Michael Ogrinz reports he had an "Aha!" moment when it comes to mashups. An enterprise architect at a major financial institution, he had originally dismissed mashups as a Google-ish thing for consumers to play around with. But then one day as he was working with an end user at his company who was trying to figure out a better and more automated way to capture data from an external Web site, he had an epiphany. He realized that he was able to quickly create a new API with a small lightweight application.
The inspiration for a book had begun.
Now, Michael has just published Mashup Patterns: Designs and Examples for the Modern Enterprise, which explores these lightweight composite applications from all sides -- especially the potential for enterprise computing. And here are some of the thigs he had to say:
Mashups and the corporate portal: The mashup phenomenon "threatens the relevance of the corporate portal.... The tools for these mini-applications have become easier to use and more familiar to a broader audience. If enterprise mashups are the path to user-created data and widget platforms are the environment for presenting the information, the combination of the two represent the death knell for the corporate portal."
Mashups and SOA: "You may be wondering if mashups are the latest harbinger of SOA, or the beneficiary of it. The answer is a resounding 'Both!' With most vendors now using the terms "SOA" and "Web services" interchangeably, it has become obvious that for most corporations, implementing a successful SOA will require the service-enablement of their existing applications. Mashups are a completely valid method of accomplishing this."
Mashups and enterprise application integration/enterprise information integration: "EII tools have historically focused only on back-end databases, which limits the range of information that can be collected. By comparison, mashups surpass EII in their ability to obtain data from both structured and nonstructured sources."
Mashups and Software as a Service: "Mashups are a natural complement to SaaS.... With SaaS and mashups, you may be able to maintain the bulk of your confidential data internally and send the hosted application only small subsets of data for processing. If the network link to the SaaS vendor fails, at least you still have local access to your data."
The inspiration for a book had begun.
Now, Michael has just published Mashup Patterns: Designs and Examples for the Modern Enterprise, which explores these lightweight composite applications from all sides -- especially the potential for enterprise computing. And here are some of the thigs he had to say:
Mashups and the corporate portal: The mashup phenomenon "threatens the relevance of the corporate portal.... The tools for these mini-applications have become easier to use and more familiar to a broader audience. If enterprise mashups are the path to user-created data and widget platforms are the environment for presenting the information, the combination of the two represent the death knell for the corporate portal."
Mashups and SOA: "You may be wondering if mashups are the latest harbinger of SOA, or the beneficiary of it. The answer is a resounding 'Both!' With most vendors now using the terms "SOA" and "Web services" interchangeably, it has become obvious that for most corporations, implementing a successful SOA will require the service-enablement of their existing applications. Mashups are a completely valid method of accomplishing this."
Mashups and enterprise application integration/enterprise information integration: "EII tools have historically focused only on back-end databases, which limits the range of information that can be collected. By comparison, mashups surpass EII in their ability to obtain data from both structured and nonstructured sources."
Mashups and Software as a Service: "Mashups are a natural complement to SaaS.... With SaaS and mashups, you may be able to maintain the bulk of your confidential data internally and send the hosted application only small subsets of data for processing. If the network link to the SaaS vendor fails, at least you still have local access to your data."
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