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Examiner appointed to medical software companies

August 30th, 2011
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AN examiner has been appointed to a group of companies that provide software for almost 10 million patients in both Ireland and the UK, the High Court confirmed yesterday.

The firms, whose insolvency arises out of their UK parent’s financial difficulties, claim if they had to cease trading the results would be catastrophic for patients and administrators at the hospitals they supply.

Yesterday at the High Court Mr Justice Gerard Hogan confirmed Eamonn Richardson of KPMG as examiner to three related firms: Irish Medical Systems Holdings Ltd, Irish Medical Systems Computers Limited, both of Clara House, Glenageary Park, Glenageary, Dublin, and UK-registered Integrated Medical Solutions Ltd.

The judge said he was satisfied to confirm Mr Richardson after an independent accountant’s report revealed the firms had a reasonable prospect of survival.

The firms now have court protection from their creditors for a period of up to 100 days. After that the examiner will submit to the High Court a scheme of arrangement with the creditors which, if approved, will allow the firms to continue to trade as going concerns.

Source:http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/examiner-appointed-to-medical-software-companies-2860721.html

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OM Software Transformed ADamigo’s Business Concept into Reality

August 30th, 2011
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“The branding of businesses, products, or services has great impact on overall growth of an organization. The marketing and advertising mediums used for branding is vital for achieving great heights in business. ADamigo introduced a totally new and revolutionary service for advertising and branding of businesses. It is based on a unique concept, reducing the complexities in finding and selling advertising space.

ADamigo was developed by OM Software P. Ltd. based on the concept given to them by Juan Cardness, the founder of ADamigo. When contacted about their inputs over ADamigo project, Raj the CEO and MD, of OM Software said, “ADamigo could be just another assignment for us. However, keeping the unique concept of Juan and the technical complexities attached with creating such a high-end application we took it as a challenge.”

While talking about his experience of working with OM Software, Juan said, “ADamigo was a project, I have been trying to develop for about a year and a half. Developers in my area were either not able to adopt my idea and see the vision, or they would ask for unbelievable amount to even get started.”

He delightfully added, “When I was referred to OM Software by one of my acquaintances who also hired OM Software for a personal project, I was skeptical. Nevertheless, I did, I contacted Raj, and gave him a general idea of what I wanted to create. I was surprised when they executed my idea and vision into a fully functional portal with extra details that did not even come to my mind. They simply transformed our business dreams into reality with their innovative development approach and attention to detail.”

Source:http://pressmediawire.com/27061/OM-Software-Transformed-ADamigo%E2%80%99s-Business-Concept-into-Reality.html

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Free software training available for Stevens County businesses

August 30th, 2011
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Business owners, how often have you or your employees needed or wanted to learn the basics of a computer software program like Word, Excel, Power Point or 146 other PC and Mac based software applications? How often have you or your employees been using a particular software program and don’t remember or know which keystroke performs which function?

Wouldn’t it be nice to have access to a library of on-line software training packages that you or your employees could access to 24/7?

The Stevens County Economic Improvement Commission, Inc. (SCEIC) is offering free one-year subscriptions to Atomic Training.com to businesses in Stevens County. Any business in Stevens County is eligible for a free one-year subscription to a creative and very beneficial on-line software training company (Atomic Training.com) that allows individualized and comprehensive software training for those who have no experience with 149 software programs for PC or Mac based computers or for those who just need a refresher on specific functions of a software program.

Atomic Training.com is located in Little Falls and the United Kingdom. The company provides software training for off-the-shelf software programs and training modules for customized software programs.

The Morris Public Library has access to all of Atomic Training.com’s learning modules and is available free to the public. The Hancock Public Library will also have Atomic Training .com available free to the public.

Atomic Training.com is a partner in the Broadband Technical Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant from the US Department of Commerce, under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to the C.K. Blandin Foundation and the Stevens County Economic Improvement Commission, Inc. (SCEIC) and the Minnesota Intelligent Rural Community Program (MIRC).

Source:http://www.morrissuntribune.com/event/article/id/25749/group/News/

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BlackBerry PlayBook SDK Released for Software Developers

August 30th, 2011
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Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) has recently made the SDK for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet available for game software developers to give them the necessary tools to be able to create apps for the device. However observers noted that the SDK was a closed beta version which allowed limited access.

Releasing the SDK for software developers is among the strategies of RIM to start up the development of the applications of for the BlackBerry PlayBook. It will provide game developers deeper API access which they would be necessary to accomplish the job.

