implementation, monitoring, and maintenance. "The Cast Iron integration solution is a cost-effective, plug-and-play solution that enables companies to communicate with our EDI services in real time," commented David Novak David Novak is a scholar of Jewish philosophy, law (Halakha) and ethics. He has Conservative rabbinical ordination and has trained with Catholic moral theologians. Trained at Georgetown University, Novak has taught at the University of Virginia and currently teaches at the , executive vice president of business development at SPS Commerce. "It is so simple for our customers to use that within days they have been up and running with our EDI services directly integrated with their internal systems, providing end-to-end connectivity End-to-end connectivity is a property of the Internet that allows all nodes of the network to send packets to all other nodes of the network, without requiring intermediate network elements to further interpret them. It was for the first time implemented in the CYCLADES-network. between retailers and suppliers." The Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS is available from Cast Iron Systems. Download the solution fact sheet at http://www.castiron.com/docs/so/CI_for_SPS.pdf. About Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS The Cast Iron Integration Solution for SPS contains all the components needed to integrate SPS' B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business integration services with back-office ERP and custom applications. In the complex world of supply chain integration, many customers find the combined solution of SPS Commerce and Cast Iron Systems to be a simple and scalable means to establish end-to-end automation with their trading partners. For more information, visit www.castiron.com/SPS. About Cast Iron Systems Founded in 2001, Cast Iron Systems is the #1 SaaS integration vendor. Cast Iron has hundreds of customers across all industries and around the world, including Allianz, British American Tobacco British American Tobacco Plc (LSE: BATS, AMEX: BTI, KLSE: BAT) is the second largest listed tobacco company in the world. It is based in London, England and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index with a market capitalisation of over £29 billion as of June 2005. (BAT), AmerisourceBergen, Emerson, IBA IBA abbr. International Bar Association IBA (in Britain) Independent Broadcasting Authority IBA n abbr (Brit) (= Independent Broadcasting Authority 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. About SPS Commerce SPS Commerce is the leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) B2B integration, connecting every partner in the supply chain. Retailers, manufacturers and 3PLs have selected SPS Commerce as their outsourced provider to automate and integrate their trading relationships. Using the SaaS model, SPS Commerce dramatically lowers setup and on-going costs, along with the time and risks of traditional EDI software by outsourcing the entire B2B communication process. The company's offerings leverage its multi-tenant architecture, multi-party sharing, comprehensive knowledge of thousands of retailer's business processes and specifications and integration expertise with a variety of systems for accounting (Great Plains, Quickbooks, MAS series), ERP (Oracle, NetSuite, SAP), packing and shipping (Agile, InSite, Scancode), and WMS WMS Warehouse Management System WMS Web Map Service (open geospatial consortium specification) WMS West Middle School (Rochester Hills, MI) WMS Workforce Management Software WMS Wechsler Memory Scale (HighJump, Infor, Manhattan Associates). SPS Commerce is the recognized SaaS leader in B2B integration with more than 10,000 recurring revenue customers, pre-built integrations spanning 2,700 unique fulfillment workflows across 1,200 retailers, grocers and distributors, a customer satisfaction rate of 93% and the most comprehensive SaaS product suite available. SPS Commerce is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For additional information, please contact SPS Commerce at 866-245-8100 or visit www.spscommerce.com. SPS Commerce is a registered trademark of SPS Commerce Inc. SPSCommerce.net and the SPS Commerce logo are the property of SPS Commerce, Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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