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JetBrains Releases RubyMine 2.0

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:21:00 EST

JetBrains have announced the general availability of RubyMine 2.0, a powerful IDE for Ruby and Rails development. RubyMine's second major release this year delivers many additions and improvements and is a free upgrade for all existing users, according to the "year of free updates" licensing policy.

Intalio Announces Jetty 7

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

Intalio, the Enterprise Cloud Company, today announced the immediate availability of Jetty 7, the leading lightweight open source Java application server. The new release includes features and capabilities that extend Jetty's reach into mission-critical environments, as well as support its deployment on top of cloud computing platforms.

Australian Customs Selects IP Video Surveillance Solution

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:00:00 EDT

March Networks announced that the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has selected the Company's VideoSphere solution to enhance its security operations in multiple airports across the country. The integrated systems include March Networks' Video Management System (VMS) software and Edge encoders, as well as host and storage servers from Sun Microsystems.

Sun Microsystems Announces New Release of Sun Java Communications Suite

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:30:00 EDT

To meet the messaging and collaboration needs of the world's largest telcos, service providers and most demanding enterprise customers, Sun Microsystems has announced availability of Sun Java(TM) Communications Suite 7. With more than 170 million seats of earlier versions deployed, this new release builds upon proven strengths in scalability, reliability and performance while providing better interoperability and enabling differentiated services with a low total cost of ownership. To learn more, visit http://sun.com/comms.

Aonix Announces PERC Java Virtual Machine

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:01:00 EDT

Aonix, the provider of the PERC product line for embedded and real-time Java developers, announced Java™ virtual machine support for the low-cost BeagleBoard with its flagship product PERC Ultra. More developers and projects will be able to quickly and more cost efficiently launch development that takes advantage of PERC’s new graphics support via the ARM®-based BeagleBoard.

Aonix Announces New Graphics Support in PERC Ultra Virtual Machine

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:00 EDT

Aonix, the provider of the PERC product line for embedded and real-time Java developers, announced a new release of its PERC Ultra product with support for AWT/Swing graphics libraries. This release is the first support of AWT/Swing graphics libraries in PERC Ultra for embedded and real-time systems.

The Curious Case of Build Release Management eBook

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:15:00 EDT

Build Release Management (BRM) is truly the next generation of IT Change Management. With BRM, you can get compliant and implement total process automation while continuing to work with whatever version control tool, testing application or IDE you are currently using. Download this essential eBook "The Curious Case of Build Release Management" and learn the basics of what BRM is, why users love it and why every application development team should consider it.

Hosted Solutions Expands Application Hosting Business

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Hosted Solutions, a provider of IT infrastructure as a service (IaaS), announced today that the company has significantly expanded its suite of application hosting and management capabilities to include support for a full range of leading business applications, including Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, WebSphere, WebLogic and JBOSS.

iCIMS Adopts SpringSource Hyperic HQ

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EDT

SpringSource, a provider of Java application infrastructure and management, has announced that iCIMS, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent acquisition solutions, has deployed SpringSource Hyperic HQ, a key part of SpringSource’s full solution set, which covers the entire build, run, manage lifecycle for Java application development.

Best Practices for Switching Application Servers

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Thinking of moving to a different Java application server? Need to better understand the impact of your move? The state of the economy is driving a re-evaluation of all major technology decisions. As a result, more and more organizations are switching to a more flexible and cost-effective application server platform.

JavaOne 2009 "Weird" Says the Father of Java

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:00:00 EDT

"This was another amazing JavaOne," wrote James Gosling in his first post-conference blog. "It was also the weirdest: between the Oracle situation, the global meltdown, and the financial situation, it was very different." Sun nearly panicked, Gosling admits, fearing that "no one would show up. Almost every company that usually sends a crowd of people to JavaOne had travel restrictions that meant that few could attend." But all went well in the end.

