JackBe

JackBe, founded in 2001, is a privately-held software provider of enterprise mashup software. JackBe's corporate headquarters are located in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The company's corporate website can be found at http://www.jackbe.com.

JackBe has international and US customers including Banamex, Thomson Scientific, Nutrisystem, the US Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Defense Information Systems Agency. Investors include Intel Capital, Blue Chip Venture Group, Core Capital, Darby Technology Ventures, Harbert Venture Partners, and the State of Maryland.

Enterprise Mashup Products

JackBe’s software product, Presto, is an Enterprise Mashup Platform that includes functionality for creating and syndicating enterprise mashups:

• service access engines for Web services, SQL, RSS, and Web clipping;
• mashup composers/creators including a graphical, drag-and-drop tool and a declarative enterprise mashup markup language;
• mashup 'connectors' for popular enterprise tools including Microsoft Excel, HP Systinet, and Oracle WebCenter;
• mashup APIs for JavaScript, Java, REST, C#, and .NET.

JackBe's enterprise mashup software is available for unlimited evaluation and can be commercially licensed with a maintenance and support plan. JackBe recently announced a free Presto Developer Edition.

Further reading

• InfoWorld: JackBe Awarded InfoWorld Technology of the Year for Best Enterprise Mashup Platform
• Network World: Creating Enterprise Mashups (video)
• Database Trends & Applications: What are Enterprise Mashups and Why Do We Need Them in the Enterprise?
• Mashup Resources: Mashup Developer Community
• SOA Magazine: Enterprise Mashups: Bringing SOA to the People
• TechCrunch: JackBe Raises $9.5M, Provides Mashups for the Enterprise
• InfoWorld: Refining the art of enterprise Web apps
• TechTarget: Web 2.0 Integration Poses Challenges and Rewards
• ZDNet: A Bumper Crop of New Mashup Platforms
• IT Toolbox: Enterprise Mashups - The Icing on your SOA

Competitors

• [Lotus Mashups]
• Yahoo! Pipes
• Serena Software
• WSO2
• Kapow
• WaveMaker
• Google Mashup Editor (Deprecated, since January 14, 2009)
• JackBe
• Microsoft Popfly
• Mozilla Ubiquity
• CogHead - terminated service, assets acquired by SAP
• Bungee Labs

Investment Rounds

• (Intel Capital, Darby Technology Ventures), $xm, 2003, SERIES A
• Mexican Start-ups coming to Silicon Valley, (Blue Chip Venture Group, State of Maryland, Intel Capital, Darby Technology Ventures),$6.5m, 2005, SERIES B
• (Core Capital, Harbert Venture Partners, Blue Chip Venture Group, State of Maryland, Intel Capital, Darby Technology Ventures),$9.5m, 2007, SERIES C
• (Core Capital, Harbert Venture Partners, Blue Chip Venture Group, State of Maryland, Intel Capital, Darby Technology Ventures),$5m, 2008, SERIES D

See also

• Mashup (web application hybrid)
• Service-oriented architecture
• Web 2.0

External links

• Company website
• Mashup Developer Community - resources for enterprise mashup development
• JackBe YouTube Channel
• JackBe Twitter