Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Boomi and StrikeIron announced a partnership focused on
driving Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) adoption by enabling seamless integration
of StrikeIron’s Marketplace Web services into Boomi On Demand. Boomi users can
now integrate the full spectrum of business intelligence, CRM, e-commerce and
financial solutions that StrikeIron offers with no additional coding required.
The StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace provides over 100
data services from technology suppliers including Cortera, D&B, Gale,
MapQuest, Midnight Trader, Tax Data Systems, Wall Street Horizon, and Zacks.
Using the Internet as a platform, StrikeIron supplies business users and
enterprises with a single location for accessing quality data for seamless
integration into any application, mashup platform, product or Web site.
“With Boomi’s rich functionality and true SaaS-based model,
users can easily create custom solutions leveraging critical data, provided in
the StrikeIron Marketplace, such as D&B or Gale business data or Cortera
credit scores,” explained Bob Brauer, president and founder of StrikeIron. “This
data can now be easily and securely integrated, using only a Web browser, with
Boomi’s connections for NetSuite, Oracle E-Business Suite, Peachtree, Quick
Books, Salesforce and SAP ERP.”
Boomi On Demand handles any combination of
software-as-a-service (SaaS) and integration with most on premise applications.
In addition, integration can be accomplished at a fraction of the cost of
enterprise integration software. Once integration processes are built, they are
deployed via a lightweight, dynamic runtime engine called an “Atom.” Built with
patent pending technology, Boomi Atoms contain all the components required to
execute an integration process from end-to-end including connectors, transformation
rules, decision handling and processing logic. Boomi Atoms are completely
self-contained and autonomous and can be run on virtually any server. They can
be hosted for SaaS-to-SaaS integration or downloaded behind a company’s firewall
for SaaS to on premise integration.
“Industry leaders like StrikeIron share in our SaaS vision
and seek to drive SaaS adoption by providing leading technologies that power
the SaaS ecosystem,” said Boomi CEO Bob Moul. “This is a natural combination of
leading SaaS technologies for data and integration services. Users gain an
incredibly intuitive yet powerful integration platform in Boomi On Demand and
Boomi customers gain access to a broad range of StrikeIron web services that
will expand and enhance their experience.”
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