Acquia Chosen to participate in the Launch Pad at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco

Acquia, a new software company that will provide value-added software products and services for the Drupal web collaboration and publishing platform, announced that it is one of six new companies chosen to participate in the Launch Pad session at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco. As part of the event, Acquia will demonstrate how the Drupal social publishing system can be used to rapidly assemble community-based Web 2.0 sites without custom programming.

Hosted by TechWeb and O’Reilly Media, Inc, Web 2.0 Expo is the leading global gathering of developers, designers, marketers, and business professionals building the next generation Web. The Launch Pad program provides a unique public forum that is designed to showcase the best start-ups companies in the Internet world.

Acquia plans to ship a commercially supported distribution of Drupal, code-named “Carbon,” in the second half of this year. The Carbon distribution will include the Drupal 6 core release and essential extension modules for rapidly assembling compelling social publishing sites and applications. Additionally, Acquia plans to provide a range of maintenance and support subscriptions designed to meet the requirements of both individual developers and organizations utilizing the Carbon distribution. Subscribers will be able to harness the full open source power of Drupal without sacrificing the accountability and support of commercial software.

Acquia: http://www.acquia.com

MindTouch is showcasing its Social Enterprise Platform at Web 2.0 Expo

MindTouch, the company behind the most sophisticated wiki available today, is showcasing its social enterprise platform -- Deki Wiki -- at this week's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.

Deki Wiki is a free open source wiki that is raising the bar for wikis by delivering a powerful wiki that goes way beyond collaboration and is an application integration and development platform with complete APIs for developers. MindTouch adds the "2.0" into the enterprise by enabling users to hook in legacy applications and social 2.0 applications for mashups, while enabling IT governance across it all. No other wiki is able to offer these powerful capabilities for the enterprise.

MindTouch is experiencing rapid growth with unparalleled downloads. Companies like FedEx, Expedia, British Petroleum, Siemens, Fujitsu, Quark, Gannett, and other Fortune 500 clients have adopted this platform for a host of reasons from the WYSIWYG editor, delivering mashups, pulling together applications and systems, deploying new collaborative capabilities to getting APIs, third-party application integration, and interoperability with legacy systems all with IT governance; and not just over the wiki, but over all enterprise systems and applications.

Deki Wiki is built entirely on a Restful architecture and engineered for concurrent processing to make APIs not just interoperable, but intelligently orchestrated to be in concert - in essence creating multi-step or functional mashups. Plus, with the Desktop Connector entire directory structures can be created on the fly and files can be attached to the appropriate pages. This tool is prefect for creating and organizing wiki pages on the fly or for transferring lots of files to Deki Wiki. Coupled with the MindTouch Outlook Connector for Microsoft Outlook™ efficiency reaches a whole new level because the Connector provides one-click publishing of emails and email file attachments to Deki Wiki where they can be versioned, searched and shared.


MindTouch: http://www.mindtouch.com

BroadSoft Xtended APIs Enable Developers to Marry VoIP with Unified Communications Solutions and Leading Web 2.0 Business and Consumer Applications

BroadSoft, Inc., the leading provider of VoIP application software, today launched the BroadSoft Xtended Developers Program. The program allows software developers to integrate BroadSoft's carrier-grade voice applications with unified communications solutions and leading Web-based business and consumer applications such as Facebook and Salesforce.com. BroadSoft announced the Developers Program at the Web 2.0 Expo, produced by TechWeb and O'Reilly Media, in San Francisco.

The BroadSoft Xtended Developers Program provides an application development portal that houses application programming interfaces (APIs), sample code and documentation, along with social networking features such as forums and blogs to facilitate interaction within the Xtended developer’s community. Placing these applications on BroadSoft's Xtended Marketplace provides immediate revenue opportunities for developers.

"Businesses around the world are demanding innovations in voice-enabled solutions," said Michael Lauricella, director of BroadSoft Xtended, the company's Web 2.0 initiative. "The Xtended Developers Program will foster revenue-generating relationships between our service provider customers and application developers."

The Developers Program is part of BroadSoft Xtended, an initiative created to drive new, innovative applications into the hands of BroadWorks® VoIP application platform service providers and end-users. BroadSoft's BroadWorks is recognized by telecom industry analysts as the leading Voice over IP (VoIP) application platform and is used by hundreds of telecom service providers to deliver advanced voice features to business and residential customers.
 

BroadSoft, Inc.: http://www.BroadSoft.com

SnapLogic 2.0 Data Integration Framework Now Available, Enables 'Really Simple Integration'

At the Web 2.0 Expo today, O'Reilly Media, the most recognizable Web 2.0 business in the world, announced the launch of O'Reilly InPractice. This new consulting and training division aims to help companies intelligently and successfully reposition themselves in the global network—and thrive in a user-centered economy.

"We created O'Reilly InPractice to assist companies that are serious about applying Web 2.0 principles but don't know how or where to start," said Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media. "The experts at O'Reilly InPractice draw on the wealth of our experience to create a practical path for companies to make the transition to Web 2.0 and the Social Web."

