Gartner Reference Architecture for Enterprise Mashups, 2009
Gartner today released a new report by Anthony Bradley and David Gootzit on their view on the enterprise mashup world. The authors coined the term mashup enablement which I think pretty much characterizes what Lixto is providing with its technology. Fortunately also Gartner has identified Lixto as one of the players in this field.
The end result of mashup enablement is to expose valuable system capabilities in a Weboriented “mashable” format to expand the “community” of potential mashup sources. Several vendors such as Connotate, Denodo Technologies, Kapow Technologies, and Lixto focus their offerings on this critical layer. Typically, vendors focusing on mashup enablement don’t provide all the required elements for an enterprise mashup environment, but to succeed with enterprise mashups, enterprises will need mashup enablement capabilities.
[Source: Gartner Report ID G00168619]
