Testimonials

"JackBe's Presto series of enterprise mashup solutions is one of the most complete and compelling solutions available today for organizations that want to move the excitement and results of the consumer mashup story into their day-to-day business."
--Dion Hinchcliffe, Web 2.0 Analyst and Founder of Web 2.0 University

“What makes JackBe’s Presto platform unique is its central focus on SOA service governance. JackBe clearly understands that governance, scalability and reliability are critical factors for enterprises as they leverage SOA and AJAX to create the next generation of rich enterprise applications.”
-- Ron Schmelzer, ZapThink

“The emerging Enterprise Mashup market, led by tools such as JackBe's Presto offer an opportunity to combine the best of SOA and Web 2.0 and deliver the results via the portal infrastructure.”
-- Ray Valdes, Gartner

“We made a decision for a JackBe Presto implementation because it uniquely met our requirements for true user driven integration between our applications. We are providing empowerment to our business users while still meeting our company standards.”
-- Brian Wilson, principal architect, Thomson Scientific

“As the SOA market continues to mature, we are very excited that JackBe’s Presto is now an integrated part of that value chain.”
-- Avrami Tzur, vice president, SOA Software, HP

“Our clients are telling us that they need the right combination of information in order to understand events and circumstances within context, and that context frequently includes both external and internal information sources. Mashups allow us to answer this need quickly and effectively using new methods such as Capgemini’s Rapid Innovation or “RAIN” approach. We like what we see of the Jackbe approach for its ease of use and ability to adapt and are enjoying our collaboration together.”
-- Andy Mulholland, Global Chief Technology Officer, Capgemini, and co-author of Mashup Corporations: The End of Business as Usual and Mesh Collaboration: Creating Business Value in the Network of Everything

“A secure and governed mashup-enabling architecture is a must-have within the national intelligence community, a mutual customer of Layer 7 and JackBe’s. Layer 7 products address a broad range of service performance, security, lifecycle, mediation, SLA and governance challenges and our partnership with JackBe facilitates a new kind of secure, agile situational awareness solution for that community.”
-- Jim Rice, Director of Federal Programs, Layer 7

“Databases are a primary source of data for mashups in the enterprise, and JackBe’s [Presto Mashup Ready Program] ensures that EnterpriseDB’s Postgres Plus database products are mashup-ready. JackBe’s mashup ecosystem is a major advancement in the move towards enterprise adoption of mashup technology. Equally important, EnterpriseDB and JackBe are collaborating on future virtualization initiatives which will greatly advance the mashup state of the art. We’re excited to be working with a mashup leader like JackBe.”
-- Bob Zurek, CTO, EnterpriseDB

“Enterprise data aggregation and web services infrastructure like JackBe can greatly enhance the time to market of Rich Internet Applications. With the new Presto Connect API, there is an easy back-end access point that offers a great deal of synergy with Backbase’s RIA front-end technology and Rich Enterprise 2.0 Applications. We are excited about working together.”
-- Michel Gerin, Vice President of Marketing, Backbase

“StrikeIron’s Web Services Delivery Platform delivers a broad range of data and information services to help power mashups across multiple industries. Combining StrikeIron Data with JackBe’s mashup ecosystem represents a compelling combination inside the enterprise. Enterprises can now easily bring high-quality external solutions and combine them with internal sources to create the ultimate business solutions.”
-- Bob Brauer, President and Co–Founder, StrikeIron

"Increasingly enterprise mashups require integration with the desktop and other legacy applications. We are excited that OpenSpan and JackBe have joined to greatly expand the sources of mashups by connecting JackBe’s Presto to the OpenSpan Platform. The OpenSpan Platform complements JackBe's Presto by bringing together all the applications on the desktop and increasing business agility for the enterprise end user.
-- Francis Carden, CEO, OpenSpan

“Trusted and reliable data from outside the firewall is becoming more and more critical to improving the decisions made inside the firewall. Our partnership with JackBe delivers easy and secure access to Xignite’s financial and industry data-on-demand services to JackBe’s Presto mashup platform for use in mashups that can support top-line growth.”
-- Stephane Dubois, Chief Executive Officer, President and Founder, Xignite

“Through the Presto Mashup Ready Program, JackBe has proven it understands the broad range of sources users need to create effective enterprise mashups. Dapper’s tools to create services from any website on the Internet are a natural fit with JackBe’s Enterprise Mashup platform.”
-- Jon Aizen, Co-Founder and CTO, Dapper

“JackBe’s Presto enterprise mashup platform and it’s [Presto Mashup Ready Program] software partners will allow MomentumSI to better meet our mission of Service Oriented projects that emphasize reduced risk and time-to-market. The Presto Mashup Ready Program is another great example of JackBe’s continuing commitment to safe and effective mashup implementations in the enterprise.”
-- Jeff Schneider, President, MomentumSI

“While Ext JS 2.0 satisfies the demand for rich Web 2.0 interface technology inside the firewall, enterprises also require a dynamic integration technology like JackBe’s Presto that makes it easy to bring disparate data into Ajax interfaces and widgets. The combination of Ext JS 2.0 and JackBe’s Presto mashup platform software is the perfect solution to springboard enterprises into the Web 2.0 revolution. In 5 years, everyone will look back and see that Ajax and Mashups were two of the biggest defining technologies for Web 2.0 solutions in the enterprise.”
-- Brian Moeskau, Co-Founder, Ext JS, LLC

“Companies that made strategic investments in portals are now looking for innovative Web 2.0 solutions that re-energize and further leverage the portal for increased employee productivity. JackBe’s ability to quickly integrate and deliver disparate data from SOAs and other sources into JSR-168 portlets is a portal game-changer. Our participation in JackBe’s mashup ecosystem allows us to confidently offer this solution to civilian and national security government agencies.”
-- Howard Block, Co-Founder and CEO, Nuwave Solutions and co-author of Creating Web Portals with BEA WebLogic

“Our decision to lead this investment in JackBe comes from their strong understanding and leadership of the needs of the enterprise mashup user. Organizations invested in service-oriented architecture continue to search for a return on their investment and JackBe has created a solution that empowers users to leverage these SOA assets directly, increasing their productivity levels and building competitive advantage for their enterprise.”
-- Tom Roberts, Harbert Venture Partners

“JackBe is leading the charge into the enterprise through its mashup software. Mashups can greatly enhance productivity and return-on-assets. JackBe’s Presto platform provides the required scalability, reliability and governance needed by today’s complex global businesses.”
-- Pascal Luck, Core Capital Partners

“We predict the number of enterprises that will deploy mashups in their corporate portals will grow significantly in the next few years as compelling platforms enabling them become available. JackBe's Presto Connect technology is an excellent step in that direction.”
--Dion Hinchcliffe, Web 2.0 Analyst and Founder of Web 2.0 University

“For enterprises to benefit from mashups, users and administrators must take advantage of the investments already being made in SOA-based services to expose both data and capabilities. JackBe's [Presto Mashup Ready Program] helps organizations leverage those investments safely and expand their reach through specific integrations with corporate governance solutions like HP SOA Systinet.”
-- Tim Hall, Director of SOA Products, HP