Mashup FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - 3rd Party Software

What is the platform used?
What BPM tools are compatible with Presto and are there any cloud based BPM?
What are some of the ways we can address the security issues and concerns related to enterprise mashups that leverage external data sources?
Are you putting Excel in the cloud, when you say repository? Where is this Repository? Google Docs, SharePoint?
In the case of Excel sheets spread all over the department/organization, do you install servers in individual desktops?
Can I use unstructured data and a type of input for a mashup?
Is there a specific IDE for the "development"?
What is the platform used?
So the only practical limits to what can be used in a mashup setting are the limits that the enterprise attaches to accessing its data, right?
Does JackBe integrate with enterprise solutions like LDAP,AD etc ?
Is there a plan to submit EMML to an international standards body such as OASIS?
If I can deploy to WebSphere, is it a WAR or EAR? Is there an ANT script to repackage the EAR with my JAR? JBoss support?
Can I display a mashlet within a Silverlight control/application?
Can Presto mashup server can run on top of WebSphere 6.1 and WebLogic application server ?
Can services be prepared from pretty much any data source including fixed length text files?
If services require passing parameters (example: department_id), can your GUI tool allow passing parameter?
How the Mashups are being handled for different devices display capacity (PC, iPhone, Blackberries, etc)?
How does the protocol (transport or security) conversion happen? Is the developer responsible for it or does the mashup platform take care of it? What i meant was when we talk about using the same mashup on different platforms/channels.
Could you try and differentiate the mashups from traditional portlets?
You said this works with the existing security. Does it work with LDAP? Does it work with Active Directory?
How do you assess the accuracy or reliability of the source data. How do you know you aren't being fed false data? What ESB security are you using.
Does decentralized authorization across disparate secure data sources create inefficiencies in the mashup user experience? Can these be solved through an account/password registry in a secure fashion?
You briefly mentioned governance, how critical is it that the organization has a cross Biz Unit Enterprise Architecture body to enable (publish) access to a data silo(s) somewhere within the enterprise?
Can we implement or use these mashups with any middleware products like JCAPS, TIBCO, BIZTALK, WEBMETHODS etc?
The value (and potential risk) of disparate information sources may be larger than the sum of the parts. (your competitive analysis pattern) Are there any design patterns (or tools) for service providers to understand how their information is being used (in perhaps anticipated ways).
What about how reliable an external resource can be if it's not under your control? What if Google suddenly changes their api or interface or eliminates it?
Will you get into how Mashups and Workflow and BPM work together, risks, issues, etc...?
But the developer is still responsible for visual formatting so it fits different platforms (web, wireless devices etc) - right?
Does Presto integrate into other portal platoforms, e.g. Webcenter?
Are any industry standards emerging for a component model for these visual “widgets” that may be assembled on a mashup page, or shared across mashup platforms?
How does this compare in construct and operation to the Portal/Portlet style of web page composition.
Are the Presto services exposed to other systems such as OpenESB?
Is Jackbe a stand alone mashup app?
Can we mashup two different databases...like SQLServer and Siebel ? I mean is it dependent on a particular technology?
Excel "apps" that is scalable, maintainable and secure could be built with MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) deployment and give the power to end user. Why should we embrace Mashup?
Does this technology allow me to alleviate the need for specific reporting tools.
How does it integrate with SAP ERP and SAP BI? Do we need additional connectors to talk to SAP?
Mashups seem well suited for information centric / lightweight BI applications, but how do these solutions evolve over time or provide enterprise capabilities for inclusion of more complex business logic, or support for business processes, rules, event processing, etc.
I don't understand the BI, we know that excel is THE solution used by the business users to do their job. I have difficulties to see mashups helping in any way?!?
Can we eliminate our dependency on SOA and ESB for app to app integration using JackBe?
How do I install Presto MediaWiki Plugin?