Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Serena readies mashup exchange

analysis
Sep 10, 20071 min

Serena on Monday is announcing a mashup exchange, featuring an online catalog of pre-packaged mashup applications. The Serena Mashup Exchange features mashups that can be used as is or with the company's Mashup Composer, which can modify them. The exchange is part of Serena's Business Mashups announcement, featuring an on-demand service for deploying mashups. With the tools being unveiled, business users can dep

Serena on Monday is announcing a mashup exchange, featuring an online catalog of pre-packaged mashup applications.

The Serena Mashup Exchange features mashups that can be used as is or with the company’s Mashup Composer, which can modify them.

The exchange is part of Serena’s Business Mashups announcement, featuring an on-demand service for deploying mashups. With the tools being unveiled, business users can deploy “Business Mashups” for everyday use, Serena said.

Content, services, workflow and other application building blocks can be combined in these mashups. Geared for specific business needs, the mashups can be deployed on IT-managed servers or on Serena’s on-demand servers.

In addition to the online exchange, components of Serena Business Mashups include:

* Serena Mashup Composer, for visually composing mashups. It is designed to look and work like an Office 2007 application.

* Serena Mashup Server, handling the technical execution of mashups including SOA-based orchestrations and BPEL processes. Mashup Server will be available as an on-demand server in early-2008, with a beta program set for this year.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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