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)

Open Letter to the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad

Thursday, July 29, 2010 Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey   To the President of Syria, Mr. and Mrs. Bashar al-Assad Mr. and Mrs. President Bashar al-Assad: At the tender age of 17 months my severely ill daughter Sofia, an American citizen, was abducted by her mother on Monday, July 26, in Istanbul, Turkey, and taken to Syria. Fox News: ▸ video ▸ story I was informed yesterday by Sofia's mother that she will not be coming back to the United States nor will she allow Sofia to return home. Sofia has been diagnosed with a severe medical condition that requires immediate treatment in the United States. It was scheduled to start on July 27, 2010, in New Jersey, the day after her abduction and was supposed to last until she reaches the age of 3. Any delay in the urgently needed treatment will result in a life-long disability for Sofia and make her dependent for the whole of her a... (more)

Building a Drag-and-Drop Shopping Cart with AJAX

Keeping up with the latest Web technologies is tough nowadays. Every week it seems new sites are launched that push the envelope further and further in terms of what can be accomplished using just a Web browser. The rise of AJAX over the past several months has taken over the development world and breathed new life into the Web. Although these techniques have been possible for many years now, the maturity of Web standards like XHTML and CSS now make it a viable alternative that will be viewable by all but the oldest browsers. It's also been possible to accomplish many of the same things using Flex or Flash, but the development cycle with those applications is typically more involved and the overhead often not justified. We're going to harness the power of the Scipt.aculo.us JavaScript library to provide our interaction. As their Web site states, this library "provide... (more)

Survey: "Developers in Emerging Markets Are Embracing AJAX"

"While we see strong adoption of AJAX globally, our latest research indicates the developer community in the Emerging Markets is embracing this programming model most aggressively," stated John Andrews, President of Evans Data. Andrews will be discussing the data from this survey, entitled the "Emerging Markets Development Survey," at  AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2006, being held 2-4 October, 2006 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA.  "Given that these developers are spending a majority of their time developing Web Applications, we only see this trend continuing," Andrews added.  Over 400 developers from Eastern Europe, Brazil, China, and India contributed to the study. Brazil is breaking through the pack with 25% of developers using the technique. China has the lowest adoption rate with a little over 16%, closer to North American levels of AJAX adoption which are ... (more)

Rich Internet Applications vs AJAX: "2008 Will Be A Crucial Year"

While AJAX, as XML co-inventor Tim Bray puts it, "tries to do everything in the browser using just what the browser ships with," RIA frameworks like Adobe AIR, Microsoft Silverlight, and JavaFX aim to take developers beyond the limitations of the browser. "I'm not brave enough to predict who wins," Bray noted in a SYS-CON.com feature earlier in the year, "but I do predict that 2008 will be a crucial year; either RIAs enter the mainstream, or they start to smell like a red herring left in the sun." Bray's predictions came in the feature "Where's AJAX, SOA and Virtualization Headed in 2008?" - which also included predictions from: Joshua Allen, Microsoft; Dr Adam Kolawa, Parasoft; Eric Newcomer, IONA Technologies; Bill Roth, BEA Systems; Brad Abrams, Microsoft; Kevin Hoffman, iPhone Developer's Journal; Ian Thain, Sybase; Yakov Fain, Farata Systems. Bray is Director of ... (more)

Building Great AJAX Applications from Scratch Using ASP.NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008

Come see a no-slides, code-only presentation that starts with a blank directory and builds a data-driven, AJAX enabled, ASP.NET web application from scratch that implements common AJAX patterns with the rich set of AJAX Control Toolkit, accesses data with LINQ, and implements standards-based styling and layout using CSS and clean HTML. Learn the new features of ASP.NET 3.5 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and how they integrate together to provide the world's most productive web development experience. This talk uses the 100% free .NET Framework and Visual Studio tools, and the resulting application will work with all browsers, Safari, Firefox and, of course, IE. Register for AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo Submit Your Paper to Present a Session Sponsor AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo Speaker Bio: Brad Abrams is currently the Group Program Manager for the UI Framework... (more)

