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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Varien, the Magento Company, and Lyons Consulting Group today announced the launch of an alliance with the goal of fostering education and market awareness around the Magento open-source eCommerce solution. The alliance will kick-off with an educational webinar titled "Open Source: Hype vs. Reality" featuring Roy Rubin, CEO of Varien, the Magento Company and Jamie Kail, Director of eCommerce Services of Lyons Consulting Group. "eCommerce Retailers are demanding platforms that drive innovation and provide value and we have been seeing Magento Enterprise deployments by mid-market retailers steadily increase every day," said Rubin. "While open source solutions have penetrated and achieved widespread adoption, many still question whether an open source eCommerce platform can provide innovative capabilities for their business. Mag... (more)

2Wire Selects WANdisco’s JIRA MultiSite for Performance and Scalability

WANdisco, a leading provider of infrastructure software for replication, scalability and high availability, today announced that 2Wire, a leading broadband solutions provider has selected WANdisco’s JIRA MultiSite to enable JIRA to perform and scale across its globally distributed development and technical support organizations, without any downtime. JIRA MultiSite is based on Atlassian’s JIRA, the popular issue tracking, bug tracking and project management solution used by more than 11,000 organizations worldwide, including many of the Fortune Global 1000. “WANdisco’s technology provides enterprise-class performance, scalability and availability that allows our multiple US and offshore product and support groups to access JIRA and share information in real-time, without any downtime,” said Steve Allen, Senior Director of Software and Applications at 2Wire. “We use... (more)

TranSwitch's Atlanta 2000(TM) LTE Gateway Solution Successfully Completes Voice-over-LTE Testing Over Verizon's 4G LTE Development Network

SHELTON, CT -- (Marketwire) -- 02/13/12 -- TranSwitch Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions in the rapidly growing consumer electronics and telecommunications markets, today announced that its Atlanta 2000™ LTE Gateway reference design has successfully completed testing over the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE * (Long Term Evolution) development network. In addition to validating operability of the TranSwitch reference design on the 4G LTE network, the testing confirmed the Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) capability of the design, a step that can lead to the development and implementation of products incorporating this new technology. The testing occurred at Verizon's LTE Innovation Center in Waltham, Mass. Verizon's Innovation Program fosters development of new products, services and enablers for 4G LTE, and TranSwitch worked closely with Verizon ... (more)

Digital Chocolate Releases Two Popular Titles into the Android Market with AllJoyn Peer-to-Peer Technology

Digital Chocolate Inc., a leader in cross-platform social games, announced today the release of two premium games into the Android Market that feature ad hoc, proximity-based multiplayer capability based on AllJoyn™ peer-to-peer technology. AllJoyn is an open-source, radio-agnostic application development framework, developed by Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, which enables seamless, proximity-based peer-to-peer networking. Digital Chocolate has combined its wide technological expertise and award-winning hit franchises, such as Tower Bloxx™ and Rollercoaster Rush™, to create new social gaming experiences that enable connecting with others nearby via WiFi or BlueTooth. The games that Digital Chocolate released today with AllJoyn peer-to-peer technology are: 3D Rollercoaster Rush™: New York – based on the popular ... (more)

Equinox Holdings, Inc. Announces Date for Release of Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Financial Results and Earnings Conference Call

NEW YORK, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinox Holdings, Inc. ("Equinox") announced today that it is scheduled to release its fourth quarter and full year 2011 financial results on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. A conference call to discuss the results will be held on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. EDT. Availability of Financial Results and Conference Call Information An annual report for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the "2011 Annual Report") will be furnished pursuant to the Indenture ("Indenture") governing the 9.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (the "Notes") issued by Equinox.  Equinox will post the 2011 Annual Report on March 28, 2012 on a secure website hosted by Merrill Datasite.  Access to the financial information and conference call will be available only to the following qualified parties as set forth in the Indenture:  1) holders of the Notes, ... (more)

Clean Power Finance Recognized for Projects to Make Distributed Solar More Competitive with Grid Power

