Mashup FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - Sharepoint
- Are you putting Excel in the cloud, when you say repository? Where is this Repository? Google Docs, SharePoint?
- What web part in Sharepoint is used to access the mashlet? Also does the SP page update real time as and when the mashlet is refreshed with updated data?
- JSR-168 is nice, but it doesn't help me as an ASP.NET developer. Is there support for displaying mashlets in ASP.NET apps?
- How do you assess the accuracy or reliability of the source data. How do you know you aren't being fed false data? What ESB security are you using.
- Are you using .NET FRAMEWORK 3.5 with AJAX?
- Can Presto create mashups with unstructured data (i.e. word doc checked into a SharePoint site)?
- What is the secret behind the mashlet being able to run in J2EE and .Net containers e.g. BEA Portal and SharePoint portal?
- Is Presto Server able to integrate with Oracle Webcenter / Oracle (BEA) Portal /PeopleSoft - Portal?
- Will it cost a whole bunch to connect to SAP systems?
- Excel "apps" that is scalable, maintainable and secure could be built with MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) deployment and give the power to end user. Why should we embrace Mashup?
- Can you create a new generic mashlet similar to grid or chart and have it show up in the view?
- How does a mashup compare to business intelligence?
- Will the future of BI be mashups rather than the traditional data warehouse, marts, and access tools like cognos.
- Are mashlets compatible with W3C widget specification?
