IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live V6.2 provides
externalization of services through web APIs and rapid integration
for hybrid environments
IBM United States
Software Announcement 212-174
April 24, 2012
(Corrected on April 26, 2012)
Information regarding
trial software was revised.
WebSphere® Cast Iron® Live is a multi-tenant cloud
service offering which consists of both web API services and integration
services.
WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web API Services provides
a complete set of web API capabilities and can:
- Allow rapid creation of new APIs from existing business assets
or cloud services through configuration
- Provide robust security and scalability
- Empower you to change and grow your business with insights
- Attract more partners and innovative application developers, both
internally and externally
WebSphere Cast Iron Live Integration Services can:
- Reduce SaaS integration costs as compared to traditional approaches
- Help eliminate complex coordination or specialized IT skills for
deployment
- Help enable companies to integrate in days, instead of weeks or
months
- Allow mobile application developers to present relevant information
from back-end data sources
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WebSphere Cast Iron Live is a multi-tenant cloud
service offering which consists of both web application programming
interface (API) services and integration services. These services
enable companies to orchestrate and create new web APIs, secure and
manage the web APIs, gain business insight with analytics, socialize
the web APIs in communities, and quickly integrate their cloud services
with on-premise applications and enterprise systems.
Web API services
Markets are changing faster than ever. Companies are dealing with
a shortage of skilled resources, time, and money to implement and
maintain critical business applications that allow them to reach new
channels and maintain a competitive edge, especially with the multitude
of devices available today. Additionally, integration with new and
existing partners is taking too long. To help resolve these challenges,
and sometimes by pure partner pressures, companies are externalizing
core service as web APIs. Web APIs are a business's public persona.
They allow businesses to quickly integrate with multiple partners
in a simplified and standard way. They also allow companies to tap
into the large external and internal developer pools. These developers
have innovative business ideas that can fill gaps the company did
not have the time or the resources to cover. This creates a mutually
beneficial partnership and fundamentally changes how the company does
business. For the externalization of services as web APIs, a web API
management solution can be the key to success by providing easy assembly
of new APIs, enabling security, providing management and insight,
and fostering community socialization.
Today, IBM is introducing web API services with IBM® WebSphere Cast Iron Live V6.2. The web API services provide capabilities
for web API assembly and for securing and scaling the web APIs, analytics
for business operations, DevOps for application developers, and a
developer portal to socialize the APIs.
Web API services key benefits
Companies externalizing their services as web APIs are looking
for a solution that provides a complete set of web API management
capabilities in a single solution. WebSphere Cast
Iron Live provides a complete set of web API capabilities and
can offer these key benefits:
- Rapid API assembly: Web API assembly capabilities are provided
to allow rapid creation of new APIs from existing business assets
or cloud services through configuration.
- Robust security and scalability: Leveraging IBM's industry-leading
security expertise, web APIs can be configured for authentication
with Basic Auth and API keys. In addition the web APIs are protected
against a multitude of web threats. Robust scalability of the web
APIs is achieved through configurations of the caching mechanisms
and quota management.
- Empowerment for change and growth: Web APIs are natural
sources of analytic data, from how people are purchasing or leveraging
a company's products or services to how application developers are
using the web APIs. IBM provides the business insight
with the analytics to empower you to change and grow your business.
- Nurturing innovation: With a robust developer community
to promote and market the company's web APIs, a company can attract
more partners and innovative application developers, both internally
and externally, who develop applications that expand a business's
brand loyalty, open new channels of business, and can fundamentally
change the way you do business.
Integration services
As the popularity of Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud applications
grows, businesses face hurdles in expanding department-level solutions
for reducing cost and increasing the effectiveness of specific employee
teams, while supporting the wider enterprise. On a daily basis, your
employees require access to various systems and applications that
are critical to doing their job. These applications may include cloud
applications and on-premise systems and applications. It is critical
that these applications and systems are integrated and function seamlessly,
providing users with the latest information. In addition, many organizations
are adopting mobile solutions to reach out to newer markets and clients
more pervasively.
For these types of hybrid environments, WebSphere Cast
Iron integration provides trusted and rapid cloud application
integration to the on-premise system and applications. WebSphere Cast Iron integration is available in three flexible and rapid
deployment form-factors:
- Multi-tenant cloud - WebSphere Cast Iron Live Integration
Services
- Virtual appliance - WebSphere Cast Iron Hypervisor Edition
- Physical appliance - WebSphere DataPower® Cast
Iron Appliance XH40
A related product, WebSphere Cast Iron Express®, is a business-user-friendly, self-service cloud offering that allows
you to rapidly connect and integrate data between your Salesforce.com
applications and other applications.
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For details, refer to the Hardware requirements and Software requirements sections.
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- WebSphere Cast Iron Live Standard Edition - June
15, 2012 (electronic)
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Today's dynamic business environments and economic uncertainty
mean organizations must work smarter to remain competitive and respond
to changing demands for better and newer products and services at
lower costs. Working smarter means your business needs the agility
to take advantage of new revenue opportunities and address competitive
threats. You must be able to optimize costs by slashing operational
and maintenance expenses while increasing efficiency.
