Cast Iron Systems Presents at salesforce.com's Fourth Annual Dreamforce Conference

Cast Iron Systems, the fastest growing integration appliance vendor, today announced that Senior Vice President Simon Peel will present two sessions on integration strategies at salesforce.com's fourth annual Dreamforce Conference, taking place from Oct. 8 to 11, 2006, in San Francisco's Moscone West Convention Center. Peel will present "Integration Strategies in a SaaS Environment" on Oct. 9 at 11:30 a.m., and "Salesforce.com Integration in 10 Minutes!" on Oct. 9 at 2:50 p.m. Additionally, OpenText, a Cast Iron customer, will present "The Mystery is Solved: Demystifying Integration" on Oct. 10 at 11:30 a.m.

"In the on-demand world, 'go-live' times are measured in days not months and traditional integration techniques just can't keep up," said Simon Peel, SVP of Integration Strategies at Cast Iron Systems. "This presentation explores new appliance-based approaches that are capable of moving fully integrated on-demand projects into production at a blistering pace."

For the fourth consecutive year, Dreamforce brings together CRM (customer-relationship management) users and developers to discuss industry trends, explore cutting-edge technology and get an insider's view of the future of technology. Other speakers at Dreamforce include former secretary of state Colin Powell; retiring COO of eBay, Maynard Webb; and VP and general manager of Cisco, Laurent Philonenko.

About Cast Iron Systems

Founded in 2001, Cast Iron Systems is the fastest growing integration appliance vendor. The company's flagship iA3000 application integration appliance garnered Network Computing's Product of the Year in 2005 and 2006. Customers include Allianz, Emerson, Intuitive Surgical, Lawson Software, salesforce.com and Toyota. Backed by leading venture capital firms, Cast Iron is privately held and led by experienced technology executives from PeopleSoft, Sun Microsystems, Vitria and webMethods. More information can be found at www.castironsys.com .

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