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)

AJAXWorld University Announces AJAX Developer Bootcamp

MONTVALE, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/24/06 -- SYS-CON Events (www.events.sys-con.com) announced today that the first international "AJAXWorld(TM) Conference & Expo" (www.ajaxworldexpo.com), taking place on October 3-4, 2006, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, California, will offer AJAXWorld University - Developer Bootcamp program. The AJAX Developer Bootcamp will take place on Monday, October 2, 2006, one day before the conference opens. Early bird registration for the AJAX Developer Bootcamp opened today at the AJAXWorld Conference Website: https://www3.sys-con.com/oct06/registernew.cfm AJAXWorld University's AJAX Developer Bootcamp is an intensive, one-day, hands-on training program that will teach Web developers and designers how to build high-quality AJAX applications from beginning to end. Available as part of or separately from the AJAXWorld Conference & Ex... (more)

Rich Internet Applications - State of the Union

[This prescient article first appeared on SYS-CON.com nearly 12 months ago.] We are entering an era of Rich Internet Applications (RIA),  and many enterprise development managers are facing the dilemma - which way to go - remain with  tried and true Java or .Net technologies or less known yet AJAX, Flex, OpenLaszlo or a number of other vendors.  This article is an attempt to give a brief overview of what's out there on the RIA market. Historically there have been major shifts in the software industry. We moved from mainframes with dumb terminals to client/server. Users gained in convenience and productivity, and mainframe systems were patronizingly labeled as legacy. With the availability of the World Wide Web industry visionaries turned the tables: vendors and corporate IT had been eager to get rid of the complexity of client/server version management and technologist... (more)

i-Technology 2008 Predictions: Where's RIAs, AJAX, SOA and Virtualization Headed in 2008?

2007 was undoubtedly the year of Social Networking, but what of 2008? Will '08 be the year of "Unified Communications" or the year when CMS comes to stand for "Community Management System" - or even "Collaboration Management System"? Or will it be the year of a giga-merger, to beat the mere mega-mergers of 2007? As usual at the end of each year, SYS-CON has been informally polling its globe-girdling network of software developers, industry executives, commentators, investors, writers, and editors. As always, the range and depth of their answers is fascinating, throwing light not just on where the industry is going but also how it's going to get there, why, because of who, within what kind of time-scale. Enjoy! RIAs versus AJAX . Ruby on Rails . PHP . Facebook Competitors  TIM BRAY Director of Web Technologies, Sun Tim Bray managed the Oxford English Dictionary projec... (more)

Bytes by MSDN: Brad Abrams Interview with Billy Hollis: Silverlight 4, RIA Services and VS2010

Bytes by MSDN is doing a bunch of really interesting interviews with folks behind the technology.   In this interview I talked to Billy Hollis about Silverlight 4, RIA Services and VS2010. Tune in with Brad Abrams and Billy Hollis as they discuss the latest Silverlight 4 release and the exciting new features and functionalities now available. Video Downloads WMV (Zip) | WMV | iPod | MP4 | 3GP | Zune | PSP Audio Downloads AAC | WMA | MP2 | MP3 | MP4         Enjoy! ... (more)

Telmap integrates South Africa’s Eat Out restaurant guide into the Telmap Mobile Location Companion

Partners with New Media for new ultra-local content LONDON, 7 June, 2012 - Telmap, pioneers in mobile location-based services, announced today a partnership with New Media, for the integration of its Eat Out brand, the most definitive, credible restaurant guide of South Africa into the Telmap Mobile Location Companion. Eat Out is accessible via a variety of media channels. At the centre of the brand is the website, supported by a weekly e-newsletter, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, an annual glossy magazine and the much-anticipated Eat Out Restaurant Awards held in November of each year. The website lists over 3,500 restaurants in cities and towns in all nine provinces. Users of the Telmap powered Cell C Xplorer are now able to enjoy Eat Out content on Blackberry devices for free with Android device availability already in the pipeline. Users can access Eat Out informa... (more)

Procera Networks Extends WiFi Network Management Market Presence at Burlington International Airport (BTV)

LOS GATOS, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/11/07 -- Procera® Networks, Inc. (OTCBB: PRNW), a pioneering developer of intelligent network traffic and service management infrastructure equipment, and Summit Technologies, announced that Burlington International Airport has deployed Procera's PacketLogic to manage, optimize and secure their newly deployed public WiFi Network. PacketLogic was installed and will be managed by Summit, a leading wireless solution provider that has deployed multiple enterprise wireless LANs and hotspot implementations throughout the New England Area. The Burlington International Airport (BTV) offers free, guest-accessible, WiFi Internet access as a complimentary service to travelers passing throughout BTV's newly expanded $28 million facility. "A major objective for the development committee was to offer world-class services for travelers at the ... (more)

Adobe Reveals 2009 Design Achievement Award Winners

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the winners of the ninth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA), recognized as one of the world’s most prestigious student design and film competitions. The awards, which took place at the Icograda World Design Congress 2009 in Beijing, honor the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from renowned higher education institutions around the globe. This year the program received a record-breaking number of submissions totaling more than 3,300 from students in 37 countries. “The Adobe Design Achievement Awards provides students worldwide with the opportunity to express their enormous creativity and showcase their work among some of the world’s top designers,” said Ann Lewnes, senior vice president of... (more)

The 2010 Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup Event Announces Neil Howe as Keynote Speaker & AllDorm as Anchor Sponsor

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Ypulse, the leading authority on tween, teen, college and young adults today announced that Neil Howe, President, LifeCourse Associates and the author that coined the term "The Millennial Generation," will open the 4th annual Ypulse Youth Marketing Mashup event May 24-25 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. Additionally, the anchor sponsor for this year's event is AllDorm, one of America's largest youth marketing agencies. "We're incredibly excited to have Neil Howe join us this year to share his insights into the generational undercurrents that affect the messages and media used to communicate with youth," said Anastasia Goodstein, Ypulse's founder. "This year's agenda is shaping up to be one of our most exciting to date, full of practical information and takeaways youth brand managers, media and non-profit professionals can i... (more)

DICOTA Expands Portfolio of Carry Solutions to Support Growing Variety of Mobile Devices

LAS VEGAS, January 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading carry solutions brand, DICOTA, is expanding its portfolio of design-conscious and functional carry solutions that are set to enhance user experience for a growing range of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptop computers. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/52182-dicota  "At DICOTA we are supporting the expanding range of mobile devices from top manufacturers such as Apple, RIM and Sony Ericsson with high-quality standout carry solutions that greatly improve customer experience of such devices," comments Endre Kadas, Director Mobile Solutions DICOTA. DICOTA partners with major mobile device manufacturers to ensure DICOTA accessories are quick to market and are in-store to coincide with product launches. DICOTA products also feature unique design characteristic... (more)

Formstack and Constant Contact Launch First-Of-Its-Kind Online Form and Email Marketing Integration

Formstack, the leader of online form building, and Constant Contact®, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTCT), the trusted marketing advisor to more than half a million small organizations worldwide, have launched an in-product integration, enabling Constant Contact users to create and insert online forms directly into their email marketing campaigns to collect more orders, donations, and customer data from their campaigns. Built on the Constant Contact AppConnect in-product APIs, the integration provides a seamless user experience from within Constant Contact’s Email Marketing editor. As part of this partnership, Formstack will provide Constant Contact users with a free, limited Formstack account, allowing them to create up to three professional-looking forms to be used for an unlimited amount of time. Through Formstack’s guided, step-by-step process users can select from the followi... (more)