Early Bird Registration at Cloud Expo Cloud Computing in 2010 will be a paradigm-shifting technology trend and Cloud Expo is where the Cloud change will form as the single most significant industry event as we enter a brand new decade. Since we announced Cloud Expo three years ago in 2007 and launched it in March of 2008 in New York City, I have been personally working with the companies that are in leadership positions as the Cloud technologies form. We recently presented the 4th International Cloud Computing & Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California. November 2009 - Carmen Gonzalez at the registration desk of the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California. Sponsorship and exhibitor packages in Santa Clara were priced at an estimated delegate count of 900 attendees. By the ... (more)

Functional Testing of Flex RIA with FlexMonkey 4

There are three main types of testing of any application: Unit testing, where you test small pieces of functionality Functional and user-acceptance testing where developers, QA engineers and the end user can ensure that the application does what it’s expected to do Load (or stress) testing, when you ensure that the server can process requests of the specified number of users Rich Internet applications are no different when it comes to testing.  While the load testing software is not cheap, there are affordable solutions for Flex applications that you need to know about. Flash Builder... (more)

$55 Per Hour Software Developers

Last week, a US based Flex/Flash developer who IMO belongs to the top 20% Flash developers twitted that he was contacted by a recruiter offering a contract paying $55 per hour. While $55 per hour may sound a lot in some of the developing countries, the cost of living in the USA makes this rate a joke. And we are not talking about some rookie who learn Flex last week in a classroom.  Pretty sad, isn’t it? Next day, a manager of a large corporation asked me if our company can provide them with a senior Flex/Java consultant working onsite in a greater New York area.  The rates were ... (more)

Adobe Introduces Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5

Flash Session at Cloud Expo Adobe introduced on Monday Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5, the new professional interaction design tool that allows designers to rapidly create expressive Web application interfaces and design interaction without writing code. With Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5, Flash Professional CS5 and Flash Builder 4, designers and developers will be able to collaborate and work more productively together. Full details of the announcement and a list of new features in Flash Catalyst can be found in the press release for your reference. The tools and pricing (subject to change... (more)

Jobs to Adobe: ‘Yer Stinkin’ Flash is Over-the-Hill. Get Over It.’

iPhone on Ulitzer As a diversion from its high-profile “who-knows-where-it-will-end” dogfight with Gizmodo over an errant iPhone prototype, Apple has posted a longish open letter on its web site over the signature of its CEO Steve Jobs reiterating all the reasons why Apple has no use for Adobe’s Flash technology. Steve – or his ghost writer – says Adobe mischaracterizes the Apple ban when it says it’s business-driven and only meant to protect the Apple App Store. He claims it’s technology-driven. “Flash,” he says, “was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a su... (more)