Silverlight and RIA Services: Implementing Search

Some of you likely noticed that my PDC09 demo included a stubbed out Search function that I didn’t really get to walkthrough during the talk.   I thought I’d do a blog post showing how it is done. To get started you need: Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Silverlight 4 Beta  (which includes RIA Services) You can download the completed solution as well.  and be sure to check out the full talk.     First let’s write a new method on the DomainService to return the search results.  In this case I want to return any Plates who’s name matches (grouped by Restaurant)  and any Restaurant who’s name matches.  public IQueryable SearchRestaurants(string term) {     //Find all plates that match, grouped by restaurant     var restaurantPlatesList = this.ObjectContext.Restaurants         .Where (r => r.Plates.Any (p=>p.Name.Contains(term)))         .OrderBy(k => k.ID);    ... (more)

Leading Developers and Designers to Gather at Adobe MAX 2008 in San Francisco

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a partial line-up of presenters at Adobe MAX 2008, which will be held Nov. 16-19, at Moscone West in San Francisco. Adobe MAX is the premier forum for developers, designers and business decision-makers who create and deliver rich, engaging digital experiences across mediums and devices. Joining Adobe in San Francisco will be many of the industry’s most influential and celebrated designers and developers working today, including: Leading Flash developers Eric Jordan and Tony Novak of 2Advanced Studios, an interactive design agency that creates rich media solutions for clients such as AOL, Ford Motor Company, Warner Brothers, Nintendo of America, Electronic Arts, Motorola, and O'Neill. 2Advanced Studios will participate in a MAX panel on: The Making of MAX 2008 Interactive Experience. Award-winning Big Spaceship... (more)

Phoenix Technologies(R) Puts the 'Freeze' on Unwanted Access to Laptops With New Bluetooth Proximity Lock System

Combining the power of Bluetooth technology with embedded security, Phoenix Freeze(TM) gives laptop and netbook users a proximity-based system for remote control locking and unlocking data access MILPITAS, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTEC), the leader in PC 3.0(TM) products, services and embedded technologies, today announced the availability of Phoenix Freeze(TM), a patent-pending solution for laptops and netbooks, that provides users with a convenient, always-on Bluetooth proximity system that automatically locks down a laptop whenever the user walks away from it. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070410/SFTU048LOGO) Freeze pairs a Bluetooth(R) mobile phone with the user's laptop so that the laptop immediately locks whenever the user walks away with their phone. When the user returns within a certain prox... (more)

Strategy Analytics: T-Mobile Leads German Mobile Phone Portals

The Strategy Analytics Wireless Media Lab service research report, “German Mobile Portals: Ease of Locating Content Helps T-Mobile Maintain its Lead,” shows that in terms of usability and design, consumers in Germany prefer the mobile operator portal from T-Mobile over portal offerings from E-Plus, O2, Vodafone, and non-operators MSN and WEB.DE. These findings are based on in-depth, one-on-one research sessions with participants in Köln, Germany. “This Strategy Analytics research shows that consumers preferred the overall layout of the T-Mobile portal over its competitors, particularly when locating content,” commented Chris Schreiner, Senior User Experience Analyst at Strategy Analytics. “A simple menu with clear icons and labels allowed users to find games, music, and video with ease.” Kevin Nolan, Vice President of the Strategy Analytics User Experience Practice... (more)

The Echo Nest Teams Up With Spotify

SOMERVILLE, Mass., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Spotify, the music streaming service, is partnering with The Echo Nest's music intelligence platform to help develop Spotify's playlist and music discovery functions. Spotify, one of the world's fastest-growing music streaming services, sees the partnership as an important part of its evolving recommendation system. The Echo Nest is a one-of-a-kind machine learning platform created by two MIT PhDs that listens to and reads about music all over the web to enable better music search, recommendation and interactivity. A sneak preview of a prototype Spotify playlist and discovery feature was unveiled by The Echo Nest at today's San Francisco Music Tech Summit. Jim Lucchese, CEO of The Echo Nest, said, "We're committed to powering the most engaging and intelligent online music applications. Spotify delivers an amazing user expe... (more)