Led by a top media and communications authority—George LeBrun, Chief Strategy Officer/General Manager of O'Reilly InPractice—the new consulting division is already working with companies to help them deliver positive experiences for their customers by applying transformative Web 2.0 tactics. LeBrun, in addition to his 20-year stint as a Hollywood writer, director, and producer, has spent most of his career identifying emerging trends and technology.

O'Reilly InPractice : http://inpractice.oreilly.com

AirSet unveils a new paradigm for computing

AirSet has unveiled a new paradigm for computing in the cloud. With this launch, AirSet provides a host of new features that will allow you to seamlessly share, organize, and manage your personal and professional lives on any computer, anywhere you want.

Airset: http://www.airset.com

Confluence is the world's most popular enterprise wiki and Confluence 2.8 brings a simplified screen design for viewing and editing, providing a far more intuitive way of interacting with your wiki page.

Atlassian: http://www.atlassian.com/confluence

BigString’s new messaging application

BigString unveiled a new messaging application that compliments its vast lines of products that focus on its patent-pending recallable, self-destructing messaging systems.

BigString: http://www.bigstring.com

Fresh off the Microsoft National Design Challenge win, Web 2.0 platinum sponsor Cynergy -- the global leader in Rich Internet Application development -- will unveil details of new client engagements, strategic partnerships, and product launches showcasing the breadth of Cynergy's presence in the global market.

Curl(R), Inc. announced the beta release of Curl Nitro, the code name for an extension of the Curl Rich Internet Application platform which offers enhanced desktop capabilities required by today's enterprises.

DreamFace Interactive integrates with Twinsoft's Convertigo Enterprise to provide robust, end-to-end Enterprise Mashups

DreamFace Interactive and Twinsoft combine technologies to provide robust, end-to-end Enterprise Mashups. DreamFace Interactive announces the integration of their next generation Web 2.0 Framework with Twinsoft's Convertigo Enterprise Mashup Server bringing Web 2.0 innovation like Client Side Integration, Interactive Data Widgets, Personalization, and Sharing to the modernization of legacy applications.

Jaduka introduces its Transaction Processing Services Platform

Jaduka introduced its Transaction Processing Services Platform for mobile media and software providers. Digital publishers can integrate end-to-end merchandising, inventory, POSA, and account management using Jaduka's API. Jaduka also showcases Jaduka Labs and its Enterprise Solutions Platform, enabling developers to create communications-enabled business applications that improve online customer experience and business processes.

Kirix announces the release of a new data browser called Strata

Kirix announced the release of a new "data browser" called Strata, a fusion of a Web browser and a built-in relational database. Whether digging through Web logs or mashing up Web data, Strata is an exceptional tool for working with data on or around the Web

Kirix: http://www.kirix.com

Lithium Technologies announces the availability of Kudos

Lithium Technologies, the leader in enterprise customer communities, announced the availability of Kudos, a content rating system that creates social networks through members' evaluation of community content. Users signal their approval with a single click, and the platform tracks the resulting social graph, highlighting top content, top authors, and the relationships that emerge among community members.

Morfik launches the next generation of WebOS AppsBuilder

Morfik launched the next generation of WebOS AppsBuilder – the complete solution that lets you design, build, and deploy Ajax applications through a single, ultra-modern, visual environment. Taking a Web project from conception to production has never been easier. Morfik is there to help you, every step of the way.

Oosah announces a Web-based platform for organizing and sharing photos, videos, and music

Oosah announced a Web-based platform for organizing and sharing photos, videos, and music. Through Oosah, consumers can centralize management of media content from multiple Web sites, including social networking, and photo and video hosting sites. Developers can also use Oosah to create branded rich media widgets.

Symphoniq announces TrueView 2.0

Symphoniq a pioneer in real end user performance monitoring, announced TrueView 2.0. TrueView harnesses the real user experience and provides the insight organizations need to optimize their infrastructure and address new performance challenges created by SOA, SaaS, Web services and Web 2.0.

Symphoniq: http://www.symphoniq.com

Truviso announces that Technorati will use Truviso's powerful analytic and categorization technology

Truviso announced that Technorati, portal to the world's blogs, will use Truviso's powerful analytic and categorization technology to analyze and graphically display the true "pulse" of the blogosphere. By using the Truviso system, visitors to Technorati can watch as ideas wax and wane, and see changes as they occur.

Znak will present Znak it!

During Web 2.0 Expo Znak presented Znak it! -- A powerful pay-as-you-go service, ideal for Web surfers and content providers, including bloggers, news archives, and social networks. Convenient, quick, safe and fair -- Znak it! is the perfect online micropayment and revenue-generating solution everyone has been waiting for!

Znak: http://www.znak-it.com

VISUALCV AND ASSOCIATION OF EXECUTIVE SEARCH CONSULTANTS PARTNER IN APPLICATION OF NEW RESUME TECHNOLOGY

VisualCV, Inc., a next-generation Internet software company that revolutionizes the resume, and the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), the worldwide professional association for retained executive search consulting firms, announced at the Web 2.0 Expo that the AESC will use VisualCV's technology for networking and the presentation of candidate information to its member firms, through its BlueSteps service.

VisualCV, Inc.: http://www.visualcv.com