Clean Power Finance, the online marketplace for residential solar financing and leading provider of solar sales software, has been awarded two grants from the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the SunShot Initiative. The grants, announced today at the DOE’s SunShot Initiative Summit in Denver, Colo., support Clean Power Finance’s efforts to build software platforms that reduce the “soft costs” of solar to make distributed solar more competitive with traditional grid power. The first grant, for $500,000, will help Clean Power Finance build an online marketplace for operations and maintenance (O&M;) services on installed photovoltaic solar systems. The marketplace will allow interested residential solar system owners (particularly third-party financiers) to tap into a pool of service providers who can perform ongoing O&M; operations on the systems. By enabling a va... (more)

Engine Yard Announces General Availability of Node.js on Engine Yard Cloud, the Industry Leading Platform as a Service

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/21/12 -- Engine Yard, the leading Platform as a Service (PaaS), today announced the general availability of Node.js on Engine Yard Cloud. Node.js is a popular framework for building highly scalable, real-time Web applications. The framework is built on JavaScript -- the language of the browser -- to unify development of front-end and server-side architectures. Engine Yard Cloud is a commercial grade, highly configurable Platform as a Service for Ruby on Rails, PHP and now Node.js, and is optimized for building applications that scale to meet the requirements of startups to large enterprises. With the addition of Node.js to the Engine Yard Cloud supported frameworks, developers can deploy highly scalable and concurrent systems, which will expand their ability to build modern innovative applications in the cloud. "Node.js is a ... (more)

Un groupe d'utilisateurs OpenNMS indépendant a été formé ; Une conférence est prévue pour mars 2013

L'OpenNMS Foundation Europe a été créée par un groupe indépendant d'utilisateurs OpenNMS en tant qu'organisation à but non lucratif pour promouvoir la gestion réseau en général et la plate-forme de gestion réseau OpenNMS en particulier. « L'OpenNMS Foundation Europe accueille tous les utilisateurs OpenNMS au sein de la communauté OpenNMS, pas seulement ceux qui contribuent au code. Nous avons intégré ceux qui contribuent au code avec beaucoup de succès, mais si vous étiez simplement un utilisateur satisfait qui souhaitait partager avec les autres utilisateurs et apprendre d'eux, nous étions nettement moins organisés », explique Alex Finger, président de l'OpenNMS Foundation Europe. « Nous avons désormais un lieu où nous pouvons rassembler les supporters OpenNMS et disséminer nos connaissances et notre expérience du produit. Nous voulons plaidoyer pour l'open source... (more)

Design West 2013 Preview: Digia Demonstrates Powerful New Qt 5 Functionality for Embedded System Developers

At Design West (Booth #1346) Digia will be showing several applications of the recently announced Qt 5 cross-platform application and user interface (UI) development framework that are specifically targeted at creators of embedded systems. Demonstrations on a variety of hardware platforms and operating systems – including Freescale i.MX6, Embedded Linux, QNX Neutrino, Android and Windows – will reveal the power and versatility of Qt 5 and how it can be used to create native applications that are easily portable to other platforms. A prototype port of Qt 5 to iOS will also be shown. Qt is developed and maintained by Digia and the Qt Project under an open governance model. It enables developers to realise applications and companies to create their own software ecosystems fast. Qt enables the creation of the type of rich graphics and smooth animations that users incre... (more)

Volt Vanguard Fame! Fortune! Face Time! Contest Invites Big Data Application Developers to Make Their Dreams a Reality

BILLERICA, Mass., June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VoltDB announced today that registration is open for the Volt Vanguard Fame! Fortune! Face Time! Contest. VoltDB is challenging developers to bring their most ground-breaking Big Data applications to life using its community version of the fastest, in-memory database on the planet. The company will accept entries for the contest through December 31, 2013. The winner will be selected by January 31, 2014. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121204/MM24267LOGO) Contest details are as follows: Register here to download VoltDB and enter the contest Submit your entry, along with a brief description, to [email protected]   All participants who submit an app will receive a "Stonebraker Superfan" T-shirt The grand prize for the most innovative app will include: Fame!: Global promotion for you and your app Fortune!: $10,... (more)

Rogue Wave Software Acquires Enterprise Open Source Vendor OpenLogic(R)

