IBM Mashup Center 1.0: Empower your business
IBM United States
Software Announcement 208-161
June 24, 2008
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IBM Mashup Center is an easy-to-use business mashup platform. Benefits include:
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Helping organizations unlock and transform enterprise, Web, personal, and departmental information
into consumable or "mashable" assets
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Helping reduce application backlog and improve productivity by empowering line of business,
self-service application development
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Taking advantage of mashup capabilities of Lotus Mashups and InfoSphere MashupHub
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Helping users interact with IBM Mashup Center's browser-based tool
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Plugging into your existing security model, enabling security over widgets, mashups, and information
feeds
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative or IBM Americas Call Centers at
800-IBM-CALL
(Reference: YE001).
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IBM Mashup Center enables nontechnical users to drag and drop components from personal, enterprise,
and Web sources to easily create, deploy, and share customized Web applications (or mashups) in
minutes. IBM Mashup Center helps your organization increase productivity and agility by empowering
employees to be innovators and problem solvers on their own, without engaging IT support.
Business users work with IBM Mashup Center's browser-based tool to quickly assemble mashups that
help to uncover new business insights. The software includes a set of out-of-the-box,
business-ready widgets that jump-start mashup creation and support a wide range of information
viewing options, including charts and table views.
You can easily extend the mashup environment in several ways:
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Incorporate widgets from across the Web, including any of the thousands of Google Gadgets
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Enable new widgets, from simple HTML pages to rich Java™-based applications
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Take advantage of IBM Lotus® Widget Factory, a wizard-based development environment for rapidly
building dynamic widgets
After mashups or widgets are created, they can easily be published to a centralized catalog, where
other users can discover them. The catalog includes built-in Web 2.0 community features like
ratings, tagging, and commenting. These community-enhancing features help to illuminate the most
useful assets, while also increasing productivity by encouraging reuse. In addition, with the
catalog, you can apply the appropriate levels of governance by securing which users or groups can
see specific assets.
IBM Mashup Center also enables you to unlock a wide range of information sources within the
enterprise, such as databases, desktop and departmental information, and internal and external Web
sources. It includes connectors to the most common back-end sources, from enterprise systems such
as SAP to desktop data such as Microsoft® Excel. Through a wizard-based interface,
technically-savvy users can simply point and click to turn their information sources into robust,
consumable feeds that can then be remixed into new mashup applications. With IBM Mashup Center, you
can make better use of existing core systems without the need to copy or replicate data sources and
without requiring changes to the underlying systems.
After a feed is generated, it can be transformed and combined with other internal and external
feeds. Using a visual, browser-based tool, information and business analysts can merge, transform,
filter, annotate, or publish information in new formats, helping create a single view of disparate
sets of information in minutes.
IBM Mashup Center plugs into your existing security model, including LDAPs and user directories,
providing security over widgets, mashups, and information feeds.
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Refer to the
Hardware requirements
and
Software requirements
sections for details.
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June 30, 2008 (electronic software delivery)
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August 4, 2008 (media and documentation)
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Intuitive wiring of widgets and feeds
With IBM Mashup Center, end users can quickly and easily assemble new situational applications by
dragging and dropping widgets onto the page, and then assembling them together on screen. IBM
Mashup Center includes an intuitive interface that walks nontechnical users through the process of
connecting (or wiring) different widgets together. Users can drop widgets on top of each other and,
if they can send and receive matching data types, they automatically connect. After the widgets are
connected, users can launch the wiring graph to visualize how the various widgets interact.
Out-of-the-box, business-ready widgets
IBM Mashup Center includes a set of prebuilt widgets that jump-start development efforts. These
widgets include:
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Charting: Chart tabular information feeds into line, bar, or pie charts. Feeds can be directly
mashed onto a chart or sourced from other widgets on the page.
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Feed Reader: View a wide range of RSS or Atom feeds coming from the Web. Easily configure the look,
feel, and refresh rate of the feed.
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Image Displayer: Decorate your mashups with images coming from a local source or any URL-addressable
location.
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Rich Text Editor: Add rich text your mashup without having to know HTML. Power users can switch to
the markup mode to easily type or paste in HTML.
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Web Site Displayer: Display URL-addressable content, such as an entire Web page, within your mashup.
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Table Viewer: Display information from XML or Atom feeds in a tabular format. Support events as
well as filtering and highlighting of rows based on criteria that you specify.
In addition, users can easily extend their mashup environment by incorporating widgets from across
the Web, including any of the thousands of Google Gadgets. IT can also contribute new widgets for
mashing, which can be as simple as an HTML page or as powerful as a rich Java-based application.
