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StrikeIron is the front runner in innovative solutions for delivering live, integratable data and business functionality over the Web. The StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace is the largest online marketplace dedicated to commercial Web services, offering access to live data to integrate into any application, mashup or Web site.

Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business functions for organizations such as D&B, Gale, MapQuest, Midnight Trader, The Sports Network, Tax Data Systems, Wall Street Horizon, and Zacks.

Zend has bundled several StrikeIron Web Services within its Zend Framework. The three services bundled into Zend Framework are: Sales & Use Tax, US Address Verification and ZIP Code Information. Each service is made available as a convenient PHP wrapper class.

• Sales and Use Tax: Instantly receive sales and use tax rates for a U.S. ZIP or Canadian postal code
• US Address Verification: Instantly validate and enhance any address in the U.S.
• ZIP Code Information: Instantly retrieves city, state, county, time zone, latitude and longitude based on any U.S. ZIP or Canadian Postal code

In addition to these bundled services, StrikeIron offers hundreds of other services that can be integrated into any application. For a complete listing of StrikeIron's services, visit the StrikeIron Marketplace.

For documentation on how to integrate the above StrikeIron Services, or to integrate any of the hundreds of services StrikeIron offers without creating a special wrapper class, please visit http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.service.strikeiron.advanced-uses.html

StrikeIron also offers a set of products and tools to simplify and accelerate the consumption of data such as its SOA Express for Excel, enabling business users to access live data via front office applications. StrikeIron delivers value to over 1,200 customers and partners such as BEA, Delivery.com, IBM, Honda Europe, D&B, Time Warner, Siemens, Nike, Kenwood, and Exclusive Resorts.

For more information, visit www.strikeiron.com.