HTML 5 is making some things easier to use. The first is the DOCTYPE. Located at the top of a Web page before the opening BODY tag, the DOCTYPE describes the syntax for the page. The roots for the DOCTYPE lie in SGML. Bearing this in mind, all DOCTYPES for HTML 4 and XHTML require a DTD (Document Type Definition) to describe the content. This is all gone in HTML 5. Now, all you have to do to declare that you are using HTML 5 as your DOCTYPE is add the following to the root of your Web page: That's it. Easy, huh? ... (more)

Move Over BI, Here Comes PI - Performance Intelligence

Cloud Computing on Ulitzer "As companies such as MySpace continue to expand the richness of their site, the big thing is trying to seek a higher level of customer experience by replicating "beyond capacity" in a test environment, so that a company can see what it is exactly that they will need when traffic surges to peak levels and beyond, so that they know the "risk points" of their own success," Tom Lounibos, CEO of SOASTA, told SYS-CON's Jeremy Geelan in an interview with Cloud Computing Journal on the day that SOASTA announced a significant test of the newly launched MySpace Music Videos hub using the Cloud. "What companies want nowadays is actionable information," Lounibos (pictured below) continued. "They want PI (Performance Intelligence) instead of BI [Business Intelligence]." Tom Lounibos, CEO of SOASTA, spoke early in November at SYS-CON's 4th Cloud Expo. H... (more)

Atlassian Bamboo Advances Support for Continuous Integration in the Cloud

Atlassian today announced the release of Bamboo 2.3, the latest version of its continuous integration (CI) server with cloud computing support. Bamboo automatically builds and tests code changes as they are committed, giving developers fast feedback so bugs don't pile up. Bamboo 2.3 introduces improved support for running "elastic build agents" in the Amazon EC2 cloud, leveraging the latest EC2 improvements to speed build times and cut operating costs. "Bamboo lets teams run their first CI build within minutes," said Mike Cannon-Brookes, CEO of Atlassian. "Bamboo makes it easy to scale your CI system on-premise or in the Amazon EC2 cloud, and it integrates with the tools and processes that people are already using." Bamboo 2.3 now enables: Faster, Cheaper Builds in the Amazon EC2 Cloud: Bamboo users can now select the EC2 availability zone where elastic agents will ... (more)

Kickfire Expands Operations With Opening of Northeast District Sales Office

SANTA CLARA, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/22/10 -- Kickfire™, Inc., the price/performance leader in analytic appliances, continued its rapid expansion with the announcement today it has opened a Northeast District sales office that will focus on the financial services industry. The new office, located in Norwalk, CT, will be headed by Scott Davidson, who has more than 15 years experience serving customers in the financial services, data warehousing, business intelligence (BI) and data analytics arenas. Davidson will serve as Kickfire's Northeast District Sales Manager and will oversee Kickfire's sales team in the Northeast. Davidson's prior experience includes four years with Sybase, Inc. where he helped pioneer the adoption of columnar databases for financial analytics using Sybase IQ. Prior to Sybase, Davidson worked for NCR/Teradata, responsible for sales of Teradat... (more)

Talend y BonitaSoft firman un acuerdo estratégico OEM

PARIS, March 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Talend, líder reconocido en las soluciones de integración de datos en software libre, anuncia hoy el acuerdo de partenariado estratégico OEM con BonitaSoft, el primer editor de soluciones de gestión de procesos (Business Process Management o BPM) en software libre. En dicho acuerdo, Talend integra en OEM Bonita Open Solution, la solución de BPM de BonitaSoft en su producto Talend MDM Enterprise Edition. BonitaSoft, primer editor de soluciones de gestión de procesos (BPM) en software libre, fue creado en el 2009 por los fundadores del proyecto de software libre Bonita. La empresa tiene por vocación la democratización del BPM con una solución fácil e intuitiva de utilizar con un coste de implantación mínimo. La solución de BPM Bonita ha sido descargada mas de 225.000 veces en todo el mundo. Con el lanzamiento el pasado enero 2010 ... (more)

New “FieldShield” Tool Protects Sensitive Files

Innovative Routines International (IRI), Inc. has released the world’s first cross-platform, data-centric protection utility for files. FieldShield protects personally identifying information (PII) in flat files down to the field level, according to business rules. FieldShield’s protections include: AES-256 and custom encryption (decryption) Masking via anonymization or pseudonymization De- and re-identification Filtering and redaction Users can assign any function to any column. “If mixed functions or encryption keys were specified, even if the file or other fields were compromised, the remaining data would still be safe. Also, when you shield only the private fields, the non-sensitive fields stay visible and useable,” noted IRI support lead Rob Howard. Protection and formatting functions defined in simple job scripts allow FieldShield users to mask fields based on ... (more)