SYS-CON White Paper: Secure Critical Information in Excel

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used tools for reporting, analysis and "what if" scenarios, with over 250 million users worldwide. This paper will discuss the steps involved in understanding the requirements for an automated solution. It will also introduce a solution for automating the generation and secure distribution of spreadsheet reports.

SYS-CON White Paper: Actuate on the Open Source Foundation

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:30:00 EDT

With the advent of Web 2.0 and Rich Internet Application technologies, the Internet is becoming increasingly interactive. Popular web sites such as amazon.com, google.com and ebay.com have set user expectations that web content be very graphical, customizable and highly interactive. Download this White Paper by Actuate to see how this is important to you.

SYS-CON White Paper: TowerGroup 2009 Predictions

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:15:00 EDT

This report provides critical tips for building a long-term customer retention strategies and maintaining growth in a tough economic environment.

SYS-CON White Paper: Actuate’s Rich Information Deployment Platform

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:05:00 EDT

The majority of information delivery approaches fail to meet two core requirements of success, scaling while adding features and adapting to changing requirements. Learn about an Enterprise Reporting Application Platform that meets the business reporting and analysis needs of any user in an organization, any partner and any customer outside the firewall, within the context of a business-specific application experience. To learn more download this White Paper by Actuate now!

There's Still a Ton Going On at Sun: Sun CEO

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Sun's Project Vector, which will be launched at JavaOne this week as the Java Store, is a network service to connect companies of all sizes and types to the roughly one billion Java users all over the world. According to Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz it "has the potential to deliver the world's largest audience to developers and businesses leveraging Java and JavaFX."

Enterprise Java: SpringSource Acquires Hyperic

Mon, 04 May 2009 09:30:00 EDT

“SpringSource is taking responsibility for streamlining enterprise Java to fully cater to the needs of developers, IT administrators and operators who create, deploy and manage business-critical applications,” said Rod Johnson, SpringSource CEO, as it was announced this morning that SpringSource has acquired substantially all of the assets of Hyperic, the open source leader in web application and infrastructure management.

SYS-CON White Paper: Delivering a Breakthrough Java Computing Experience

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:15:00 EDT

The conventional approach to scaling Java applications – distributing applications out on a large number of instances – yields diminishing returns, which leads to unpredictable scalability and escalating costs and complexity. Azul Compute Appliances have proven to dramatically increase application scalability while providing faster, more consistent response times.

InstallAnywhere Webinar: Best Practices for Building Java Installers

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:15:00 EDT

What are best practices for building installers for Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux, IBM i, and more? Find out in this Webinar. Learn how to build a single project file that generates installers for every platform you target. Also see a demo of InstallAnywhere, the #1 installer tool for Java developers. Watch it now!

Software Trial: InstallAnywhere 2009 for Building Java-Based Installers

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:00:00 EDT

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It's the End of Sun, Only Oracle Survives: Charles Fitzgerald

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:00:00 EDT

Charles Fitzgerald suspects IBM is going to regret not acquiring Sun, and letting Oracle do so instead. "They regretted giving Microsoft control of the software crown jewels for the PC; they may face similar situation now on the server." Fitzgerald knows whereof he speaks, having been Microsoft's former general manager of platform strategy until early last year.

Oracle-Sun: Early Round-Up of What the Blogosphere is Saying

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:55:00 EDT

"Casualties? Java and MySQL for sure, and perhaps Sun's hardware business," says CyberTech Rambler; "Oracle can utilize Sun's Solaris and Java platforms....However the future of MySQL has not been mentioned and may not be so rosy," notes Steve Kennedy. The blogosphere is abuzz with news and views in the wake of Oracle's intended acquisition of Sun for $7.4BN announced this morning.

Oracle-Sun: Schwartz Is Toast - Miko Matsumara

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:15:00 EDT

According to Web visionary and SOA expert Miko Matsumara, there was only one certain result of there being two board factions at Sun Microsystems, one in favor of the IBM deal (the Jonathan Schwartz faction) and the other opposing (the Scott McNealy faction): "Mark my words, Schwartz is toast, IBM deal or no deal," declared Mastumara recently in his 'SOA Thoughts' blog. Now that Oracle has bought Sun instead, will the same apply?