The IBM Mashup Center also gives you access to an external catalog, where end users can quickly add
widgets into their IBM Mashup Center environment.
Widget-based data transformations
IBM Mashup Center also includes a set of "power user" widgets that can be used to easily transform
or adapt content passed between widgets on a page:
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JavaScript adapter: Write JavaScript to convert data passed from one widget to another. For
example, a Web developer could write a few lines of JavaScript to parse a JSON object, stripping out
the customer ID, which can then be wired as an input to another widget.
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Regular expression adapter: Use regular expressions to manipulate event content. For instance, you
can use this widget to strip out the ZIP code (or other mailing code) from a customer address
object.
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Feed transformation widget: Convert the structure of a feed using an easy-to-use widget-based
interface. Change column headers, filter data, and preview changes.
Because the IBM Mashup Center is fully extensible, you can add your own transformation widgets that
adapt data from one format to another.
Sharing and discovery of mashups and widgets
After a mashup is assembled, it can be easily shared. Visual tools enable end users to define what
users or groups can view or edit their pages. With this feature, business users can work together
to build mashup applications.
In addition to sharing of mashup pages, end users can publish those pages to the catalog with just a
few mouse clicks. After they are published to the catalog, other users can discover and then
download the pages within their own IBM Mashup Center Workshop environment, helping to encourage
similar mashup applications.
Platform- and language-independent distributed architecture
The IBM Mashup Center is based on a distributed architecture. Widgets can be assembled not only
from the local environment, but also from any remote widget server, as long as it can find and load
the appropriate widget definition. With this powerful architecture, widgets can be independently
scaled and sent back and forth across widget servers. In addition, the assembly environment for
widgets is platform- and server-independent. Widgets can be written in a number of different
languages (.NET, PHP, Java, HTML) and available on a wide variety of platforms, giving you
significant flexibility and freedom.
Rich page customization and management capabilities
With the IBM Mashup Center, you have complete control over the look and feel of your mashup pages.
End users can use visual tools to easily change the page layout and format, including themes and
skins, background image and color, borders, and margins without having to touch the HTML. More
technical users, such as Web developers, can use a page's edit source mode to directly modify the
page's underlying code. In addition, with file-based persistence, Web developers can employ their
favorite content editing tools to design the exact look and feel they want.
Live Text
Live Text gives end users quick, in-context access to information, reducing extra clicks and
navigation. For example, each time a person's name appears in a widget, Live Text can automatically
add a link to the name that, when hovered over, opens a pop-up window that contains the selected
person's business card. Live Text can be added into a widget without significant programming; HTML
developers simply need to add the appropriate tag or microformat into the markup. IBM Mashup Center
includes a few Live Text tags out of the box, including vcard and address. Because Live Text is a
completely extensible framework, Web developers can easily add their own tags and associated
behaviors.
Out-of-the-box connectivity and core information assets
IBM Mashup Center enables out-of-the-box connectivity to a wide range of enterprise, Web, personal,
and departmental information sources. This reduces time to value, allows for information to be
quickly and easily unlocked and put to broader use, and enriches situational applications such as
mashups with relevant and timely information regardless of the source.
Desktop and departmental assets
Up to 80% of enterprise information comes from personal and departmental information sources such as
Microsoft Excel and Access or MySQL databases. With IBM Mashup Center you can access the
information in those resources and mix it with both enterprise and Web-based sources. IBM Mashup
Center unlocks critical information for wider use and consumption without forcing changes in how
business users choose to manage their local or departmental systems.
Enterprise assets
IBM Mashup Center breaks down information silos by converting information into consistent and easily
managed feeds independent from the underlying source. A wide range of information sources, all of
which may be using different access models, can be unlocked, transformed, and mixed, and then used
by multiple applications and devices. Enterprise data is secured via existing proven security
models; the underlying information sources do not need to be changed nor does data need to be
duplicated. IBM Mashup Center supports the following:
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IBM DB2®
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IBM Lotus Domino®
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IDS
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IMS™
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IBM Information Server
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LDAP Oracle
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SAP
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Web Services
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SQL Server
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Tivoli® Directory Integrator
Internet assets
Before IBM Mashup Center, there was no way of adding and mixing Web information feeds with
enterprise, personal, and departmental information sources. IBM Mashup Center captures important
and useful intranet and Internet assets that you can quickly incorporate with your existing desktop
and enterprise assets through feed mashups. IT can additionally access popular sources of
information to foster better quality of services for these Internet sources.
