Gordano is announcing the release Tuesday of Gizmos, a mashup technology bundled with the Gordano Messaging Suite (GMS), which serves as an alternative to Microsoft Exchange. With Gizmos, GMS users can interface with external data sources without leaving the GMS interface. Integrated into the main WebMail interface, Gizmos can in some instances do work in the background with no interface at all, Gordano said. Em Gordano is announcing the release Tuesday of Gizmos, a mashup technology bundled with the Gordano Messaging Suite (GMS), which serves as an alternative to Microsoft Exchange. With Gizmos, GMS users can interface with external data sources without leaving the GMS interface. Integrated into the main WebMail interface, Gizmos can in some instances do work in the background with no interface at all, Gordano said. Email tasks such as dictionary lookups and playing video and sound files are some of the mashups offered. Users also can build their own Gizmos in GMS. Gordano’s technology will simplify integration with third-party data such as customer databasesa dn CRM systems, the company said. A Gizmo is a JavaScript file containing code needed to build an object with a set of predefined prototypes. Code required to develop Gizmos is related to what is used in Greasemonkey scripts. By aligning Gizmos with Greasemonkey code, users get access to more than 13,000 user-written scripts that can be adapted to work with GMS. Technology Industry