Oracle Buys Sun

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Oracle and Sun Microsystems announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt. "We expect this acquisition to be accretive to Oracle's earnings by at least 15 cents on a non-GAAP basis in the first full year after closing. We estimate that the acquired business will contribute over $1.5 billion to Oracle's non-GAAP operating profit in the first year, increasing to over $2 billion in the second year. This would make the Sun acquisition more profitable in per share contribution in the first year than we had planned for the acquisitions of BEA, PeopleSoft and Siebel combined," said Oracle President Safra Catz .

PreEmptive Solutions Ships DashO Version 5

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:23:00 EDT

PreEmptive Solutions, the leading provider of solutions to protect, monitor and manage software development investments, announced the immediate availability of DashO Version 5, integrating application security with business performance monitoring for Java-based applications. This latest version of DashO, the most widely used obfuscation product for Java, includes major functional extensions offering improved application security, extended support for emerging enterprise and mobile frameworks, and the ability to monitor application adoption and end-user behavior.

JavaRebel 2.0 Is Out

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EDT

ZeroTurnaround announced the release of JavaRebel 2.0, a JVM plugin that enables Java developers to see changes to their code immediately, without the need for application or container restarts.

Analysts Web-wide Discuss the Possible IBM Sun Deal

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Questions are flying around the Web in the wake of yesterday's reports that IBM is interested in buying Sun for $6.5BN. They include "Has Jonathan Schwartz finally found success?" (Therese Poletti) and "Why isn't Cisco buying Sun?" (Lawrence Walsh).

IBM Willing To Pay $6.5BN To Acquire Sun: Wall St. Journal

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:15:00 EDT

In a deal that would significantly bolster IBM's position as the world's largest server maker, the Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that IBM is willing to pay $6.5BN in cash to acquire Sun Microsystems.

Xpress Suite Adds Automatic Java to iPhone Conversion

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:15:00 EDT

Javaground has announced a new component of its Xpress Suite allowing developers to automatically generate a native iPhone program from a Java source code. Traditionally, developers target the iPhone by re-writing their Java source code in Objective C. Now, their existing Java code can be reused and automatically converted to create high-performance iPhone games and applications.

SYS-CON White Paper: JMS Performance Benchmarks by Fiorano

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:15:00 EDT

This paper by Fiorano presents a performance analysis of publish/subscribe messaging throughput of FioranoMQ, SonicMQ, TIBCO EMS and ActiveMQ. This analysis provides a head-to-head comparison of these products designed to illustrate the products' relative performance characteristics for several messaging scenarios.

Tidal Software Forges Development Agreement with SAP

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:45:00 EDT

Tidal Software has announced a development agreement with SAP AG to integrate the Tidal Intelligent Automation Platform with the SAP Solution Manager application lifecycle management solution. This integration is intended to reduce meantime-to-resolution (MTTR) of issues that impact business. It will also help reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) for customers running the SAP NetWeaver technology platform and SAP Business Suite software.

Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz Scopes Out Future for Sun's Cloud

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:15:00 EST

"At Sun, we're planning on maintaining Java's ubiquity as the number one runtime environment, backed by the world's most price performant datacenter infrastructure, all powered by Sun's cloud." That, in no uncertain terms, is Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz's vision for Java and stresses the new role that Cloud Computing is beginning to play at Sun.

Spime Offers Java API JSR-293 for OEMs and Mobile Developers

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:00:00 EST

Spime has released JSR-293, a standard API to access mapping, geocoding, reverse geocoding, navigation and POI content and services. Spime’s implementation of JSR 293 is compliant with the Java Community Process, and provides standardized access to LBS services from Java ME applications that dramatically simplify the development of location-based mobile applications. Spime JSR-293 extends JSR-179 Location API, enabling it to work on JSR-179-supported phones that have sufficient memory and processing power. The JSR-293 is targeted for MIDP 2.0 and CLDC 1.1-enabled devices with the availability of JSR -82 or JSR- 179 API.