Remixing and repurposing data
IBM Mashup Center enables you to mix and transform information feeds to meet specific business
needs. Feeds, independent of their source, can be remixed, merged, and preprocessed in a variety of
ways. Supported mixing and transformation capabilities range from basic manipulation such as
grouping and sorting to more advanced operations such as merging and transforming data:
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Augment: Supplement existing assets with additional context from other information sources with the
"for each" operator
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Transform: Transform existing information with content that offers further insight. It includes
functions for data manipulation including basics such as MIN, MAX, COUNT, and string concatenation
and advanced functions such as regular expressions, variance, and encoding.
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Group: Group complex information feeds into more consumable feeds for your users.
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Merge: Assemble multiple informational assets to produce a mutually collective asset.
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Sort: Sort your informational feeds alphabetically.
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Filter: Identify and navigate to the assets as needed.
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Combine: Assemble multiple informational assets in an additive manner.
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Publish: Share your assets to be further incorporated in other applications or feed mashups.
Extensible plug-ins
IBM Mashup Center offers a highly extensible plug-in framework for unlocking new information sources
beyond the connectors that are included. IBM Mashup Center comes with a TDI plug-in that enables
more options with simple JavaScript to sources such as FTP, MQ, JMS, Mail, HTTP, and DB2 Content
Manager.
Feed caching
IBM Mashup Center manages how feeds get mashed up from a variety of different users and enables
caching of feeds for performance optimization. Because the feeds that IBM Mashup Center manages can
come from many sources, and can be mixed and combined, the performance of these feeds can be
affected by complicated underlying logic, busy source systems, and complex feed mashups. Feed
caching can alleviate having to access source systems or re-execute logic or feed mashups because
the resulting feed is retained in memory for reuse. Feed caching can increase the performance of
your situational applications.
Feed caching can be easily set up to identify the life cycle of the cache or the time and frequency
with which the feed needs to be refreshed. Your team can control how often your data is accessed at
the feed source.
Additionally, feeds that are captured from the Internet and outside IT control may be unreliable.
In certain situations feed caching can increase the reliability of external data sources
traditionally outside of IT control.
Web 2.0 cataloging innovation
IBM Mashup Center includes a master catalog (reference) for all of your "mashable" assets, including
information feeds, pages, and widgets. The catalog offers built-in Web 2.0 community features such
as ratings, tagging, and commenting. These community-enhancing features help to illuminate the most
useful assets, while also increasing productivity by encouraging reuse.
Security
IBM Center plugs seamlessly into your existing environment (LDAP, Active Directory, or custom user
directory) for authentication and authorization. You can control which individual users or groups
can modify and view widgets, pages, and feeds using access control lists (ACLs). You can also
control who can create informational feeds. By securing who can create and manipulate information
sources, you can maintain a necessary level of control of your trusted information.
Reporting, asset monitoring, and tracking
The catalog enables comprehensive reporting, monitoring, and tracking of how mashable assets are
being used. Security, access, and changes to every asset are logged and tracked. Auditable event
logging can be mined for a wide range of insights, such as what assets are the highest rated or most
discussed.
Reporting and logging can be valuable in supporting paid service subscriptions for external Web
services. Because IBM Mashup Center can log who is accessing a service and how much time is spent
using the service, IT can better manage chargebacks. Additionally, because patterns of information
consumption can be analyzed and then optimized, logging gives you more opportunities for governance.
OpenSearch
IBM Mashup Center includes OpenSearch support, which is the standard for how information feeds and
widgets are shared and discovered with the mashup ecosystem at large. With OpenSearch, users can
easily discover widgets, feeds, and pages in the IBM Mashup Center catalog.
Lotus Widget Factory enables developers of all skill levels to rapidly generate iWidget
1.0-compliant widgets without coding. Intuitive wizards encapsulate common widget creation tasks
and guide users through the creation process, increasing productivity and the speed of solution
delivery. In addition, using the browser-based assembly tool within IBM Mashup Center, nontechnical
users can save an assembly of widgets as a new widget, which can then be easily published to the
catalog for use by others.
Accessibility by people with disabilities
You can request a U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) at
Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act
IBM Mashup Center is capable, when used in accordance with IBM's associated documentation, of
satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, provided that any
assistive technology used with the product properly interoperates with it.
