Cast Iron Systems is the inventor of the Application Router, a simple yet scalable integration appliance capable of connecting, transforming, and routing data and events from source to target systems. It has sophisticated features including guaranteed delivery of messages, sophisticated monitoring and proactive failure notification. The Application Router is the fastest, simplest and least expensive way to solve integration, enabling customers to complete projects in days not months and reduce integration costs by as much as 80%. Based in Mountain View, California, Cast Iron was founded in 2001 and consists of a world class team committed to solving the costly and complex IT application integration challenges facing today's Fortune 1000 organizations.  For more information, visit the Cast Iron Systems website at www.castironsys.com.

Ascential Software is joining the Information Management division within IBM Software group and will be part of the Information Integration Solutions unit. Ascential seeks to simplify the complex task of integrating various types of information in the enterprise, enhance the quality and accuracy of that information, and improve the productivity of the individuals managing it.