tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135608907297595437.post-90307514109515434302008-07-11T09:00:00.003-05:002008-08-13T08:49:40.490-05:00I know a good idea when I see one. Recently I was inspired by a blog post from esteemed Web 2.0 big-thinker Andrew McAfee. In <a href="http://blog.hbs.edu/faculty/amcafee/index.php/faculty_amcafee_v3/some_questions_you_might_get_asked/">‘Some Questions you Might Get Asked’</a> he compiled a list of commonly-asked questions when discussing Enterprise 2.0.<br /><br />So I polled my executive team and a few of our partners. With a nod to Mr. McAfee, here's the most commonly asked questions JackBe encounters when we're discussing mashups with prospective mashup adopters.<br /><span id="fullpost"><br />In no particular order:<br /><ol><li>What are the most typical uses of mashups in organizations in my industry?</li><br /><li>Who has implemented mashups already? What kind of results did they see?</li><br /><li>Who typically creates mashups? Developers, power users, end users, or some combination of these?</li><br /><li>How are mashups shared and consumed? Where can they be 'published'?</li><br /><li>What is the difference between an enterprise mashup and a consumer mashup?</li><br /><li>How do mashups interact/leverage my security and governance tools (LDAP, Single Sign-on, SOA registry/repository, etc.)?</li><br /><li>How are mashups different from my BI and BPM solution?</li><br /><li>How are mashups different from an ESB?</li><br /><li>Do I have to be finished with my SOA to implement mashups?</li><br /><li>What infrastructure software do mashups run on (what app server, what databases, etc.)?</li></ol><br />A recent Forrester survey highlights that <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9297">41% of IT decision-makers polled had never heard of mashups</a>. So if you run across one of us JackBeans at a conference, please remember this: the only bad question is the one you don't ask us.<br /></span>Chris Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12212369502099182423noreply@blogger.com