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Tweet Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the Elastic Beanstalk beta, a way to automatically handle the deployment details of capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto-scaling, and application health monitoring. There is no charge for Beanstalk and it is initially meant for those familiar with the Apache Tomcat software stack. Elastic Beanstalk developers retain full control over […]
Tweet Facebook has launched a branded mobile app for feature phones with the help of mobile software maker Snaptu. The app will allow users of feature phones — which are generally cheaper than smartphones — to access Facebook on the go. This could help the social network grow in emerging markets, where many people use […]
Tweet SOURCE: MuleSoft MuleSoft has debuted an upgrade to its open-source enterprise service bus software with new capabilities that make it easier to integrate on-premise applications and data with cloud-based Web applications. The new Mule ESB 3.1 also provides a management console with capabilities based on the DevOps movement to develop a common set of […]
Tweet Progress Software Corporation has announced that Skyward, Inc. has selected the Progress OpenEdge BPM platform to develop its Workflow Manager product. The Skyward Workflow Manager will provide end-users with tools and a number of easy-to-use templates that they can customize to support their own workflows processes. Read More
Tweet SOURCE: BonitaSoft It’s been almost a year since Bonita Open Solution 5.0 was released! To celebrate this – and after months of hard work – we will be releasing a new version of our BPM suite, Bonita Open Solution 5.4 on January 27. For this occasion, we will organize our quarterly BonitaDay webcast to […]
Tweet SOURCE: Vordel Vordel, a provider of fast, safe, connectivity for SOA and Cloud services, today announced the launch of a series of complimentary practical workshops focused on security, performance and governance for SOA architectures. The series of workshops being hosted at Vordel’s Parisian offices, are dedicated interactive sessions for end-user organizations in the French, […]
Tweet Days after giving app developers the ability to learn users’ home addresses and cellphone numbers, Facebook has decided to put the feature on hold in order to improve it for a later redeployment. When the feature was first implemented Friday, the social network said it would enable various new app functions in fields like […]
Tweet SOURCE: Progress Software Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), a leading software provider that enables enterprises to be operationally responsive, today recognized leading independent software vendors (ISVs) from around the world, who build their applications using the award-winning Progress technology. Software vendors are recognized across eight distinct categories, for their outstanding dedication to building innovative […]
Tweet SOURCE: CCJ AuraPortal, a global provider of business process management software, announced that the company, along with its customer ArcelorMittal Foundation, has been named the Silver Winners for the 2010 Global Awards for Excellence in Business Process Management and Workflow. Now in its 18th year, the industry award recognizes end-user organizations that have demonstrated […]
Tweet SOURCE: AuraPortal AuraPortal, a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, recently announced a new strategic partnership with Blueciate, based in Jersey City, New Jersey to sell and support the AuraPortal BPMS solution in the U.S. market. Blueciate provides business process improvement and information management solutions to technology forward organizations. The partnership will […]
Tweet It’s been a long time coming, but IPv6 will soon go live — for a day. Several Internet technology leaders are joining with the Internet Society to get some real Web-world experience using the new protocol this June. “By providing an opportunity for the Internet industry to collaborate to test IPv6 readiness, we expect […]
Tweet SOURCE: Epicor Software Marshall Aerospace has selected the Epicor 9 next-generation enterprise resource planning, or ERP, solution from Epicor Software Corporation, to underpin its business as part of a multi-phase change management project to transform the organisation’s core business processes. Epicor will take over all human resource functions, purchasing, inventory, warehousing, sales processing, project […]
Tweet I’m having trouble getting my 9-year-old to brush his teeth. I’ve explained why it’s important and so has our dentist. He gets it. But as a kid who doesn’t like routine and resists anything he finds boring, he doesn’t want to take the time to do it. When he does brush, he spends about […]
Tweet It doesn’t make sense to blame a specific item posted on any social media site for causing someone to commit a crime. I do think, however, that we all should take stock of the words we use — and how we use them — when making our posts. While we are becoming more comfortable […]
Tweet A hacker claims he’s used Amazon’s cloud services to bust open SHA-1, a wireless network security standard, and he says he’ll be demonstrating his process at an upcoming Black Hat get-together. Malicious hackers could quickly set up brute-force attack systems using the cloud, but critics say real-world password cracks might not come so easily. […]
