Yep it's true, Presto on the Cloud is here!  I admit, at first glance, it might appear that all we're doing is trying to ‘Keep up with the Joneses’.  But look a little further and you'll find much, much more. It's a great opportunity for all mashers to truly kickstart their mashup efforts.  Let me tell you what I mean.

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Here's how my boss put it, "We took Presto and we've fused it together with 3 very important things: the cloud, a community, and tons of content.  In other words, we put Presto in a hosted environment (Amazon's EC2), then connected it to the Mashup Developer Community (with thousands of mashers worldwide), and finally we seeded the Presto Cloud with over 250 enterprise data sources and services (to jump start your mashing)".

The day of the ‘lone coder’ is over, at least in the world of mashups.  Presto, combined with the virtual nature of the cloud and an entire community focused on building out shared solutions, gives us the chance to truly change the face of enterprise development.

Dan Hudson was one of the cloud beta testers. (He also created the ‘Haiti Crisis Communication Dashboard’.)  Leveraging Presto Cloud, Dan has been able to quickly demonstrate how multiple data sources can be mashed together to create an actionable view of information. His dashboard was just the start of what we can build together. By Dan sharing all of his Haiti mashups with the entire Mashup Developer Community, we’re all able to become part of his mission. Visit the Mashup Wall, to view and interact with his work.

So, how do you start mashing in the cloud? All of our community members have been given a Presto Cloud account. Simply visit the Presto Cloud login page, enter your MDC username and password and start mashing in seconds. And remember don't forget to share your mashups with fellow community members because who knows, you might share the same mashup thoughts.

For more details on the Presto Cloud, read our FAQ or watch the 5 minute Welcome Video.  Get your head in the cloud!

 - Jessica Agunsday
jessica.agunsday [at] jackbe.com