Interactive SalesForce.com Analytics and Reporting Delivered by Simba Technologies and SAP(R) BusinessObjects(TM) BI OnDemand

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/28/12 -- Simba Technologies Inc., the industry expert on relational and multi-dimensional data connectivity, today announced that its JDBC Driver for SalesForce.com has been licensed by SAP AG. The solution enables advanced, cloud-based reporting and analysis on SalesForce CRM data in real-time. Simba's JDBC Driver for SalesForce.com will be included with the SAP® BusinessObjects(TM) Business Intelligence (BI) OnDemand solution to provide live connectivity to SalesForce.com. "Simba's JDBC Driver for SalesForce.com enables SAP BusinessObjects BI OnDemand to connect to SalesForce.com data via standard JDBC," said Amyn Rajan, Simba's CEO. "The JDBC driver connects to SalesForce.com via the SalesForce Web Services API - directly serving up a user's CRM data for interactive, cloud-based analysis and reporting. The soluti... (more)

Oracle Announces the Certification of the Oracle Database on Oracle Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

REDWOOD SHORES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/22/12 -- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) News Facts Oracle Database 11g Release 2 (R2) and Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Release 1 (R1) are immediately available on Oracle Linux 6 with the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel. Oracle Database 11g R2 and Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g R1 will be available on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL6) and Oracle Linux 6 with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel in 90 days. Oracle offers direct Linux support to customers running RHEL6, Oracle Linux 6, or a combination of both. Oracle Linux will continue to maintain compatibility with Red Hat Linux. Effective immediately, Oracle will provide its Red Hat compatible Linux binaries, updates and errata for free http://public-yum.oracle.com. Terms, conditions and restrictions apply. The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel The Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel is Oracle's fast, mo... (more)

Technology Industry Visionaries to Keynote Red Hat Summit and JBoss World 2012

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced a lineup of keynote speakers featuring executive thought leaders from IBM, Accenture, HP, Intel and SAP AG, for the eighth annual Red Hat Summit and JBoss World to be held June 26-29, 2012 in Boston. Red Hat Summit and JBoss World bring together a diverse group of senior business and technical leaders to learn, network and experience open source and to discuss how innovative technologies and best practices can be applied to drive business transformation. The keynote speakers for Red Hat Summit and JBoss World 2012 are top executives from companies at the forefront of the evolving technology landscape, including: Accenture's Adam Burden, executive director, Cloud Application & Platform Services; HP’s Steven Dietch, vice president of worldwide cloud, HP Enterprise Group... (more)

Dell Fluid Data Architecture Advancements Unify and Protect Storage from Start to Scale

At Dell Storage Forum, Dell today announced new solutions that continue to advance its Fluid Data architecture to help customers efficiently manage their data and protect business information. The new advancements include updates to the Dell Fluid File System for a common, enterprise-class distributed file system across the company’s three primary storage solution families, a new Compellent platform that dynamically unifies block and file data, a new version of its AppAssure backup and recovery software to address larger data sets, and a new entry-level Brocade 16GB Fibre Channel switch to support next-generation applications. “The Dell Fluid Data architecture is designed to manage the growth of our customers’ data, so they can manage the growth of their business,” said Darren Thomas, vice president and general manager, Dell Storage. “We are delivering a new custome... (more)

Equity Research on Wabash National Corp. and PACCAR Inc. - Demand Trending Down for Trucks and Other Vehicles

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 08/09/12 -- www.ShinesRooms.com has a handpicked team of market professionals with over 100 years of combined investing experience. Today they are providing members comprehensive research on the Trucks & Other Vehicles industry and are offering free analytical research on Wabash National Corporation (NYSE: WNC) and PACCAR Inc. (NASDAQ: PCAR). Register with us now to have free access to these research reports. Simply click on the link below. http://www.ShinesRooms.com/index.php?_controller=RegisterMember&_method=index Following a period of rapid growth, companies in the Trucks & Other Vehicles industry could be facing a slowdown in coming quarters as a result of weakness in the European and U.S. economies. A "wait and see" attitude seems to be plaguing the industry as companies pull back on orders and seem inclined to maintain their exi... (more)