Sun Announces Strong Growth in NetBeans Partner Ecosystem

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:45:00 EST

Sun Microsystems and the NetBeans Community announced new third-party support for the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE). These new modeling, business intelligence and mobile application development partner offerings continue to enhance the productivity and choice that developers have with the NetBeans platform. Visual Paradigm International Ltd announced its release of the award winning modeling extension for the NetBeans IDE, Visual Paradigm Smart Development Environment (SDE).

O3SIS Announces Java-Based Device Client Suite for Smartphones

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:00:00 EST

O3SIS AG has announced the launch of its new Device Client Suite. Based on OMA DS (SyncML), Java and IP-Push industry standards, the brand new Clients enable users to synchronize all types of multimedia contents from and to mobile devices. The Clients also fully support Push Mail capabilities of Smartphones such as iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian Smartphones. The functionality of the O3SIS Client Suite includes: Support for a wide range of Smartphones and Feature Phones (including latest Blackberry, iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile and Symbian devices); Secure Over-The-Air transfer of following device data;

Mobile Software Merger Combines Android, LiMo Forces

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:00:00 EST

Esmertec, a Swiss firm specializing in Android and Java virtual machines, is acquiring Purple Labs, French vendor of mobile stacks compatible with the LiMo Platform. In a stock deal worth about 19.7 million shares, the two European companies will be renamed as Myriad Group AG. The new Myriad Group would combine two major platforms and development teams for mobile Linux with combined, estimated 2009 revenue of about $125 million, and about 800 software engineers in Europe, Asia, and America.

Sun Launches JavaFX Mobile

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:00:00 EST

Sun Microsystems announced the availability of the JavaFX Mobile platform, enabling the Java wireless ecosystem to create expressive solutions, which leverage the power and ubiquity of the Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME). The JavaFX Mobile platform delivers rich content and services across a range of mobile devices – from mass market feature phones to smart phones. Sun also announced that several leading handset manufacturers, service providers and ISVs are working with Sun to ship JavaFX Mobile handsets.

Shell vs. Java for UNIX Installations

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:00:00 EST

This white paper highlights the major problems with developing UNIX installer using shell scripts. It also discusses how Java is being used as a successful alternative to shell scripting for enterprise installations. The paper additionally covers how Java developers use InstallAnywhere to quickly author reliable installers. Download it now! Click here to download the White Paper.

Sun Announces Energy-Efficient Disk Arrays

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 05:00:00 EST

Sun Microsystems has announced the expansion of its disk storage portfolio with two new high-performance disk storage arrays that enable customers to consolidate workloads within the same data center footprint for greater efficiency. The new Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 modular arrays complement a range of server architectures, including Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 systems running the Solaris Operating System. The Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 Arrays help enterprise customers upgrade their storage infrastructure to scale storage needs within the same power and space envelope. The new Sun Storage 6580 and 6780 arrays are ideal for midrange and high-end enterprise and throughput-intensive workloads that target database and enterprise-email applications and add enterprise management tools at no cost through the Sun StorageTek Common Array Manager software. Customers have already started to leverage Sun’s upgrade and trade-in programs, which uncover hidden equity in a customer’s current IT infrastructure by giving trade-up allowances for both Sun and competitor products. New Storage Arrays Bring Value, Investment Protection to the Market: Sun Storage 6580 Array: Offers improved response time remains versus previous generations; includes these product specifications: up to 256 disks (256 TB), eight 4Gb FC host ports, 8GB Cache, 16 expansion trays per controller, an intermix of SATA and FC drives and support of RAID 6. Sun Storage 6780 Array: Positioned above the Sun Storage 6500 line, the Sun Storage 6780 offers two times the IOPS and four times the throughput performance over the 6500 class of arrays. Product specifications include up to 448 disks (448 TB), eight or 16 4Gb FC host ports, 16GB cache, 28 expansion trays per controller, an intermix of SATA and FC drives and support of RAID 6.

