Mashups: The What and Why

I’ve spoken about mashups before on this blog, and now I’ve written a lot more in the article Mashups: The What and Why available over on ADN.

As I indicate in the abstract:

Mashups are all the rage, but what exactly are they and should we be creating and enabling them? This article series explores mashups, providing the fundamentals as well as the practice behind the concept. This first article provides an introduction to the core concepts founds in mashups, examining the background, techniques and consequences of using, creating and enabling mashups in your IT infrastructure.

The second article in this series presents several concrete techniques for building mashups. By the end of the second article you will be in a position to comfortably create your own mashups on the Salesforce platform.