Mashup Essentials - By Judith Lamont

Most computer users have had the experience of wanting to view sets of information side by side but being thwarted because the information comes from different sources. Often, they resort to cutting and pasting from one to another. An emerging technology for overcoming that barrier is so-called "mashup" software, which provides a unified view of information from different sources. Although a small market now, those products are increasingly providing an alternative to time-consuming manual processes or expensive custom integrations.