Today we launched openkapow at the
The main message I brought back from the keynotes this morning (excellent by the way) was "interoperability", defined by getting systems not meant to work together, to work together.
Thinking about this for a second one quickly realize this is exactly what openkapow is all about, being able to take any web based content and/or logic and turn it into mashups. openkapow makes the whole internet "interoperable". openkapow is allowing the "long tail" of the Web to be mashed-up.
One example of this is a customer of Kapow Technologies, www.momondo.com
Momondo work a lot like Kayak, where you can quickly find the best airfare for your next travel. When hitting "search" on Monmondo, it sends away hundreds of robots that in real-time find the best deal for you, giving you tremendous time savings (and hopefully price savings as well).
After listening a lot to Web 2.0, mashups, etc, in the keynotes I walked down to the exhibition floor where we have a booth. Then I suddenly realized that Kapow Technologies is the only vendor promoting the term "mashup" with our Kapow Mashup Server. The effect was instant, never have I seen such a crowded booth.
For sure a very interesting day, with a strong indication that openkapow is filling a huge need out there.