For many businesses, a primary barrier to business agility and
cost optimization is IT complexity. To achieve business goals, IT
must be able to quickly and easily deliver on the needs of the business
while supporting innovation.
WebSphere Cast Iron Live is a multi-tenant cloud
service offering which consists of both web API services and integration
services. These services enable companies to quickly orchestrate and
create new web APIs, secure and manage the web APIs, gain business
insight with analytics, socialize the web APIs in communities, and
integrate their cloud services with on-premise applications and enterprise
systems.
Web API services
IBM introduces web API services with WebSphere Cast Iron Live V6.2. The web API services provide the capabilities
needed to externalize your services as web APIs and manage them economically.
WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web API Services delivers
the following sets of capabilities:
- API assembly: Through a simple user interface (UI), you
can build and expose APIs. Users are able to expose Representational
State Transfer (REST) APIs for their on-premise endpoints such as
databases or FTP. They also are able bring data from multiple endpoints,
aggregate them, and expose them as a new REST API, all through simple
configuration and no coding.
- Security and scalability: Web API services ensure your
enterprise is protected by providing support for both Transport Layer
Security (TSL) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which protects the
data in transit. With visibility into OAuth flows, traffic can be
controlled through quotas. Configurations for quota management of
API requests include transaction rate and data quantity. Additional
scalability can be achieved through the configuration of the caching
of the API HTTP responses.
- Business analytics: Through robust business analytics,
you can understand how the API is being used, which application developer
has the most active applications, and what devices are sending the
most traffic through the API. This type of information allows you
to tailor your API and business to support the higher-priority channels.
- Developer and community management: Attracting, on-boarding,
and nurturing of application developers and the application developer
community becomes extremely important to the success of a web API
program. The web API services provide for quick self-service developer
on-boarding with induction into your developer community. A developer
portal is provided which can be branded to a company's website. The
developer portal provides documentation of the API and links to samples.
Developers can communicate and stay up to date through integrated
social media avenues.
Integration services
WebSphere Cast Iron Live integration enables you
to connect the hybrid world of cloud and on-premise applications within
days and achieve lower cost and higher return on investment in cloud
and SaaS models. WebSphere Cast Iron Live Integration
Services allows you to design, run, and manage integrations in the
cloud and mobile application developers can access data from various
application data sources whether it’s in the cloud or on-premise.
For additional information on IBM Mobile Foundation, refer to
Software Announcement 212-157, dated April 24, 2012.
For additional information on integration services capabilities,
refer to IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live V6.1 Software
Announcement 211-291, dated August 16, 2011 and Software
Announcement 211-327, dated August 23, 2011.
Flexible packaging options
WebSphere Cast Iron Live SaaS offerings provide various
subscription options:
- Monthly subscription pricing
- Flexible subscription period from 1 to 60 months
- Multiple billing options for subscription charges, including monthly,
quarterly, annually, and prepaid
For additional information, refer to the Ordering information section.
Trial version of IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web API Services
Standard Edition V6.2
The Program includes an evaluation version of IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web API Services Standard Edition V6.2. This
Program may be used for internal evaluation, testing, or demonstration
purposes for 90 days. The terms of the "IBM International License Agreement
for Evaluation of IBM SaaS Offering" apply during this time. If
Licensee wants to use IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web API Services
Standard Edition V6.2 on a trial basis, Licensee must obtain an authorization.
Terms and conditions for the use of the trial version of IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web API Services Standard Edition V6.2 at
- http://webapi.castiron.com/
For more information about how to acquire the WebSphere DataPower Cast Iron Appliance XH40, contact your IBM representative, or visit
- http://www-01.ibm.com/software/integration/cast-iron-cloud-integration/howtobuy/
For more information about WebSphere DataPower Cast
Iron Appliance XH40 and WebSphere Cast Iron Hypervisor Edition,
refer to the Reference information section.
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For information on IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Hypervisor Edition
V6.1, refer to Software Announcement 211-327, dated August 23, 2011.
For additional information on IBM Mobile Foundation, refer to
Software Announcement 212-157, dated April 24, 2012.
For information on IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live subscription
options, refer to Software Announcement 211-486, dated November 29, 2011.
For information on WebSphere DataPower Cast
Iron Appliance XH40, refer to Hardware Announcement 111-159, dated August 30, 2011.
For information on WebSphere DataPower Cast
Iron Appliance XH40 Support Registration, refer to Software Announcement 211-405, dated August 30, 2011.
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Program
Program name VRM number
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live V6.2 5725-F70
Standard Edition
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Education support will be provided for the products in this announcement.
IBM Global Services, IT Education Services, supports many IBM offerings.
Flexible training options
WebSphere education offers several training
options to meet your budget and time goals. Many offerings are delivered
in a traditional classroom setting, at either your location or an IBM training
center. Online delivery options are also available. Instructor-led
online classes are taught real-time by an IBM instructor in a virtual classroom
setting. Or, for a more independent training experience, you can select
from a wide variety of self-paced online courses that you complete
on your schedule.
