there were at least nine significant announcements in this space, many around the business flavor of this emerging new type of ad hoc Web applications. These are often referred to as enterprise mashups and the growing number of offerings in this space run the gamut from Web widget assembly platforms for end-users to data-only swizzlers and remixing applications created specifically for IT professionals. ^{link »}

The habits and expectations of the larger part of a generation of workers who don’t yet realize mashups are poised to change many things about the software landscape on the Web and in the workplace. Generational changes can be difficult for businesses to embrace successfully, and while evidence that mashups are remaking the business world are still very much emerging, they certainly hold the promise. ^{link »}

mashups are probably the next major new application development model as well an increasingly popular approach for achieving better ROI with service-oriented architecture (SOA). ^{link »}

Read how a number of new mashup standards have appeared recently. ^{link »}

Here are some of the larger developments in mashups recently, in alphabetical order by company: ^{link »}

DreamFace’s new Mashup Kits are a set of mashup development tools ^{link »}

Intel’s Mash Maker is free browser extension that allows users to instantly change Web pages in place and remix them with information from different online sources. ^{link »}

JackBe’s new Presto 2.0 platform is almost certainly the most capable and mature enterprise mashup platform currently on the market. ^{link »}

Lotus Mashups is a new offering from IBM that builds on the experiences from their well-received experimental QEDWiki mashup tool ^{link »}

IBM is offering MashupHub , a lightweight repository of “Web, departmental, personal and enterprise information” for use in business applications and mashups. ^{link »}

Mindtouch is primarily known as a wiki company with an aggregation focus, but their new “Itasca” product moves them definitely into the mashup space. ^{link »}

Kapow’s OnDemand is a new service from one of the original data mashup pioneers. ^{link »}

Serena’s Mashup Exchange highlights an increasingly important feature of mashup platforms ^{link »}

SnapLogic’s latest version of their data mashup tool ^{link »}

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