A system update was reportedly received by the BlackBerry PlayBook recently. This update was principally aimed at dealing with concerns regarding the performance of the BlackBerry PlayBook in relation to the BlackBerry Bridge which would allow a number of BlackBerry smartphones to link up with the tablet.

BlackBerry PlayBook
The link-up using the BlackBerry Bridge was the only method of giving the BlackBerry PlayBook native email. This made this update important for BlackBerry PlayBook users who want to link up their smartphones with the tablet. The native email along with a solution for the contacts has yet to be made available to the BlackBerry PlayBook. Reports have indicated that it may not be released before fall.

The release of the native SDK for the tablet was a significant goal of the company since it would bring in more software developers to work on the platform. Some observers have noted that the failure of the company to provide the native email for the BlackBerry PlayBook may have given the impression that it was not easy to create the software for the tablet.

However it was also noted that the SDK for the tablet was a closed beta which would make it necessary for software developers to request for access into the SDK of the BlackBerry PlayBook. Following the release, the company also announced that software developers who were interested should apply for the beta since it was limited. Observers noted that this basically told software developers that the company only needed limited assistance for the BlackBerry PlayBook.

Source:http://www.planetinsane.com/blackberry-playbook-sdk-released-for-software-developers/2622013/

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Kaspersky introduces new anti-virus software in India

August 30th, 2011
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Kaspersky launched the 2012 version of its Anti-Virus software across India for PCs.

This advanced version would provide premium protection and convenience to its users.

Computers are prone to attacks from around 65000-70000 malwares and viruses every day.

Tasks such as purchasing goods, booking tickets and banking transactions have gone extensively online these days.

Gone are the days when people had to wait for their download.

Today, people require softwares that would help quicken processes across online.

Kaspersky 2012 would help speeding up tasks online.

The new version can provide hybrid protection as the software includes cloud-based technologies along with PC security.

A sandbox for launching suspicious applications, a program activity monitoring module, a script emulator, a cloud-based reputation database, a virtual keyboard are some of its salient features.

The company is eying on the Indian market as its main target as it has around 6 million trial version users and 3 million licensed users.

The software would provide total protection and prevent any pop ups from interrupting games or an application.

The new version would also help people to respond quickly to the traps set in by malwares and spywares.

One of the key parts of the product, the virtual key board has been made more advanced to stop fraudulent banking transactions.

Jagannath Patnaik, Director, Channel Sales, South Asia said, “People should act sensibly with the offers announced on the website.

No person will sell 3000 product for 100 rupees.

But people get attracted by these fake offers which lead to loss of money and later blame other people.

No serious and authentic transactions will ask for the passwords or credit card pin code.” Kaspersky Mobile Security (KMS) will provide mobile security for the Smartphones and Kaspersky Tablet Security (KTS) for the tablets, which could run with the minimal RAM of 256 MB.

The KTS will be unveiled in India this November.

“We consider every single person as our main customer.

We prefer to have a wider reach and use mass media mostly print and radio to voice our product.

Our main target is to reach 2 lakh box-wise customers.

We want to brand our product in a perfect way like we have made F1 car as taxi to promote the product,” said Patnaik.

In a short interview with Jagannath Patnaik, he said “friendly and wise use of things in a sensible way will always lead to fruitful gain.

A person need not be a PC geek to know how to use antivirus software or to choose good software.

Kaspersky has always been user, gamer and software friendly.” Kaspersky Internet Security software is available at 899 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus at 599 for one year.

There is fierce competition between 1920 anti -virus companies in India.

Symantec, Kaspersky and MacAfee are the strong players in consumer products in the Indian market.

The latest studies reveal the fact that India tops the list in spreading spam, widens their market in India and more enhanced and sophisticated softwares are expected from them in the future.

Source:http://satellite.tmcnet.com/news/2011/08/26/5734547.htm

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Austin software developer Bazaarvoice files for $86 million initial public stock offering

August 30th, 2011
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Austin-based software developer Bazaarvoice Inc. has filed for an initial public stock offering, which it hopes will raise up to $86.25 million, according to documents filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Founded in 2005, Bazaarvoice sells e-commerce software that lets companies add ratings and reviews to their websites. Bazaarvoice currently has more than 580 active clients, according to the company’s securities filing. Its software powers the websites of a number of major brands, including Costco Wholesale Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc., the Home Depot Inc. and Crate & Barrel.