Tweet SOURCE: Axway Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, announced today that EuroTitrisation, a leading French business lender, has selected Axway’s File Transfer Direct to safeguard financial and corporate data as it moves inside and outside of their organization. With the solution, EuroTitrisation has optimized the efficiency of its ad hoc managed file transfer (MFT) […]
Tweet The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Timesys Corporation is its newest member. Timesys has been providing Linux offerings for more than 15 years and was one of the first companies to market with an open source, commercial-grade, embedded Linux development framework (LinuxLink). Timesys is […]
Tweet SOURCE: WSO2 Continued economic gains in 2011 will accelerate demand for an agile IT infrastructure that enables enterprises to more rapidly and intelligently introduce new products, develop new channels, and respond to evolving market conditions. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) practices and concepts have proven successful in addressing these requirements — tying new systems, legacy systems, […]
Tweet Intel is whetting appetites for speedier data transfer speeds with a version of its anticipated Light Peak technology that’s missing one crucial ingredient: the fiber optics. The company has decided to introduce Light Peak to the market with copper instead, while it continues to develop the opto-electronics needed to make it truly blazing fast. […]
Tweet SOURCE: Pegasystems Pegasystems (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leader in business process management (BPM) solutions, today announced the release of its Pega Cloud for CRM offering to meet the increased demands that today’s organizations have for implementing their customer service initiatives on the cloud. With Pega Cloud for CRM, customer service organizations can take advantage of Pegasystems’ […]
Tweet Think you know all there is to know about Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its cloud computing strategy? Think again. AWS says there are several underrated features, or “unsung secrets,” many users and observers do not necessarily know about. Since Amazon Web Services launched in 2006, the company has worked to continuously provide customers […]
Tweet The operating systems of media tablets are scaled-up versions of smartphone OSes, so security apps for one should work for the other. Given that we’ve already seen some malware created for the iPhone and for Android phones, and that security vendors expect more mobile malware to emerge this year, shouldn’t they be scrambling to […]
Tweet Attendees at Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s CES keynote address didn’t catch a glimpse of many up-and-coming tablets. However, they did learn of the company’s plans to make Windows 8 compatible with chips that use ARM architecture. Making Windows able to accommodate a wider variety of chips will put the OS on a greater variety […]
Tweet Recently I’ve noticed a strong vein of concern in the tech press about IntelInsider. The part that really seemed to draw a reaction was the very mention of that most foul of terms — “DRM.” From what Intel explained at CES, though, the DRM contained in its Sandy Bridge chips is only going to […]
Tweet SOURCE: SiliconIndia For many years Open Source ERP has been quietly maturing. With a large following from impartial sites like SourceForge.net and Open Source ERP Guru as well as the sites sponsored by Open Source ERP integrators and commercial Open Source companies, the information and collaboration is remarkable. The key to ERP is maturity […]
Tweet Novell could remain a public company for a bit longer than first anticipated. In November, privately held software vendor Attachmate announced its intention to acquire Novell (NASDAQ: NOVL) for $2.2 billion. Part of the Novell acquisition involves another deal with a group called CPTN Holdings, which is set to acquire 882 Novell patents for […]
Tweet Facebook was the most popular Website and most searched term in 2010, according to HitWise. Facebook’s connections and the increase in time spent with them are of bigger concern for Google. HitWise delivered another red flag to Internet giant Google when it reported Dec. 29 that Facebook was easily the most visited Website and […]
Tweet SOURCE: info360 For four days in March, the Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be the gathering place for thousands of technology professionals who are changing the way workers create, manage, share and consume information at the info360. This extensive conference and trade show will offer many great ways to share in the conversation about […]
Tweet The social channel, or social media, is rapidly becoming a vital business tool, enabling firms to listen, reach out and interact with their customers and prospects, while developing and protecting their brands and gaining business intelligence. Every strategy, including marketing, sales and service, and CRM, are acquiring a social dimension. Most customers are ultimately […]
Tweet Yesterday Amazon Web Services sent out a promotional email titled “Amazon Web Services Year in Review.” Understandably, the email didn’t mention one of the biggest AWS stories of the year: the company’s decision to remove the WikiLeaks website from its servers. Dave Winer noticed something else of note in the email: a paragraph about […]
