Kapow Mashup Server 6.4 Adds New Capabilities for More Rapid Enterprise Mashup Application Development

Kapow Technologies announced the Kapow Mashup Server version 6.4. The new software release features many improvements to further speed up automated access to Web data sources using mashup creation tools or Microsoft Excel. One of the new features for all editions of Kapow Mashup Server version 6.4 is extended JavaScript handling, which is in response to the exploding number of AJAX-based sites on the Web today. Many improvements have been made to Kapow Technologies' proprietary browser engine so that developers can harvest data from practically any JavaScript- and AJAX-based web site. The Web 2.0 Edition of the Kapow Mashup Server now includes support for Web Application Description Language (WADL). WADL makes it much easier for applications and mashup building tools to automatically discover and consume REST services. WADL support also helps developers leverage the Kapow Excel Connector, an Excel plug-in provided by StrikeIron, which enables on- demand access to web intelligence, via Web services, directly from an Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet. The Portal Content Edition of the Kapow Mashup Server, which enables companies to efficiently refurbish existing portal assets, has several new enhancements to the web clipping technology for robust, rapid development and deployment of JSR-168 standards-based portlets. The Kapow solution now provides the ability to make on-the-fly changes to clipping portlets that enhance portal functionality, while adding an improved and simplified portlet deployment mechanism on major portal platforms. In addition, there is a new version of the Clipping API which enables developers to interact with custom clipping applications, working from within the development IDE of their choice. http://www.kapowtech.com