Mashup Patterns

Designs and Strategies for using Mashups in Enterprise Environments

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Explore the potential of mashups across your enterprise! Mashup Patterns presents dozens of examples for 34 patterns across 5 major categories.

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What I learned (and didn’t) at Enterprise 2.0 this week

This week, I attended techweb’s Enterprise 2.0 Conference in Boston. I was also on a panel yesterday (“Unlocking the Potential for Enterprise Mashups #e2conf25) afternoon with Oren Michels (@OrenMichels) from Mashery, Aaron Roe Fulkerson (@roebot) from Mindtouch, and hosted by David Berlind (@dberlind) from techweb. But I’ll get to that a little bit later on.

Here’s the thing.. What constitutes Enterprise 2.0? Well, i… Continue

Posted by Michael Ogrinz on June 25, 2009 at 12:18pm

Podcast with SOA Evangelist David Linthicum

An interview I did with David Linthicum is available over on InfoWorld.

David and I had a great discussion, but the conversation before and after the recorded segment was probably just as interesting. Most recently David has been focused on SOA and Cloud Computing (he has a… Continue

Posted by Michael Ogrinz on June 10, 2009 at 11:31pm

My joint presentation w/ IBM jStart is now up

Earlier this month, I co-presented at an IBM web conference on the subject, "Mashup patterns for your business". This talk was interesting because it included frequent demos of IBM's Mashup Center product in addition to my regular blathering about "the patterns". The talk just came online here.

Clearly, IBM brings a level of credibility to the mashup arena, not just because of this most recent tooling but a… Continue

Posted by Michael Ogrinz on May 11, 2009 at 11:08am — 2 Comments

Join the Mashup Patterns conversation @ JavaRanch this week

This week (5/4), I'm a guest moderator/commentator over at the JavaRanch forum on Patterns. So far, it's shaping up to be a good overview of some of the basic concepts around mashups.

What's interesting this time around is that unlike most events I do where the subject of specific languages isn't addressed, this is a Java-centric community. I'm looking forward to dicussing my personal experiences using mashup tools in… Continue

Posted by Michael Ogrinz on May 5, 2009 at 2:30pm

Free eBook on SOA

It's nice to get back from vacation and have a blog post practically fall into your lap. It makes getting back into the groove just a little bit easier (OK; this still doesn't beat the beach). Anyway, the folks at Pearson (publisher of Mashup Patterns) have just let me know they've put together a free eBook on SOA.

It's a composite, made of chapters from eight popular books by authors including Thomas Erl, Sandy Carter, and myself. The full list follows:… Continue

Posted by Michael Ogrinz on April 22, 2009 at 9:07pm

Harvest : Mine one or more resources for unique data

Alerter Mashups do not necessarily present data directly to a user. Intelligent Agents can be configured to automatically monitor various conditions and trigger alerts
API Enabler Create a custom API for static resources (e.g., web pages) so that they can be utilized as a dynamic data source
Competitive Analysis Extract pricing and product information or advertising trends from competing firms to compare against your own offerings
Infinite Monkeys Automate a repetitive task to a scale unachievable by normal human agents
Leading Indicator Use a mashup to regularly monitor information that may indirectly serve as a leading indicator
Reality Mining Incorporate environmental and behavioral data to better understand human interaction.
Reputation Management Use mashups along with Sentiment Analysis techniques to be scan for words that connote emotion and then rank how a document “feels”
Time Series Use a mashup to extract and store information at regular intervals in hopes of observing trends in the data

Enhance : Extended the capabilities of existing resources

Accessibility Construct an alternative application interface with no impact on the original code base
Feed Factory: Create an RSS/Atom Feed for a site that doesn’t expose a feed, and create new feeds by remixing existing ones
Field Medic Provide a temporary patch to a system when you are unable to correct the problem directly
Folksonomy Enabler Add community-driven tagging or rating features to existing applications
Fragility Reducer Add redundancy to mashups by leveraging multiple sources
Smart Suggestions Enhance productivity by using mashups to suggest material relevant to users’ tasks
Super Search Apply business specific knowledge to enhance user search activity so that results are obtained from multiple sites relevant to the problem domain.
Translation Pass content through a service to add clarifications or convert it to a different language
Usability Enhancer Construct a mashup “wrapper” (or façade) which exposes only the functionality necessary to use the system.
Workflow Add workflow capabilities to a system or chain of systems

Assemble : Remix existing data and interfaces to serve new purposes

Communication and Collaboration Combine internal communication products to solve problems related to Interruption Overload
Content Aggregation Multiple resources are combined to remove inefficiencies caused by frequent task-switching between applications
Content Integration Extend a system that accepts an incoming feed by mashing together multiple sources into a new feed that conforms to the original standard
Distributed Drill-Down Provide Master/Detail functionality across multiple systems
Emergency Response Create an ad hoc solution in situations where response time is crucial
Filter Remove unnecessary or unneeded data from a system or data feed
Location Mapping Geocode data for location mapping or address verification
Splinter Separate a unified data source into smaller, specialized streams of focused information

Manage : Leverage the investment in existing assets more effectively

Content Migration Migrate information from one or more applications to a new environment
Dashboard: Acquire and display summary status information from multiple systems on a single-page
Portal Enabler Move existing content onto enterprise Portals without requiring custom coding.
Quick Proof of Concept Use mashups to validate a business or product idea that will entail a significant investment
Single Sign-On Allow a user to supply credentials one time for authentication across multiple internal and external systems
Widget Enabler Repackage existing systems for viral distribution via popular Widget platforms

Test : Verify the performance and reliability of applications

Audit Use mashups to create an aspect-oriented view of application usage
Load Testing Multiple mashups run simultaneously can simulate the activity of hundreds of users and assist in load and stress-testing
Regression Testing By employing a predefined collection of data, ensure that input/output results across versions are as expected

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