StrikeIron and Kapow Technologies Partner to Unlock
Business Data and Web Services for the Enterprise
Mashing Up Enterprise Applications, the
Web, and other Data Sources Just Got Easier
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Web 2.0 Expo Conference – 16 April
2007 - Kapow Technologies and StrikeIron, Inc., announced a partnership that
gives enterprises the ability to combine or “mash up” all of their critical data
sources with unprecedented efficiency, whether they are located behind a
firewall, fed through a service vendor, or publicly available on the Web.
The partnership unites two powerful enterprise Web
2.0 technologies that have gained broad acceptance among Global 2000 companies
over the past few years. The Kapow Mashup Server gives companies the ability to
take any application component with a Web interface and quickly and easily
repurpose it into mashups involving Web-based content, data or business logic.
StrikeIron is the leader in Data as a Service, distributing live data and
functionality over the Web through the StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace
www.strikeiron.com/strikeironservices.aspx, The marketplace enables end-users
and ISVs to customize and integrate external data sources and additional
external functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications.
“Prior to the advent of Web 2.0 technologies for the
enterprise, corporate data that existed in standalone applications and various
databases was very difficult and expensive to integrate, especially if the
integration included data sources outside the firewall. Consequently, many
innovative projects were left on the drawing board,” said Bob Brauer, CEO of
StrikeIron. “Kapow Technologies and StrikeIron offer compelling new solutions to
these legacy challenges, enabling our customers to not only mash up corporate
data, but integrate powerful Web resources, at a fraction of the time and cost
it takes when compared with traditional alternatives. And now that our companies
are working together, joint customers will experience even greater ease and cost
containment as they mash up corporate data and external data in ways that were
once thought impossible.”
To illustrate the value of Kapow and StrikeIron
solutions together, imagine the process a hedge fund portfolio manager employs
to make a trading decision. To make an informed choice, the fund manager must
evaluate data from corporate information systems, market data subscriptions such
as D&B and Zacks, and other third-party stock trading sites. A few years
ago, this process may have taken days to juggle all of the data resources, and
necessitated the assistance of junior associates. But today, solutions from
Kapow Technologies and StrikeIron make it possible to mash up all of these
trading resources into a much more efficient research process that can be
customized to fit the needs of each firm. Often times all the trading
information a manager needs can be put on a single screen, and most delivered in
real time.
Representatives from Kapow and StrikeIron will be
demonstrating their solutions at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco on Monday,
April 15-18 at the Moscone Center.
About Kapow Technologies
Kapow Technologies
www.kapowtech.com is a market
leader in Mashup Serving, Feed Serving and Web Scraping software that enables
companies to deploy content-intensive applications, such as enterprise mashups
and Web 2.0 services, at a fraction of the time and cost compared to traditional
software methods. Because of these benefits combined with the company’s
patented, unique visual scripting approach, Kapow Technologies has attracted
more than 200 customers including Global 2000 firms such as AT&T, Bank of
America, Wells Fargo, CSFB, Intel, Vodafone, U.S. Army, Audi and DHL. The
company also serves Web 2.0 startups including SimplyHired and Momondo. Partners
such as BEA Systems, IBM and Oracle make Kapow Technologies their top choice for
projects including data collection, content migration, as well as mobile
application mashups and service oriented architectures.
About StrikeIron
StrikeIron is the leader in providing innovative solutions for delivering data
over the emerging Internet. The company’s innovative Web Services Marketplace
provides a technology platform, micro-transaction management and a consistent
interface across many XML-based Web services from multiple, diverse sources.
This allows business users, application developers and enterprise IT
professionals to customize and integrate external data sources and additional
external functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications.
Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business
functions from organizations such as Cortera, D&B, Gale, MapQuest, Midnight Trader,
Tax Data Systems, The Sports Network, and Zacks.
StrikeIron also offers IronCloud™, 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 which include
leveraging an existing external hardware and software architecture, controlling
and metering access and usage, external monitoring for 24x7 reliability, full
usage analytics, as well as multiple authentication scenarios and instead
concentrate their focus on making information easier for partners, customers,
and distributed business units to access and use. StrikeIron delivers value to
over 1,500 customers and partners such as Avaya, BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda
Europe, D&B, Siemens, Nike, Swarovski, ShoeBuy, and Exclusive Resorts. For
more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.
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Kapow Technologies
Kurt
Foeller
(415) 578-3251
kapow@foellercom.com