InterSystems Caché: Free Caché Download for Java Developers

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:45:00 EST

Caché is a high-performance object database that is ideal for providing data persistence to Java applications. Caché eliminates object/relational mapping, which shortens development time and boosts runtime performance. Caché gives you several options for persisting data, allowing you to choose the approach that works best for you: JDBC provides high performance SQL access using a completely Java-based (Type 4) driver; Any Caché class can be projected as a Java class so properties and methods can be accessed as Java objects.

SoftSlate Releases Java Shopping Cart

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

SoftSlate is pleased to release version 3.0 of SoftSlate Commerce, a flexible shopping cart program written purely in Java and JSP. The focus of this major upgrade has been on revamping the application's web-based administration with non-technical users in mind. Now, managing an online store's products, customers and orders with SoftSlate Commerce is easy than ever. Along the way, SoftSlate has added a number of other new features as well.

Instantiations Releases CodePro AnalytiX v6.0 for Java Eclipse Platform

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

Instantiations has announced version 6.0 of CodePro AnalytiX. The new features help developers decrease potential code security vulnerabilities early in the software development lifecycle, improve Java code quality and reduce development costs through increased developer productivity. The company also announced new versions of CodePro Profiler, WindowBuilder Pro, WindowTester Pro and RCP Developer. The latest version of CodePro AnalytiX adds a number of new OWASP-based security auditing rules, support for mock objects, new rules for web services auditing, and extended JUnit testing support for Spring, Struts and EJB frameworks. CodePro AnalytiX helps developers detect, report and repair security vulnerabilities and code defects as they write code during the build process. Through CodePro AnalytiX uses intense automation of audits, metrics, and best practices. With this upgrade, Instantiations extends the number of security audit rules to 183, bringing the Java code auditing library to nearly 1,200 rules. Features include: New Security Audit Rules. Version 6.0 adds 25 more OWASP-based rules that help enterprises meet security policy compliance while exposing high-risk runtime vulnerabilities. In addition, a new Threads & Synchronization audit rule category was added. Web Services Audit Category Added. Includes 28 new audit rules. Mock Objects. Helps quickly and safely simulate the behavior of other objects. Avoid live testing when it would be time consuming, a security issue, or even dangerous — but still check behavior and ensure code quality. Extended JUnit Testing Support for Popular Web Application Frameworks. JUnit test generation now supports the most popular frameworks, including Spring, Struts and EJB. Other product updates: CodePro Profiler is a run-time performance analysis tool for Eclipse Java developers; it helps developers to efficiently find performance problems in code during development. Profiler also helps find CPU and algorithmic bottlenecks, memory leaks, threading issues, and other concurrency-related problems that can slow down an application or cause it to crash. Version 2.0 adds many user interface enhancements, as well as improving general performance and providing updated Help, tutorials and documentation. WindowTester Pro is a tool for automating the testing of Swing and SWT GUIs. Version 3.6.2 includes a new programmer’s guide and API Quick Reference card, as well as core runtime improvements and enhancements to overall product stability. RCP Developer provides tools for constructing and testing GUIs, documenting and documenting and packaging rich client applications for deployment to accelerate the creation of Eclipse RCP applications. Version 3.7 includes the WindowTester SWT functionality enhancements updated in WindowTester Pro. WindowBuilder Pro is a Java GUI builder that includes Swing Designer, SWT Designer, and GWT Designer. Version 6.9 adds minor functionality enhancements.

Sun Supports SAP and NetWeaver with Java SE for Business

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

Sun Microsystems announced that SAP has signed a multi-year agreement with Sun to provide Java Platform Standard Edition for Business (Java SE for Business) to its customers using the SAP NetWeaver technology platform. This will allow SAP customers to continue using Java SE 1.4.2 on both Windows and Linux platforms while still having Sun support and indemnification.

