Publishing company BvDEP announced the release of an electronic version of the Le Petit Robert dictionary. The new version is multiplatform, available on PC, Mac, and Internet. Laurent Catach, Director of Electronic Publications at Dictionnaires le Robert: "BvDEP is the privileged partner for companies or organisations for the development and implementation of databases, of IT development en electronic publishing, like is the case for the catalogue of all on line products and on CD-ROM of Dictionnaires Le Robert since 15 years. It is thanks to the technological support of BvDEP that Le Robert could design and develop ambitious products, recognized for their strong added value and a great ease of use, for consumers, education and companies." This new version contains enhanced but simple to use and efficient researched tools, several articles display possibilities and a... (more)

AjaxCFC Reaches 1.0

Good news for ColdFusion developers: ajaxCFC has reached 1.0. After about a year of development, the popular ColdFusion-AJAX library has just announced the reach of a major milestone. AjaxCFC is a ColdFusion framework meant to speed up AJAX application development and deployment by providing developers seamless integration between JavaScript and ColdFusion, and providing built-in functions, such as security and debugging, to quickly adapt to any type of environment and helping to overcome cross-browser compatibility problems. Rob Gonda, creator of AjaxCFC has been an active member of the AJAX community, speaking at various engagements including the first "Real-World AJAX" Seminar, headed the AJAX Developer's Journal, and contributed the Real-World AJAX Book. Along with the launch of this milestone, Rob announced that the project would be hosted now at RIAForge, home f... (more)

mobilkom austria group Speeds Entry Into Emerging Markets Using TIBCO SOA

TIBCO announced that mobilkom austria group (mag) set a new benchmark for the mobile phone sector, establishing mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) covering Serbia and Macedonia in just six months using an enterprise service bus based on TIBCO software. The previously unheard-of timescales were made possible through the use of standardized functionality from back-office mag billing and CRM systems, located in different parts of Europe, that were reused for the new MVNOs. "TIBCO clearly demonstrated that they understand our business needs, which is important when you are trying to do something on the scale that we are," said Dipl.-Ing. Christian Ladstatter, Head of Enterprise architecture at mobilkom austria, currently deputy IT at mdc in Belarus. "TIBCO was chosen because of its credentials and industry experience as a technology provider to the telco sector." ... (more)

GWT 1.5 Includes Decent-Looking CSS Themes

Dietrich Kappe's "Agile Ajax" Blog One of the welcome developments in GWT 1.5 was the inclusion of some decent looking CSS themes -- standard. chrome and dark. How can you use them in your GWT app? Just include one of the following lines in your apps .xml file:     You can see them in action in the ShowCase application. For those of you without the patience to kick start the app, here are some screenshots of the new themes: ... (more)

My Demo on MSDN

Microsoft's Channel 9 web site is putting up demos like mine on Looking at Server Controls with ASP.Net 2.0 (with an AJAX demo) and I must say it is a cool idea.  They are like video blog posts.  Duane Laflotte also posted like 3 of them on subjects Exploring the Crypto API in .Net.  I hope they keep it up and many more people contribute.  If they do we will need a really good way to seach. My spot was a quick walk through of a control that is part of a session I am delivering at TechEd Hong Kong next week.  I gave the presentation at Code Camp 4 and Thom Robbins accosted me to record it. ... (more)

In 2014 Big Data Investments Will Account for Nearly $30 Billion - Eventually Accounting for $76 Billion by 2020 End

DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

AdmitOne Security Unveils AdmitOne Authentication Suite

AdmitOne Security (formerly BioPassword), the leading innovator of risk-based authentication software for preventing the fraudulent use of digital identities, today announced the availability of the AdmitOne Authentication Suite. The Suite delivers the most cost-effective multi-factor authentication solution that reduces enterprise risk while preserving the online experience. Through the strength of its factors for verifying a user over the Web, the AdmitOne Authentication Suite provides the benefit of a familiar user experience with unmatched fraud prevention. Fraudulent use of digital identities has become a major risk for any organization. Financial institutions were the target of 92 percent of phishing attacks in December of 2007. Given the high profile of financial websites, it is not surprising that online attacks against banking organizations have soared 81 ... (more)

EveryZing is Now RAMP: Company Announces New Content Optimization Platform for Media Publishing

EveryZing, a leader in universal search and publishing solutions for dynamic web publishing, announced today the that it has launched the next generation of its award-winning RAMP platform that integrates the company’s growing portfolio of Content Optimization solutions used by the largest media companies, broadcasters and content publishers across the Web. Accompanying the launch of the new platform, the company has also renamed and rebranded itself as RAMP Inc. “Over the past three years of the company’s history, we’ve continued to build our core technologies for solutions to grow audience and revenue for online audio, video, text and images for the best known brands in television, media and publishing,” said Tom Wilde, CEO of RAMP. “Given that our existing capabilities are already deployed in scale and proven in the field, RAMP is the industry’s most advanced Co... (more)

Infragistics Kicks Off Silverlight Training Courses

PRINCETON, N.J. and ELSTREE, England, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Infragistics, the world leader in user interface (UI) development tools and experts in User Experience, today announced Silverlight Training Courses designed to educate developers on how to leverage Silverlight to build and design Rich Internet Applications (RIA). "Infragistics continues to help and support developers through this new technology shift by educating them on this new XAML platform while giving them the tools they need to design UIs with the best user experience," said Ed Saunders, Vice President of Services at Infragistics. "By the end of our Silverlight course, developers will have the skills and applied knowledge needed to create next generation RIAs." The new training kicks off with two courses: a 2-day Silverlight Boot Camp by Infragistics that covers the basic concepts up through mo... (more)

Bamboudesign(TM) Mobile Application Design and Development Solutions Now Available for the iPhone, iPad, and Other Mobile Platforms

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Bamboudesign, a mobile user-interface design and application development startup, founded and self-funded by Marine Leroux, today announced the launch of its high-end mobile application design and development solutions for advertisers, corporations and the entertainment industry. Bamboudesign's mobile solutions for the iPhone, iPad, Android, and other mobile platforms enable customers to increase brand affinity, awareness, product sales, and overall consumer engagement through intelligent mobile user interfaces that drive consumer interactivity. The company's approach includes strategy, design, and development that put the user at the center of the project to create smart applications. With 3 billion downloads and 140,000 apps in the App Store, standing out is every app's challenge. According to Forrester Research, most ap... (more)

NetNewsWire App for iPad Now Available

DENVER, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- NewsGator today announced its NetNewsWire App for iPad is now available on the App Store. The award-winning feed reader has been fully re-engineered to take advantage of iPad's bigger screen real estate and fast processing power. The app enables users to automatically capture blog posts, podcasts and other syndicated content from providers across the Web. It puts this content in a single, intuitive interface for anytime anywhere consumption. The NetNewsWire App for iPad includes a new split-screen view that shows subscriptions on one side, with articles and Web pages on the other. The app is similar to the desktop version of NetNewsWire but re-imagined for Multi-Touch navigation and the iPad's stunning display. "We could have simply repackaged our iPhone app, but we recognized the value in re-designing NetNewsWire from the ground ... (more)