IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud Integration enables companies to integrate applications, regardless of whether the applications are located on-premise or in public or private clouds.

This IBM® Redpaper™ provides an overview of the core components and use of WebSphere Cast Iron Standard and Enterprise editions and includes a brief introduction to the Express edition. It covers the use of the following form factors:

- The virtual appliance, WebSphere Cast Iron Hypervisor Edition
- The physical appliance, WebSphere DataPower Cast Iron Appliance XH40
- The multi-tenant cloud service, WebSphere Cast Iron Live 

Table of contents

• Integrating cloud applications
• Example use cases
• The WebSphere Cast Iron approach to integrating applications
• Architecture overview
• Developing integrations
• Activities and configurations
• Management and monitoring
• Availability and scaling
• Upgrading to a new release
• Cast Iron editions
• Express edition

Download the Redbook here.

Redpaper, published: Wed, 25 Jan 2012