StrikeIron Inc., the leading provider of Data as a Service (DaaS), facilitating the consumption and distribution of live data over the Web, today announced its sponsorship of the Business Mashup Challenge for developers attending Mashup Camp 4. IBM is the main sponsor of the Challenge alongside secondary sponsors StrikeIron, Dapper, AccuWeather and Kapow Technologies.
Mashup Camp 4, produced by Mass Events Labs, will be held in Silicon Valley from July 18-19, 2007. A mashup is a website or application that combines content from several sources into an integrated experience. The Business Mashup Challenge provides a stage for developers to leverage and extend a hosted mashup assembly environment in order to create exciting, unique situational applications.
With over 100 Web services to choose from, the StrikeIron Web Services Marketplace can easily add value to any mashup, applications or Web sites. The company will award a $500 prizes in the Best of Conference Business Mashup category and the best mashup written with a StrikeIron service as part of the Innovative Content Aggregation category. Mashups will be judged on business applicability, such as the time and money the mashup saves companies and revenue potential, along with usability and how easy the mashup is to understand.
“As mashups come of age, it is becoming more important for anyone building a mashup or an enterprise composite application to find data. StrikeIron makes it easier to not only locate, but actually create value with live data. We are a one stop shop for finding, buying and integrating the data developers need,” said Bob Brauer, CEO and president of StrikeIron.
For more information on the Business Mashup Challenge at Mashup Camp 4, please visit: wiki.mashupcamp.com/index.php/BusinessMashupChallenge
About StrikeIron
StrikeIron is the leader in Data as a Service(DaaS), facilitating the consumption and distribution of live data and business functionality over the Web. The company’s breakthrough Web Services Marketplace provides a technology platform, micro-transaction management and a consistent interface across many XML-based Web services from multiple, diverse sources. This allows end-users and ISVs to customize and integrate external data sources and additional external functionality into enterprise, Web, and composite applications. Currently, StrikeIron provides over 100 live data sources and business functions as well as a set of products and tools to simplify and accelerate the consumption of data such as StrikeIron’s SOA Express, enabling business users to access live data via front office applications. StrikeIron services over 700 customers and partners such as BEA, IBM, Honda Europe, D&B, Time Warner, Siemens, Nike, Kenwood, and Exclusive Resorts. For more information, visit www.strikeiron.com. ###
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