For more information about available WebSphere education offerings, including course locations and availability
dates, visit
- http://www.ibm.com/websphere/education
Role-based training paths can be found at
- http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/paths/
For additional IBM education,
visit
- http://www.ibm.com/training/us
Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for
catalogs, schedules, and enrollments.
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Product information is available via the Offering Information website
- http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi
Also, visit the Passport Advantage® website
- http://www.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage
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WebSphere Cast Iron Live publications will be available
on June 15, 2012, in the online Information Center. Visit
- http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wci/v6r2m0/index.jsp
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Specified operating environment
Hardware requirements
Web management console requires hardware compatible with a supported
version of Microsoft™ Windows™ to run a supported browser.
Studio tooling requires a minimum of 1 GB memory (RAM).
The secure connector requires Intel™ x86 technology-compatible
PC hardware, capable of running the required level of a compatible
operating system.
Software requirements
WebSphere Cast Live V6.2:
Web management console with studio tooling requires:
- Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 operating system
- One of the following browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer V7, or later
- Mozilla Firefox V3, or later
- Adobe™ Flash Player
The secure connector requires:
- One of the following compatible operating systems:
- Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows 7
- Fedora Linux™
- Java™ Development
Kit (JDK) 1.6
For the most current WebSphere Cast Iron Live system requirements
visit
- http://www.ibm.com/software/integration/cast-iron-cloud-integration/reqs/
The program's specifications and specified operating environment
information may be found in documentation accompanying the program,
if available, such as a README file, or other information published
by IBM, such as an announcement letter. Documentation
and other program content may be supplied only in the English language.
Planning information
Packaging
No software is shipped with this offering.
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web API Services is available
at
- http://webapi.castiron.com/
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Integration Services is
available at
- http://cloud2.castiron.com
This program, when downloaded from a website, contains the applicable IBM license agreement and License Information, if appropriate,
and will be presented for acceptance at the time of installation of
the program. For future reference, the license and License Information
will be stored in a directory such as LICENSE.TXT.
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IBM Software Services has the breadth, depth, and reach to manage your
services needs. You can leverage the deep technical skills of our
lab-based Software Services team and the business consulting, project
management, and infrastructure expertise of our IBM Global
Services team. Also, we extend our IBM Software Services reach through IBM Business
Partners to provide an extensive portfolio of capabilities. Together,
we provide the global reach, intellectual capital, industry insight,
and technology leadership to support a wide range of critical business
needs.
To learn more about IBM Software Services or to contact a Software
Services sales specialist, visit
- http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-services/
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Product group: WebSphere
Program
Product Identifier Description number
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live 5725-F70
Standard Edition V6.2
Product category: Application Integration Middleware Other
Charge metric
WebSphere Cast Iron Live V6.2 (Passport Advantage):
Program Charge unit
Program/service name number description
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live 5725-F70 Per install
Standard Edition V6.2 Per application
instance
Per 10 million
server calls (MSC)
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single environment are each considered to be separate instances of
the application and each must have an entitlement.
Million Server Calls (MSCs)
Million Server Calls (MSCs) is a unit of measure by which the IBM SaaS
can be obtained. MSCs are one (1) million server calls. A server
call is data passed to and processed by IBM SaaS as a result of a tagged
event, initiated by a tracked visitor for one Client ID. A server
call processed by different Client IDs will be counted as a unique
server call for each unique Client ID. A Client ID separates and/or
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data from one or more client websites. Sufficient entitlements must
be obtained to cover the number of MSCs used during the measurement
period specified in a Proof of Entitlement (PoE) or Transaction Document.
Program
Product number
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live 5725-F70
Standard Edition V6.2
Passport Advantage
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Standard Edition V6.2 (5725-F70)
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web API Services Standard
Edition, a new chargeable component of IBM WebSphere Cast
Iron Live Standard Edition V6.2, has a charge metric of 10 Million
Server Calls, and is subject to the following tiered structure. This
new component also has an overage charge.
Tier structure
10 million 10 million
server calls server calls
Tier minimum maximum
1 1 1
2 2 10
3 11 25
4 26 or more
Overage charge description
If your actual usage of the IBM SaaS exceeds the entitlement specified in
a PoE or Transaction Document, then you will be invoiced for the overage
in accordance with the overage rates specified in the applicable PoE
or Transaction Document.
Part
Product name/Description number
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live
Integration Services Standard Edition
with 2 Endpoints - per install
Per month D0NF8LL
Partial month charge D0NF9LL
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live
Integration Services Standard Edition
Application Endpoints - per application instance
Per month D0NFALL
Partial month charge D0NFBLL
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live
Integration Services Standard Edition
Development Edition - per install
Per month D0NFCLL
Partial month charge D0NFDLL
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live
Integration Services Standard Edition
Unrestricted Application Endpoints - per install
Per month D0NFELL
Partial month charge D0NFFLL
IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live Web API
Services Standard Edition
10 Million Server Calls
Per month D0PQMLL
Partial month charge D0PQNLL
Overage D0PQPLL
For ordering information for IBM WebSphere Cast
Iron Live Enterprise Edition and IBM WebSphere Cast
Iron Express, refer to IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Live V6.1 Software
Announcement 211-291, dated August 16, 2011.
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