IPLA and Subscription and Support considerations
IPLA licenses can be transferred from one machine to another within, but not limited to an
enterprise. You may aggregate the capacity for all the processors the product is operated on to
achieve a more economic price. This will result in a single Proof of Entitlement (PoE). It is your
responsibility to manage the distribution of Value Units within the limits of the entitlement of the
product license.
Subscription and Support must cover the same capacity as the product license entitlement.
Subscription and Support will be available in the country in which the agreement is made.
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InfoSphere MashupHub is complementary to other core IBM offerings. It offers these benefits:
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Powers Lotus Mashups by enabling information feeds that can easily be assembled into new
applications.
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Consumes and mixes trusted information feeds from Information Server and Master Data Management
(MDM) Server
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Publishes information for use in WebSphere® Portal and Lotus Quickr
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Delivers structured and Web information to IBM Enterprise Content Management user interfaces and
custom applications
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Feeds Cognos Business Intelligence and Performance Management reports and intelligence to
situational applications
IBM Lotus Mashups is complementary to other core IBM offerings. It assembles new widgets that can
be deployed to products such as WebSphere Portal 6.1 and Lotus Connections 2.0.
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It is the intent of IBM to support additional platforms for IBM Mashup Center, IBM Lotus Mashups,
and IBM InfoSphere MashupHub, including Linux™, later in 2008. IBM also intends to support the
secure Ajax Hub and the OpenAjax gadget specification once they become official OpenAjax standards.
All statements regarding IBM's plans, directions, and intent are subject to change or withdrawal
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Product description Language Availability date
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub Multilingual August 4, 2008
V1.0.0 (French,
Korean,
Chinese —
Simplified,
Spanish,
Portuguese
Brazilian,
German,
Japanese,
Chinese —
Traditional,
English,
Italian)
IBM Lotus Mashup V1.0.0 Multilingual August 4, 2008
(French,
Korean,
Chinese —
Simplified,
Spanish,
Portuguese
Brazilian,
German,
Japanese,
Chinese —
Traditional,
English,
Italian)
IBM Mashup Center V1.0.0 Multilingual August 4, 2008
(French,
Korean,
Chinese —
Simplified,
Spanish,
Portuguese
Brazilian,
German,
Japanese,
Chinese —
Traditional,
English,
Italian)
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countries or both.
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Lotus, DB2, Domino, Tivoli, and WebSphere are registered trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or both.
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Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
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Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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IBM training provides education to support many IBM offerings. Descriptions of courses for IT
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Call IBM training at 800-IBM-TEACH (426-8322) for catalogs, schedules,
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Workshops are delivered in multiple formats, traditional classroom,
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Traditional classroom workshops are scheduled and delivered in-person
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Self-paced or self-study workshops enable students to view the workshop
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Hardware requirements
Web browsers:
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Mozilla Firefox 2.0
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Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7, and later
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Safari 3 (on Mac only)
Software requirements
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Microsoft Windows® Server 2003 x86-32, Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
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Intel® Pentium® processor at 500 MHz, or faster
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Intel EM64T or AMD Opteron processor
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Minimum 512 MB physical memory; 1 GB recommended
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CD-ROM drive
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Disk space requirements 1.5 GB
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Packaging:
IBM Mashup Center, InfoSphere MashupHub, and IBM Lotus Mashups will be distributed via a media
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IBM Mashup Center, InfoSphere MashupHub, and IBM Lotus Mashups media package is distributed in one
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The LI form numbers for IBM Mashup Center, InfoSphere MashupHub, and IBM Lotus Mashups are
L-RKAR-7E2QS9, L-RKAR-7EGNZJ, and L-NSTN-7DRFVG.
