CHEVY CHASE, Md., Jul 21, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today JackBe ( www.jackbe.com), a leading provider of enterprise mashup solutions to Fortune 5000 companies, announced that it has teamed with experts from across the Web 2.0 industry to publish a series of educational whitepapers and webcasts, as well as a hands on mashup class taught by John Crupi, CTO of JackBe. The educational offerings provide technical and non-technical business leaders with a fundamental introduction to enterprise mashups, including benefits to organizations and the basic working principles of the technology.
 

Examples of educational whitepapers offered by the program include, 'A Business Guide to Mashups in the Enterprise' from Dion Hinchcliffe, Web 2.0 strategic analyst and the founder of Web 2.0 University, as well as 'Mashups That Leverage and Justify SOA' from Ron Schmelzer, one the industry's most outspoken Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) analysts and co-founder of SOA think-tank ZapThink. The whitepapers are available immediately for download at www.jackbe.com.

The educational webcasts start with guest analyst Jason Bloomberg from ZapThink on the topic of 'A Killer SOA Use Case: Using Mashups to Publish Performance Metrics to Customers and Partners,' that will take place Wednesday, July 23 at 12:00 p.m. EDT. The interactive session will discuss how enterprises demand SOAs that achieve two elements: measurable business benefits and provide a solid approach to building enterprise mashup applications in combination with SOA and enterprise widgets. Registration for the webcast is at www.jackbe.com.

The webcast series will also include guests such as Anthony Bradley, managing vice president and leading analyst from Gartner, Andy Mulholland, co-author of 'Mashup Corporations' and global chief technology officer at CapGemini, as well as executives from industry innovators including Backbase, EMC, and HP.

Finally, JackBe's own CTO, John Crupi, will instruct a 'Hands-On Mashuppalooza' class at Dr. Dobb's Architecture and Design World in Chicago on July 22. The 90-minute session will give attendees the experience of creating enterprise mashups ready for the enterprise. The class will include tutorials on service virtualization of various data source types, mashup creation, mashup collaboration, and publishing a mashup into common destinations such as Rich Internet Applications and portals as well as other topics. Interested students can register at www.drdobbsarchworld.com.

"As enterprises continue to realize the value of Web 2.0 technologies, it is important to properly educate them on the best use case scenarios for technology adoption," said John Crupi, CTO, JackBe. "We are offering this series of educational sessions in order to share the knowledge we have gained through our experiences in order to better prepare our customers as they step into a Web 2.0 world."

Interested parties can download the whitepapers and register for the webcasts at www.jackbe.com. Other information is also available at www.jackbe.com, including details on Mr. Crupi's educational session, hands-on mashup demonstrations, trial software and educational videos.

JackBe delivers enterprise mashup software that empowers innovative enterprises to create, customize and share enterprise mashups for faster decisions and better business results. Recently awarded Enterprise Mashup Platform of the Year in 2008 by InfoWorld, JackBe's innovative enterprise mashup platform Presto provides a dynamic integration approach that leverages internal and external data while meeting the toughest enterprise security and governance requirements. Presto provides enterprise mashups delivered to the user in 3 clicks versus 3 months.

For more information, visit www.jackbe.com.