Best Places to Work Dashboard
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Loading ...This Business Objects Xcelsius 2008 digital dashboard is a mashup of ComputerWorld’s best places to work/salary data, Google Maps, stock prices and news feeds. The Google Maps integration with Xcelsius is achieved via a third party plugin.
Read more about the Xcelsius digital dashboard on the Dashboards by Example blog.
This xcelsius dashboard is called a “mashup” dashboard. Here is a defintion:
A software application that features data pulled from publicly-accessible APIs of data sources and software managed by third parties.
Types of mashups
There many types of mashups, such as consumer mashups, data mashups, and business mashups. The distinction is somewhat arbitary because the underlining technology is the same regardless of the use case.
The most common mashup is the consumer mashup. Consumer mashups combine different forms of media from multiple sources and combine them into a single graphical interface. Consumer mashups are aimed at the general public, that is, consumers. Examples of consumer mashups include the many Google Maps applications, Radioclouds and Reelz Review
Another common mashup is a data mashup. Data mashups combine similar types of media and information from multiple sources into a single graphical representation. An example of a data mashup is the Havaria Information Services’ AlertMap. which combines current data from over 200 sources related to severe weather conditions, biohazard threats and seismic information from around the world, and displays them on a single map of the world. Another example of a data mashup is Yahoo Pipes
Business mashups focus on various forms of data aggregation into a single presentation, but also allow for collaborative functionability amongst businesses and developers. Serena Software is a company involved in the business mashup industry.
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