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Product
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IBM InfoSphere MashupHub IBM DataGuide(R) DataGuide
IBM Lotus Mashups Mashup Maker Lotus Mashups
IBM Mashup Center Mashup Maker Lotus Mashup Center
PID Charge unit
Program name number description
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub 5724-V06 20 Authorized
Users
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub 5724-V06 Processor Value
Unit (PVU)
IBM Lotus Mashups 5724-U69 Processor Value
Unit (PVU)
IBM Lotus Mashups 5724-U69 20 Authorized
Users
IBM Mashup Center 5724-V33 20 Authorized
Users
IBM Mashup Center 5724-V33 Processor Value
Unit (PVU)
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IBM InfoSphere MashupHub
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IBM InfoSphere MashupHub
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub 20 AU Annual SW S&S Renewal E0565LL
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub 20 AU License & SW S&S 12 Mo D04NTLL
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub 20 AU SW S&S Reinstate 12 Mo D04NULL
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IBM InfoSphere MashupHub PVU License & SW S&S D04NRLL
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub PVU SW S&S Reinstate 12 Mo D04NSLL
IBM Lotus Mashups
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IBM Lotus Mashups
IBM Lotus Mashups 20 Authorized Users License & D04NGLL
Software Subscription and
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Subscription and Support An
IBM Lotus Mashups 20 Authorized Users Software D04NHLL
Subscription and Support Re
IBM Lotus Mashups Processor Value Unit (PVU) License & D04NELL
Software Subscripti
IBM Lotus Mashups Processor Value Unit (PVU) Software D04NFLL
Subscription and Sup
IBM Lotus Mashups Processor Value Unit (PVU) Software E0561LL
Subscription and Sup
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IBM Mashup Center
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IBM Mashup Center Processor Value Unit (PVU) License & D04N4LL
Software Subscripti
IBM Mashup Center Processor Value Unit (PVU) Software E055ZLL
Subscription and Sup
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Part
Program name/description number
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub V1.0.0
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub Windows Server 2003 V1.0.0 ENC BB0XBML
Unrestricted CD RO
IBM Lotus Mashup V1.0.0
IBM Lotus Mashups Windows Server 2003 V1.0.0 BS05RML
Multilingual
IBM Mashup Center V1.0.0
IBM Mashup Center Windows Server 2003 V1.0.0 ENC BS05SML
Unrestricted CD ROM Digit
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Customers with active maintenance or subscription for the products listed are entitled to receive
the corresponding media pack.
IBM Mashup Center V1.0.0
Entitled maintenance Part
offerings description Media packs description number
IBM Lotus Mashup Center IBM Mashup Center Windows BS05SML
Per 20 Authorized Users Server 2003 V1.0.0 ENC
Unrestricted CD ROM Digit
IBM Lotus Mashup Center IBM Mashup Center Windows BS05SML
Per Processor Value Unit Server 2003 V1.0.0 ENC
(PVU) Unrestricted CD ROM Digit
IBM Lotus Mashup V1.0.0
Entitled maintenance Part
offerings description Media packs description number
IBM Lotus Mashups Per 20 IBM Lotus Mashups Windows BS05RML
Authorized Users Server 2003 V1.0.0
Multilingual
IBM Lotus Mashups Per IBM Lotus Mashups Windows BS05RML
Processor Value Unit (PVU) Server 2003 V1.0.0
Multilingual
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub V1.0.0
Entitled maintenance Part
offerings description Media packs description number
InfoSphere MashupHub per IBM InfoSphere MashupHub BB0XBML
20 Authorized Users Windows Server 2003 V1.0.0
ENC Unrestricted CD RO
InfoSphere MashupHub per IBM InfoSphere MashupHub BB0XBML
Processor Value Unit Windows Server 2003 V1.0.0
ENC Unrestricted CD RO
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no additional charge. Consult the IBM Software Support Handbook for
further information at
IBM will maintain this information for at least one year after the
original licensee acquires the program (warranty period).
Program technical support:
Technical support of a program product will be available for a
minimum of three years from the general availability date, as long as
your Software Maintenance is in effect. This technical support allows
you to obtain assistance (via telephone or electronic means) from IBM for
product-specific, task-oriented questions regarding the installation and
operation of the program product. Software Maintenance also provides you
with access to updates, releases, and versions of the program. You will
be notified, via announcement letter, of discontinuance of support with
12 months' notice. If you require additional technical support from IBM,
including an extension of support beyond the discontinuance date, contact
your IBM representative or IBM Business Partner. This extension may be
available for a fee.
Money-back guarantee:
If for any reason you are dissatisfied with the program and you are
the original licensee, you may obtain a refund of the amount you paid for
it, if within 30 days of your invoice date you return the program and its
PoE to the party from whom you obtained it. If you downloaded the
program, you may contact the party from whom you acquired it for
instructions on how to obtain the refund.
For programs acquired under the IBM International Passport Advantage
Agreement, this term applies only to your first acquisition of the
program.
Authorization for use on home/portable computer:
The program may be stored on the primary machine and another
machine, provided that the program is not in active use on both machines
at the same time. You may not copy and use this program on another
computer without paying additional license fees.
Product name
IBM InfoSphere MashupHub Yes
IBM Lotus Mashups Yes
IBM Mashup Center Yes
Passport Advantage applies:
Yes, and through the Passport Advantage Web site at
This product is only available via Passport Advantage. It is not
available as shrinkwrap.
