"Cast Iron is an outstanding addition to the Microsoft Dynamics partnercommunity," said Robert Deshaies, vice president, U.S. Partner Group,Microsoft Corp. "Cast Iron's experience with Software-plus-Servicesintegration provides customers with more choice when it comes to theirdeployment model, allowing customers to do what's best for their business."

Many companies hesitate to transition to a SaaS solution when confrontedwith the complexity of real-time integration with existing systems thatcontain business-critical information. Cast Iron lowers the costs and risksassociated with SaaS integration by delivering an integration solution thathas been proven and refined over many years and thousands of customerintegrations. The Cast Iron Integration Solution provides unmatchedflexibility -- it is available either as an integration service in the CastIron Cloud for complete outsourcing, or as an on-premise integrationappliance, depending on the evolving integration needs of the customer.

"We are pleased to announce that we have joined the Microsoft Dynamics ISVpartner community," said Ken Comée, CEOof Cast Iron Systems. "We are providing Microsoft Dynamics customers withall of the advantages of the Powered By Cast Iron program, includingflexible product choices, our proven service methodologies, and customizedsales and marketing plans. We look forward to strengthening therelationship to rapidly deliver the benefits of Software-as-a-Serviceintegration -- namely, greater productivity and success -- to MicrosoftDynamics customers."

GrizzardCommunications Group, an industry leader in integrated, direct responsemarketing and fundraising, recently faced the challenge of integrating itsMicrosoft Dynamics GP solution with existing SaaS-based and on-premiseenterprise applications. According to Mark Litherland, director of ITArchitecture & Integration at Grizzard, "Working with Cast Iron, we wereable to rapidly develop and test our Microsoft Dynamics Integration,completing the initial test within 20 days and applying new iterations asneeded within hours of identifying needed changes. By automating salesorder processing across our CRM and ERP systems, we've rapidly improvedoperating efficiencies with our direct mail and print vendors, which has apositive effect on our bottom line."

About Cast Iron Systems

Founded in 2001, Cast Iron Systems is The #1 SaaS Integration Company(TM).With thousands of customer integrations across all industries and aroundthe world, including Allianz, British American Tobacco (BAT), AmerisourceBergen, Emerson, IBA Molecular, Krueger International, Peet's Coffee & Tea,PGP Corporation, salesforce.com, The Sports Authority, and Tesla Motors,among many others, companies are benefiting from the simplicity, speed, andflexibility of the Cast Iron integration solution to integrating SaaS withthe enterprise in just days. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Norwest VenturePartners, and Lehman Brothers, Cast Iron is privately held and led byexperienced technology executives from Informatica, Oracle, PeopleSoft,Siebel, Vitria, and webMethods. For more information about Cast Iron,please visit www.castiron.com.

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