IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud Integration enables companies to integrate applications, regardless of whether the applications are located on-premise or in public or private clouds.

This IBM® Redpaper™ provides an overview of the core components and use of WebSphere Cast Iron Standard and Enterprise editions and includes a brief introduction to the Express edition. It covers the use of the following form factors:

- The virtual appliance, WebSphere Cast Iron Hypervisor Edition

- The physical appliance, WebSphere DataPower Cast Iron Appliance XH40

- The multi-tenant cloud service, WebSphere Cast Iron Live

Integrating cloud applications

Example use cases

The WebSphere Cast Iron approach to integrating applications

Architecture overview

Developing integrations

Activities and configurations

Management and monitoring

Availability and scaling

Upgrading to a new release

Cast Iron editions

Express edition