Bazaarvoice had $64.5 million in revenue in fiscal year 2011, according to the company’s securities filing. That follows revenue of $38.6 million in fiscal 2010 and $22.5 million in fiscal 2009, according to the securities filing. Bazaarvoice generated about 25 percent of its revenue from outside of the United States in fiscal 2011, the company said.

Bazaarvoice has grown from 70 employees in April 2007 to 626 employees as of this past April, according to the SEC filing.

“The rapid growth and increasing complexity have demanded, and will continue to demand, substantial resources and attention from our management, most of whom have limited experience in managing a business of our size and complexity. We expect to continue to hire more employees in the future as we grow our business,” the company said in its securities filing.

Three Central Texas companies made it through the IPO gate this year before the stock markets began to decline. HomeAway Inc. raised $149 million in June. In May, Freescale Semiconductor Holdings raised $783 million, and San Marcos-based Thermon Group Holdings raised $120 million.

Four other Central Texas companies — WhiteGlove Health Inc., Newgistics Inc., USA Compression Partners and Tex-Mex restaurant group Chuy — have filed for offerings but have not yet completed them.

Source:http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/theticker/entries/2011/08/26/austin_software_developer_baza.html

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News 5 Free and Open Source Software Downloads

August 30th, 2011
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The hacker ethos initially started—after the pranksterism—with the idea of open source software, or free, democratic software available to everyone at any time. The ethos never disappeared, of course, but in the last decade we have seen a resurgence in the free and open source software movement.

To a large extent, many of us are already acquainted with free and open source software. Many of us daily use Mozilla’s Firefox as their web browser, which is free and open source. Justin Frankel’s Gnutella peer-to-peer file-sharing network was much used to transfer files in LimeWire and Morpheus, amongst others, several years back.

Here are five great pieces of open source software.

1. OpenOffice

It might have been originally sponsored and owned by Sun Microsystems and distributed by Google, but OpenOffice is a great alternative to dropping $150 on Microsoft Office for your PC or Mac.

OpenOffice Writer is the equivalent of Microsoft Word, and will thus be familiar to Word users. It’s quite easy to use and can save and export in a number of formats, including as a Word .doc. Calc is essentially Excel and Impress is a Powerpoint/Apple Keynote module.

Since it is open source, users can add code to and distribute OpenOffice, and it’s available on Windows, Solaris, Linux and Macintosh operation systems.

2. Tor

As Tor’s website states:

Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis.

Tor relays are a network of computers—described as layers of an onion—that bounce information around the globe, shielding it from prying eyes.

And Tor works with many “existing applications, including web browsers, instant messaging clients, remote login, and other applications based on the TCP protocol.”

It is available on Windows, OSX and Linux.

3. Gimp

Gimp is a free and open source graphics editor and alternative to Adobe Photoshop, which runs users several hundred dollars (and into the thousands if one opts for the complete Adobe suite).

Its features are as numerous as any commercial photo editor, but as David Girard pointed out in an in-depth 2009 Ars Technica review, there are quirks that need to be hammered out in future versions. Version 2.6.11 was released in October 2010 (two years after Girard’s review), so hopefully some of the quirks have been worked out. And Gimp 2.7.3 is in preview release as of August 22nd.

And despite its development curve, Gimp is a cheap and powerful alternative to Adobe, and the developers have the ambition to make it even more powerful and user-friendly.

4. Bitcoin

Bitcoin is an open source digital currency that has received a fair amount of press in the last year. However, only the software is free, not the actual Bitcoins.

The mechanics of generating and acquiring Bitcoins might seem rather esoteric to some (watch Bitcoin’s video below for an explanation), and there are differing opinions on whether it would experience a deflationary spiral like the modern form of currencies; but theoretically, the idea of a digital currency not controlled by a state is much-desired by many.

Users have utilized Bitcoins to purchase books, video games and even to donate to WikiLeaks.

It’s available on Windows, Mac and Linux.

5. Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free and open source email client that is an alternative to Gmail and Yahoo.

It looks quite a lot like Mozilla’s web browser Firefox and can handle multiple email accounts. Have a Yahoo email address that is used for personal correspondence as well as a work email? They both can be routed to Thunderbird. One can do this in Gmail, of course, but Mozillais an open source project and Google is a corporation.

Thunderbird contains nested folders that can be dragged and dropped with ease and the entire interface can be customized in a variety of ways. It’s also well-known for its security and spam-filtering features.

Another great feature in Thunderbird is that it allows for offline use—meaning, if no internet is available, a user can still access the contents of their email, which can’t be done on Google’s Gmail.

Source:http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/135699/5-free-and-open-source-software-downloads/

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