ELC Technologies Releases ELC Core Rails Library to Reduce Development Time and Costs for Enterprise Applications
ELC Technologies, a global Ruby on Rails software development firm, has unveiled ELC Core, a comprehensive software library and toolset that provides a robust, extensible framework for next-generation Web and enterprise application development. The ELC Core library draws from hundreds of custom software applications created by the ELC Technologies development team for Global 2000 companies. Each of the software building blocks included in the ELC Core library is the result of field-proven software developed using Ruby on Rails, Java and other leading platforms, and tested using ELC’s software development practices.
The ELC Core library consists of individual software components that can be assembled to create different types of extensible, next-generation enterprise and social networking applications. These components enable different types of Web and enterprise functions, such as account management and administration, e-commerce, multimedia, messaging, internationalization and localization, Web 2.0, social networking and workflow management. By assembling these code elements into a single toolset, ELC is offering customers an off-the-shelf application framework that dramatically reduces development time while creating an extensible application platform that is easy to build on and maintain.
Bungee Labs to Offer Federated Hosting for PaaS
Bungee Labs has announced federated hosting to expand adoption of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) among enterprises and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers. Organizations developing highly interactive applications on the Bungee Connect PaaS can now elect to host those applications on self-managed infrastructure running the new Bungee Application Server, or on the multi-tenant Bungee Grid at datacenters in the US, Europe and on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.
Organizations using Bungee Connect to develop and deploy applications can request that their application be hosted on the multi-tenant Bungee Grid on Bungee-managed servers in the US, Europe and Amazon EC2. Beginning in June, organizations will be able to self-designate the hosting location from within their online Bungee Connect development and management account.
As a live, interactive example, Bungee Labs has deployed the WideLens reference application on the Bungee Grid at Amazon EC2. WideLens is a free personal calendaring application demonstrating the interactivity and integration capabilities of the Bungee Connect PaaS, WideLens includes connectivity with Google Calendar, Microsoft Exchange, iCalendar feeds, Facebook and Salesforce.com.
Beginning in June, organizations will be able to self-designate the hosting location for their Bungee-powered applications from within their online Bungee Connect development and management account. Additionally, organizations participating in the Bungee Connect Early Adopter Program will have the ability to download the Bungee Application Server containing a complete, single instance of the Bungee Run-time Software for hosting their Bungee-powered applications within their own infrastructure. These VMware-based software appliances operate as a single, complete management and delivery server, and as a management hub for additional Bungee Application Servers when multi-server scalability is required.
Microsoft Reports Record Third-Quarter Revenue
Microsoft Corp. has released third-quarter revenue, operating income and diluted earnings per share of $14.45 billion, $4.41 billion and $0.47, respectively.
"Our third-quarter results demonstrate the benefit of our diversified business model," said Chris Liddell, CFO of Microsoft. "Our broad span across geographies, product categories and customer segments is a tremendous asset and supports our outlook for double-digit revenue, operating income and earnings per share growth for this fiscal year and also for fiscal year 2009."
"The breadth of our product offerings and our ability to provide solutions across a range of customer and partner needs paid off again this quarter. The third quarter also kicked off the largest enterprise platform launch in our company history, which highlights Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008," said Kevin Turner, COO of Microsoft. "These new products strengthen our ability to help business customers and partners save money, optimize their people, processes and technology, and position IT as a strategic asset for their businesses."
Microsoft management offers the following guidance for the quarter ending June 30, 2008:
• Revenue is expected to be in the range of $15.5 billion to $15.8 billion.
• Operating income is expected to be in the range of $5.8 billion to $6.2 billion.
• Diluted earnings per share are expected to be in the range of $0.45 to $0.48.
McAfee, Inc. Announces Exclusive Partnership with Acer, Inc.
McAfee, Inc.has signed a multi-year worldwide partnership with Acer, Inc. to provide McAfee Internet Security Suite with SiteAdvisor for Acer's consumer customers. Acer computers will ship with the McAfee software suite, starting in Q2 2008 and support more than 28 languages.
"McAfee delivers security solutions for consumers on the PC, Web and Mobile platforms, and we are very excited to add Acer to our list of global partners," said Todd Gebhart, senior vice president and general manager, McAfee Consumer, Mobile and Small Business. "One recent study showed that a consumer's chance of being a cybercrime victim is about one in four. By delivering proactive security protection at the time of purchase, Acer customers can use their PCs and search and surf with confidence, even getting advanced warning about Web sites that they should not visit-a level of protection not offered from any other vendor."
McAfee Internet Security Suite offers proactive online security against viruses, spyware and hackers, along with McAfee SiteAdvisor, advanced Web warning protection that clearly indicates whether a site is risky or not. In addition to integrated anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-phishing and a two-way firewall, the suite provides safeguards against online identity theft, and has anti-spam protection as well as parental controls. |
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May
May 15 - World Financial Symposiums, Boston, MA Contact www.worldfinancialsymposiums.com/content/home.php
Growth and Exit Strategies for Software and IT firms is the firm's flagship event held three times a year in Silicon Valley, Boston and London. This conference has an extensive set of advisors and faculty as well as many other executives and industry experts that it draws upon for each event. The number of speakers is between 30 to 36, and they represent the elite in their field and the most knowledgeable.
May 18-20 -- SIIA NetGain, San Francisco, Calif. Contact www.siia.net/netgain
The SIIA NetGain conference provides a unique perspective on how the software and content industries converge to enable the enterprise to access applications and content anywhere, anytime, and on any device.
May 21-22 -- CEO Bootcamp, Boston, Mass. Contact www.clevelbootcamp.com
May 30-June 1 – SIIA On-Demand, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Contact www.siia.net
World Financial Symposiums
May 15, 2008
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel
(WFS) is an international organization dedicated to educating technology leaders. It organizes and promotes forums for CEOs, CFOs, corporate investors and other deal participants for the software and IT industries, with the intent to educate and encourage deal flow among industry participants.
This is the sixth year WFS is producing these events for leaders of technology and software companies in the U.S. and Europe. The upcoming Boston event is featuring a new program – a special afternoon M&A event, where the best authorities on M&A Strategies for Software and Internet Companies will speak and network. The conference will be held on May 15, 2008 at the Renaissance Boston WaterfrontHotel in Boston, from noon to 5 pm, followed by cocktails. You won’t want to miss this outstanding afternoon event.
To register, please visit www.worldfinancialsymposiums.com
June 25-26 
Ecosystems Summit, Denver, Colo. Contact www.EcosystemsSummit.com
October 30-31 
Software Business 2008, San Francisco, Calif. Contact www.SoftwareBusinessOnline.com
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