BOULDER, CO -- (Marketwired) -- 08/22/13 -- Rogue Wave Software announced today that it has acquired OpenLogic, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based open source software management solutions, support, and consulting. Broomfield, Colorado-based OpenLogic offers a platform, OpenLogic Exchange (OLEX), which enables software development teams to leverage the breadth and innovation of open source software. In an effort to get higher-quality applications to market more quickly, developers increasingly combine their own custom code with both commercial frameworks and open source packages. The combination of Rogue Wave and OpenLogic creates an unparalleled partner for developers, enabling them to write better code, faster. "Rogue Wave has a rich history of providing market-leading commercial frameworks and tools used by developers to build world-class applications," s... (more)

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Bill Schmarzo, author of "Big Data: Understanding How Data Powers Big Business" and "Big Data MBA: Driving Business Strategies with Data Science," is responsible for setting the strategy and defining the Big Data service offerings and capabilities for EMC Global Services Big Data Practice. As the CTO for the Big Data Practice, he is responsible for working with organizations to help them identify where and how to start their big data journeys. He's written several white papers, is an avid blogge...
Nicolas Fierro is CEO of MIMIR Blockchain Solutions. He is a programmer, technologist, and operations dev who has worked with Ethereum and blockchain since 2014. His knowledge in blockchain dates to when he performed dev ops services to the Ethereum Foundation as one the privileged few developers to work with the original core team in Switzerland.
René Bostic is the Technical VP of the IBM Cloud Unit in North America. Enjoying her career with IBM during the modern millennial technological era, she is an expert in cloud computing, DevOps and emerging cloud technologies such as Blockchain. Her strengths and core competencies include a proven record of accomplishments in consensus building at all levels to assess, plan, and implement enterprise and cloud computing solutions. René is a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and a m...
Andrew Keys is Co-Founder of ConsenSys Enterprise. He comes to ConsenSys Enterprise with capital markets, technology and entrepreneurial experience. Previously, he worked for UBS investment bank in equities analysis. Later, he was responsible for the creation and distribution of life settlement products to hedge funds and investment banks. After, he co-founded a revenue cycle management company where he learned about Bitcoin and eventually Ethereal. Andrew's role at ConsenSys Enterprise is a mul...
In his general session at 19th Cloud Expo, Manish Dixit, VP of Product and Engineering at Dice, discussed how Dice leverages data insights and tools to help both tech professionals and recruiters better understand how skills relate to each other and which skills are in high demand using interactive visualizations and salary indicator tools to maximize earning potential. Manish Dixit is VP of Product and Engineering at Dice. As the leader of the Product, Engineering and Data Sciences team at D...
Dynatrace is an application performance management software company with products for the information technology departments and digital business owners of medium and large businesses. Building the Future of Monitoring with Artificial Intelligence. Today we can collect lots and lots of performance data. We build beautiful dashboards and even have fancy query languages to access and transform the data. Still performance data is a secret language only a couple of people understand. The more busine...
Whenever a new technology hits the high points of hype, everyone starts talking about it like it will solve all their business problems. Blockchain is one of those technologies. According to Gartner's latest report on the hype cycle of emerging technologies, blockchain has just passed the peak of their hype cycle curve. If you read the news articles about it, one would think it has taken over the technology world. No disruptive technology is without its challenges and potential impediments t...
If a machine can invent, does this mean the end of the patent system as we know it? The patent system, both in the US and Europe, allows companies to protect their inventions and helps foster innovation. However, Artificial Intelligence (AI) could be set to disrupt the patent system as we know it. This talk will examine how AI may change the patent landscape in the years to come. Furthermore, ways in which companies can best protect their AI related inventions will be examined from both a US and...
Bill Schmarzo, Tech Chair of "Big Data | Analytics" of upcoming CloudEXPO | DXWorldEXPO New York (November 12-13, 2018, New York City) today announced the outline and schedule of the track. "The track has been designed in experience/degree order," said Schmarzo. "So, that folks who attend the entire track can leave the conference with some of the skills necessary to get their work done when they get back to their offices. It actually ties back to some work that I'm doing at the University of San...
When talking IoT we often focus on the devices, the sensors, the hardware itself. The new smart appliances, the new smart or self-driving cars (which are amalgamations of many ‘things'). When we are looking at the world of IoT, we should take a step back, look at the big picture. What value are these devices providing. IoT is not about the devices, its about the data consumed and generated. The devices are tools, mechanisms, conduits. This paper discusses the considerations when dealing with the...