http://www.soamag.com The SOA Magazine is a monthly publication provided by SOA Systems Inc. and Prentice Hall/PearsonPTR and is officially associated with the "Prentice Hall Service-Oriented Computing Series from Thomas Erl." SOA en-us Copyright 2006-2008, SOA Systems Inc. http://www.soamag.com/I21/0808-1.asp Gartner recently named Enterprise Mashups a "Top 10 Strategic Technology for 2008", noting that "by 2010 Web mashups will be the dominant model for the creation of composite enterprise applications." This should make any SOA architect sit up and wonder: Can I describe the value of mashups? Can I outline the relationship between mashups and existing enterprise technology like SOA? Knowing the answers to these questions can advance you well down the road to embracing this exciting technology in your organization. In Part 1 of this three-part series, we defined a mashup in the context of the enterprise, contrasted it against other common data integration technologies, and outlined some of the more important architectural elements of an enterprise-grade mashup solution. Now, in Part 2, we'll discuss why SOA architects should care about enterprise mashups. SOA http://www.soamag.com/I21/0808-1.asp#When:13.08.08 http://www.soamag.com/I18/0508-1.asp Can you define mashups? Can you describe the value of mashups to an SOA architect or even a business user? Can you outline the relationship between mashups and existing enterprise technology? Knowing the answers to these questions will advance you well down the road to embracing the concepts and techniques behind mashups in your organization. In this, the first part of a three-part article series, we'll help you get a head start by discussing the gritty details by defining a mashup in the context of the enterprise, contrasting it against other common data integration technologies, and outlining some of the more important architectural elements. (First published in The SOA Magazine XVIII, May 2008.) SOA http://www.soamag.com/contributors/bio-jcrupi.asp#When:16.05.08