AccuRev and Go2Group Partner on Software Development Release

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:00:00 EST

AccuRev and The Go To Group (Go2Group) announced today that they have joined forces to accelerate the software release process of AccuRev customers investing in a best-of-breed software change and configuration management (SCCM) strategy. Go2Group was certified through AccuRev’s A.C.E. program (AccuRev Certified Engineer), preparing the company to deliver additional services to AccuRev customers including those responsible for large scale AccuRev deployments.

Cigital and Coverity Announce Partnership

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:09:10 EST

Coverity has announced a partnership with Cigital that will aim to help software development teams improve the quality and security of their applications. The goal of the alliance is to help enterprises deliver complex software by finding and fixing critical software defects and security vulnerabilities in C, C++, C# and Java code throughout the software development lifecycle. With this partnership, companies will be able to take advantage of Cigital and Coverity's integration capabilities. Cigital will use Coverity's technology that allows development teams to deliver code and speed time-to-market for critical software systems. Cigital will enable customers who have purchased Coverity's products to customize and use advanced application of the solution, while enabling enterprises to move towards a secure software development lifecycle model. Additionally, customers can take advantage of Cigital's consulting expertise in software portfolio and application reviews, enterprise security benchmarking and secure SDLC implementation, portfolio risk analysis, and software security training. As a result of this alliance, customers can protect corporate assets and prevent potential catastrophic data loss by improving software security and quality in application development.

Three Pillar Software Merges with Firefly, Acquires PKR

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:04:00 EST

Three Pillar Software concluded 2008 with a strategic merger and a tactical acquisition designed to provide the company with significantly enhanced infrastructure and consulting services. According to Three Pillar CEO David DeWolf, the merger with Firefly allows Three Pillar to go to market as a complete IT services provider. Firefly founder Blaine Hall, named executive vice president of infrastructure services for Three Pillar, noted that the Three Pillar/Firefly merger allows the company to authoritatively enter the federal marketplace since more than 95 percent of Firefly's revenue was based on U.S. Department of Defense contracts.

dWebSpec Introduced for Use with Java

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:00:00 EST

Structured Web Technologies has announced dWebSpec, which provides modeling templates for specification and construction of dynamic web applications. dWebSpec provides a standard way to write blueprints and to capture the various aspects of dynamic web applications such as: user interface, page composition, data presentation and mapping, event handling and parameter passing, navigation paths and rules, and other areas. dWebSpec introduces a means of representing the specifications of applications that could be implemented on various platforms such as Java.

Volante Announces Java-Based, Wireless Linux POS Solution

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

Volante offers a Java-based, wireless point of sale solution for Linux. By using PC notebooks, the entire POS software is loaded on the unit and it runs as a terminal with peer-to-peer, data synching, etc. Volante has evolved its software into the peer-to-peer architecture, and now POS software can be loaded onto a small wireless notebook. Additionally, because Volante POS software is written entirely in Java, it runs seamlessly on Linux.

Vizio Introduces VL and VT Series with Java Color

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

Vizio has launched the VL and VT Series, enhancing the performance of Full HD 1080p LCD HDTVs with 120Hz Smooth Motion II technology. The VL Series consists of four new models ranging from 32" to 47." The VT Series consists of three new models ranging from 37" to 47." Each model in the VL and VT Series incorporates Vizio's Smooth Motion II technology that refreshes motion picture images at twice the speed of standard 60Hz models, eliminating blur from fast-action movie sequences. Vizio's Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio increases overall contrast ratio and picture quality, especially in brightly lit rooms.

Project Insight Announces Version 8.0

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

Project Insight has announced the release of version 8.0 with an interactive Gantt chart, an updated interface, and additional shortcuts for navigation. Project Insight helps project teams collaborate on project schedules, share documents and assets, allocate project resources, and run real-time reports from anywhere in the world. As a Certified Microsoft Gold Partner, Metafuse leverages Microsoft's Silverlight technology in the development of its Gantt chart (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyq32Lw8pC4) which incorporates drag and drop functionality. In-line editing has a new 'double-click' ability. The existing right-click is enhanced with context sensitive options.