StrikeIron IronCloud™

Managed Infrastructure for your Data as a Service

StrikeIron has invested many resources to build a comprehensive Web services delivery infrastructure that serves as the foundation of our Web Services Catalog. Capabilities include easy self-service provisioning for service consumers, a redundant and load-balanced architecture, ongoing service monitoring for performance and reliability, Web service normalization for minimizing consumer complexity, usage metering, multiple protocol support, and a whole lot more.

IronCloudTM expands the application of this infrastructure beyond subscription-based Web service usage. Companies that want to leverage the same Web service delivery platform to externalize their own data or services to the general public for use in applications, mashups, mobile devices, and websites can take advantage of our "industrial strength Web service onboarding" capabilities. Services can be live and available on the Web for use in a very short period of time. Build on top of the service provider offerings and deliver valuable real-time analytics back to the service provider about usage for optimization.

IronCloudTM also enables the publishing of "private services" where the same architecture can be leveraged to publish Web services with completely controlled access by the service provider which means service delivery to controlled audiences without the development, deployment, and operational cost and headaches.

StrikeIron IronCloudTM manages the cost and complexity of controlling data distribution. IronCloudTM is the only comprehensive Web Services Delivery Platform that opens up new channels for data distribution and consumption through Web Services. Enterprises of all sizes can now reduce the cost and complexity of managing the challenges of data distribution including metering, monitoring, authentication, and concentrate their focus on making information easier to access and use. Find how this reliable business technology can keep your business on course!

Create Custom End Points for Data Access

  • Custom APIs: StrikeIron will work with enterprises on the best ways to distribute and integrate their data that fully incorporates an organization’s business requirements
  • Multi-Data Source Integration: Integrate and externalize a company’s existing data from multiple formats and platforms, including raw data files, whether or not an API already exists.
  • Multi-Protocol Support: Expose a company’s data in popular XML Web services protocols such as SOAP and REST for easy integration into popular third party solutions and standards-based development

Superior Controlled Access

  • Authentication: Controlled User management and usage reporting: For secure delivery of data
  • Choice of Delivery Models: Distribute data as private, public, free or commercial with ecommerce-based consumption and provisioning capabilities
  • Comprehensive Account Management: Flexible security and policy mechanisms to maintain managed control of many user accounts.

Managed Infrastructure, Scalable Architecture

  • Real-Time Monitoring and Reporting: Comprehensive usage and real-time operational statistics delivered via multiple online reporting dashboards for trend discovery
  • 24X7 Availability: Leverages StrikeIron’s Web services and data distribution platform ensuring mission-critical uptime and reliability
  • Complete User Provisioning Control: Enabling business rules to govern access
  • "Data Services Gateway": Provides consistent metadata, access and integration experience so API access points are externalized using StrikeIron Best Practices, significantly reducing adoption and usage friction

Reliable Integration Out of the Box

  • Code and IDE Integration: Facilitate integration of data with code samples for popular languages such as C#, VB.NET, PHP, Java, PERL and Python
  • Application Integration: Provides “last mile integrations” into popular open platforms so an organization’s data can be incorporated into applications already in use on a daily basis
  • Out of the box integration with Microsoft Excel: Delivers simple drag and dropping of externalized data sources directly into Excel for the creation of “live” workbooks.

Scalability, performance and reliability is also ensured through our dedicated, redundant, on-demand infrastructure. For more information, please contact us at platform@strikeiron.com, or 919 467-4545 ext 2.