Agreement for acquisition of Software Maintenance:
The IBM Agreement for Acquisition of Software Maintenance
(Z125-6011) applies for maintenance and does not require customer
signatures.
Software maintenance applies:
Yes. Software Maintenance is included with licenses purchased
through Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express. Product
upgrades and technical support are provided by the Software Maintenance
offering as described in the Agreements. Product upgrades provide the
latest versions and releases to entitled software and Technical Support
provides voice and electronic access to IBM support organizations,
worldwide.
IBM includes one year of Software Maintenance with each program license
acquired. The initial period of Software Maintenance can be extended by
the purchase of a renewal option, if available.
While your Software Maintenance is in effect, IBM provides you assistance
for your routine, short duration installation and usage (how-to)
questions, and code-related questions. IBM provides assistance via
telephone and, if available, electronic access, to your IS technical
support personnel during the normal business hours (published prime shift
hours) of your IBM support center. (This assistance is not available to
your end users.) IBM provides Severity 1 assistance 24 hours a day, 7
days a week. For additional details, consult your IBM Software Support
Handbook at
Software Maintenance does not include assistance for the design and
development of applications, your use of programs in other than their
specified operating environment, or failures caused by products for which
IBM is not responsible under the applicable agreements.
For additional information about the International Passport Advantage
Agreement and the IBM International Passport Advantage Express Agreement,
visit the Passport Advantage Web site at
Other terms
Volume orders (IVO):
No
System i™ Software Maintenance applies:
No
Educational allowance available:
Not applicable
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IBM has transformed its delivery of hardware and software support services to help you achieve
higher system availability. Electronic Services is a Web-enabled solution that offers an exclusive,
no-additional-charge enhancement to the service and support available for IBM servers. These
services are designed to provide the opportunity for greater system availability with faster problem
resolution and preemptive monitoring. Electronic Services comprises two separate, but
complementary, elements: Electronic Services news page and Electronic Services Agent.
The Electronic Services news page is a single Internet entry point that replaces the multiple entry
points traditionally used to access IBM Internet services and support. The news page enables you to
gain easier access to IBM resources for assistance in resolving technical problems.
The Electronic Service Agent™ is no-additional-charge software that resides on your server. It
monitors events and transmits system inventory information to IBM on a periodic, client-defined
timetable. The Electronic Service Agent automatically reports hardware problems to IBM. Early
knowledge about potential problems enables IBM to deliver proactive service that may result in
higher system availability and performance. In addition, information collected through the Service
Agent is made available to IBM service support representatives when they help answer your questions
or diagnose problems. Installation and use of IBM Electronic Service Agent for problem reporting
enables IBM to provide better support and service for your IBM server.
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Passport Advantage
For Passport Advantage information and charges, contact your IBM representative or authorized IBM
Business Partner. Additional information is also available at
Business Partner information
If you are an IBM Business Partner — Distributor for Workstation
Software acquiring products from IBM, you may link to Passport Advantage
Online for resellers where you can obtain Business Partner pricing
information. An IBM ID and password are required.
IBM Global Financing
IBM Global Financing offers competitive financing to credit-qualified customers to assist them in
acquiring IT solutions. Offerings include financing for IT acquisition, including hardware,
software, and services, both from IBM and other manufacturers or vendors. Offerings (for all
customer segments: small, medium, and large enterprise), rates, terms, and availability can vary by
country. Contact your local IBM Global Financing organization or visit
IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the
United States, and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to
qualified commercial and government customers. Rates are based on a
customer's credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type,
and options, and may vary by country. Other restrictions may apply.
Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension, or withdrawal
without notice.
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To order, contact the Americas Call Centers or your local IBM
representative.
To identify your local IBM representative, call 800-IBM-4YOU (426-4968).
Phone: 800-IBM-CALL (426-2255)
Fax: 800-2IBM-FAX (242-6329)
Internet: callserv@ca.ibm.com
Mail: IBM Teleweb Customer Support
ibm.com Sales Execution Center, Americas North
3500 Steeles Ave. East, Tower 3/4
Markham, Ontario
Canada
L3R 2Z1
Reference: YE001
The Americas Call Centers, our national direct marketing organization,
can add your name to the mailing list for catalogs of IBM products.
Note:
Shipments will begin after the planned availability date.
Trademarks
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System i and Electronic Service Agent are trademarks of International
Business Machines Corporation in the United States or other countries or
both.
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Lotus, Passport Advantage, DataGuide, and PartnerWorld are registered
trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United
States or other countries or both.
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Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
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Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service
marks of others.
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