Kapow Mashup Server Unlocks the Web for IBM Mashup Center
Kapow Technologies today announced that it isworking with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to further the adoption of enterprise mashupsby making new sources of information available for use in situationalapplications through the integration of the Kapow Mashup Server and IBMMashup Center*.
In order for enterprises to transform information into consumable or'mashable' assets, they need both the application development tools and theaccess to Web, personal and departmental information. Kapow Technologiesprovides access to Web data, no matter where it is located, then extractsand transforms it via a Web service or feed which can be used by IBM MashupCenter to power new situational applications for the enterprise.
For example, the Kapow solution can enable sales professionals to moreeasily view and use information about prospects and customers throughmashup applications drawing from internal CRM systems, subscription datafeeds such as Edgar Online, corporate web sites, blogs and social mediasites including LinkedIn, Technorati and Facebook. This powerfulcombination of data can reveal up-to-the-minute views on corporate news,events, executives, competitors, markets, suppliers, customers andfinancial information. This data can then be published into IBM MashupCenter, where it can be assembled, combined, and displayed in the form of areal-time, 360-degree-view dashboard.
"Organizations today are faced with meeting the information needs of a newgeneration of users that crave better access to information in order to dotheir jobs," said Larry Bowden, vice president, portals and mashups, IBM."Mashups have rapidly emerged as one of the most compelling newtechnologies to help achieve the need for business users to directly remixand gain insight from information in context of a secured enterpriseenvironment."
When used in combination with IBM Mashup Center, the Kapow solution helpscompanies unlock the limitless unstructured information sources on theWorld Wide Web and in corporate intranets to create new situationalapplications.
Contributing to the enterprise mashup and web intelligence trends, KapowTechnologies is a leading provider of enterprise-class server software thatenables the harvesting of mashable public and private web intelligence. Asthe number-one solution in its class for three years running, KapowTechnologies routinely delivers strategic business and IT results onbudgets and timelines that were once thought impossible. Consequently, thesolution received tophonors in the enterprise tools category of the 2008 JOLT Awards.
IBM Mashup Center comprises the most complete mashup software package inthe industry geared specifically for the enterprise.
