A Classic Example of Enterprise Over Engineering
posted by Anna Mar, November 25, 2011The internet boom of the late 1990s drove the need to aggregate web content from multiple sources. Two solutions emerged: Mashups and Portals.
Mashups evolved out of the ad hoc content aggregation approaches of internet companies. Mashups are agile, interoperable and require no skills to use. Subscribing to a mashup often takes minutes. Mashups can also be developed quickly and cheaply.
Portals were the dominant Enterprise (business) approach to web content aggregation. They were based on standards (JSR 168 and JSR 286) but layouts were vendor proprietary. Portal servers were expensive and required developers and administrators with specialized skills. Layouts (where you put the content) was restricted and layout tools maddeningly complex.
Portals are a classic example of Enterprise over engineering: needlessly complex architectures and tool sets.
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