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IBM® Mashup Center is an enterprise mashup platform enabling the rapid creation, sharing, and discovery of reusable application building blocks (widgets, feeds, mashups) that can be easily assembled into new applications or leveraged within existing applications - with the governance and security IT requires.
With this lightweight mashup environment, organizations can unlock and transform enterprise, Web, personal and departmental information into consumable or "mashable" assets, including information feeds and widgets. These assets can then be dynamically assembled, at-the-glass, into new applications that address daily business challenges. With IBM Mashup Center, organizations can lower development costs, achieve rapid ROI, deliver applications quickly, and realize greater productivity.
Use IBM Mashup Center on the cloud. Develop your applications using IBM Mashup Center, an enterprise mashup platform enabling the rapid creation, sharing, and discovery of reusable application building blocks (widgets, feeds, mashups) that can be easily assembled into new applications or leveraged within existing applications - with the governance and security IT requires.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
Start creating Web-based eForms using one of the following ready-to-go Amazon Machine Images (AMIs):
- IBM Mashup Center V2.0 development AMI (ISVs): Available at the low cost of Amazon EC2 usage charges.
- IBM Mashup Center V2.0 production-ready AMI: Pay as you go.
Get started
To start developing on Amazon EC2, you'll need an Amazon account. If you don't have one, you can create one now.
Need more information about using the Mashup Center AMI? See the resources below.
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) can develop applications on Amazon EC2 using the Mashup Center development Amazon Machine Image (AMI). The Mashup Center AMI is available at the low cost of your Amazon Web Services usage, with no time limits, and support provided through the IBM Mashup Center Wiki. There is no fee from IBM for the AMI.
| Go to Amazon to register and access the Mashup Center V2.0 development AMI. |
Note: This link takes you to the catalog entry for Mashup Center. On the catalog page, click the Purchase information link to sign in, register, and get started.
Details about the Mashup Center development AMI can be found in the IBM Mashup Center AMI Catalog.
Use IBM Mashup Center AMI at an hourly rate. Amazon Web Services offers a low-cost, pay as you go model with no long-term commitments and no minimum fees.
See the Amazon EC2 Running IBM page for more information on pricing and other service details.
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| Go to Amazon for information on how to get started with the IBM Mashup Center V2.0 production-ready AMI. |
Details about the IBM Mashup Center production-ready AMI can be found in the IBM Mashup Center AMI Catalog. Information for accessing and using the AMI is in the IBM Mashup Center V2.0 AMIs Get Started Guide (1.4MB).
Purchase a product license for use on AWS
Another option is to use your own product licenses. You can install and run IBM programs on the Amazon EC2 Web service using program licenses obtained from IBM on a Processor Value Unit (PVU) basis. Read PVUs required for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for more information.
Find purchase information for IBM Mashup Center and buy online.
Learn more
- Community resources related to Lotus products.
- Mashup Center development AMI and production-ready AMI Catalog: Details about the Mashup Center AMI.
- IBM Mashup Center FAQs: Answers to most often asked questions.
- IBM Mashup Center V2.0 AMIs Get Started Guide (1.4MB): Instructions for using the IBM Mashup Center Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) infrastructure.
- Video: IBM Mashup Center on Amazon Web Services, Part 1
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2): Learn more about Amazon's Web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud.
- Cloud computing with Amazon Web Services: Explore how Amazon Web Services provide a compelling alternative for architecting and building scalable, reliable applications.
Cloud computing resources
- Cloud computing zone: Your starting point for the latest IBM, developerWorks and general industry information on cloud computing.
- New to cloud computing? Get overview information to help you get started.
- Join the Cloud Computing Central group on developerWorks.
- Read blogs about cloud computing.
- IBM and cloud computing: An overview of IBM's approach to cloud computing.