Actuate Corporation on Monday issued a challenge to developers familiar with
Adobe or BIRT: to combine BIRT and Adobe technologies in powerful and
innovative ways. The Get BIRT-y with Flash and Flex Contest offers a cash
prize of up to $5,000 and all winning applications will be listed on the BIRT
Exchange Marketplace http://www.birt-exchange.com/marketplace/, an open
software showcase on the most active online BIRT community, where any
developer can promote, share or sell BIRT-related applications, solutions and
components.
The contest opens today and developers have until March 10 to submit a
write-up on how they plan to combine BIRT and Adobe technologies to create
high-impact data visualizations. Suggestions for possible apps include:
Flash objects that pull data fr... (more)
Brightcove has announced that it has rolled out broad support for Adobe(R)
Flash(R) Media Server 3.5 through content delivery services provided by
Limelight Networks, providing more than 700 customers in 28 countries with
turn-key access to enhanced dynamic delivery capabilities for HD-quality
online video. Brightcove has also introduced on-demand access to advanced
security options for ... (more)
Jaspersoft has announced the immediate availability of JasperReports
Professional, now with Flash-based geo-visualization and advanced charting
capabilities. Jaspersoft is also introducing a new low-cost JasperReports
Professional Developer Edition, which will make it even easier to get started
with these powerful new capabilities.
The new JasperReports Professional is available immediate... (more)
Open sourcing of the highly compressed communication protocol AMF and
server‐side Flex components play an important role in adoption of Flex by
the enterprises. Live Cycle Data Services (LCDS) is an excellent solution for
building scalable RIA, but it’s not cheap. For those who don’t have a
budget for LCDS, Adobe has released BlazeDS, the open source implementation
of AMF communication p... (more)
Akamai Technologies has announced the Akamai HD Network, its next-generation
video delivery offering and a platform to deliver HD video online to viewers
using Adobe Flash technology, Microsoft Silverlight, and to the iPhone, at
broadcast-level audience scale. The Akamai HD Network is the only solution
that supports live and on-demand HD streaming with a highly-personalized and
interacti... (more)