LOS ANGELES — Oct. 5, 2009 — At Adobe MAX, Adobe's worldwide developer conference, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced further advancements to the Adobe® Flash® Platform. Adobe unveiled Flash Player 10.1, enabling rich Web content, video and applications to reach more users across a broader set of devices than ever before. In addition, Adobe announced new HTTP streaming technology for video delivered on the Flash Platform, demonstrated upcoming features of Adobe® AIR® 2 software, released a second beta of Adobe® Flash® Builder and Flash® Catalyst software, and made available new Adobe Flash Platform Services for collaboration. "We're excited to be launching such a broad spectrum of advancements to the Flash Platform at Adobe MAX 2009," said Kevin Lynch, chief technology officer at Adobe. "By delivering rapid innovation across tools, runtimes, services and servers, we are enabling the large and vibrant ecosystem of designers and developers to drive the Web forward with rich content and applications." Runtimes Deliver Consistency Across Desktops and Devices; Inside and Outside the BrowserAdobe unveiled Flash Player 10.1 today, which provides a consistent runtime across desktops and mobile devices and is supported by close to 50 participants in the Open Screen Project. Flash Player 10.1 support is expected to be available for a series of mobile platforms including Google Android, Blackberry, Symbian, Palm webOS and Windows Mobile. (See separate press release) Adobe AIR 1.0, the Flash Platform runtime for delivering Web applications outside the browser, has significantly expanded its penetration with over 200 million installs since its release last year. Adobe AIR 2, previewed today at MAX 2009 and available in beta later this year, will allow for entirely new applications in the desktop context, providing developers with more features to take advantage of desktop operating systems, such as enhanced support for mass storage devices, peer to peer net
Stephen L Rose of Windows Team Blog announced availability of Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010: We are pleased to announce the release of MDT 2010 available for download here. MDT 2010 has been in planning and development for a little over a year and is our largest release to date with over 70% of our code changing since MDT 2008. MDT 2010 has also been tested throughout our Beta and Release Candidate versions by well over 10,000 IT professionals around the world. We appreciate all of the feedback you have given and without your help this release would not have been possible. Michael Niehaus did a great series of blog posts on most of the new features of MDT 2010. You can review those posts here. Please make sure you review the release notes for instructions on how to upgrade from MDT 2008 or one of the beta releases of MDT 2010 here. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR MAKING THIS RELEASE POSSIBLE!
Dell today introduced new products and services designed specifically to meet the needs of medium and small businesses by simplifying operations, reducing downtime, enhancing information security and reducing operating cost. The new portfolio includes four 11th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers; Lifecycle Controller 1.2 embedded systems management; the PowerVault NX300 network attached storage (NAS) device; Dell Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) and Dell ProConsult services to help growing businesses achieve greater IT efficiency. The new solutions and services are available through Dell or any of the company's more than 50,000 Global PartnerDirect Channel Partners. Simple, Reliable and Secure Technology: Simple: Dell has developed an integrated set of hardware, software and services to help small businesses improve their efficiency. Small businesses can enjoy easy set up, monitoring, and maintenance with the inclusion of advanced systems management technologies now on all Dell PowerEdge servers. Dell Lifecycle Controller 1.2, simplifies the deployment of new server platforms by automating the operating system installation of local and remote servers for small businesses and large enterprises alike. It saves time and money by including the correct drivers for all the operating systems and components pre-loaded on Dell PowerEdge servers. Lifecycle Controller 1.2 further simplifies system management through integration with popular IT management consoles: BMC Software BladeLogic Operations Manager and Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager for fast and easy installation of one or more servers across networks. The new Dell PowerEdge T110 and T310 tower servers and the R210 and R510 rack servers are equipped with the new Intel Xeon 3400 series processor for the performance necessary to run business workloads with the Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating system to provide excellent value for smaller organizations: The PowerEdge T110 is a customer inspi
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2009 - HP today announced the latest version of its HP Exstream enterprise software, a single solution for streamlined design through delivery of customer communications across the enterprise, regardless of complexity, variability or output channel – including high-volume, on-demand and interactive document applications. HP Exstream 7.0 includes more than 250 enhancements and emerges from a development cycle that included testing and deployment by more than 50 HP Exstream customers worldwide. The new release is already in production at several customer sites. "We selected HP Exstream to replace our legacy document automation solution," said Jim Lucanish, general manager of O'Neil Data Systems, a Los Angeles-based technology-driven publishing company. "With HP Exstream 7.0 and the high-speed HP Inkjet Web Press we have a single solution to provide more robust personalized communications for our wide range of customers – whether they want statements, welcome packets, personalized newspapers or election ballots." Improved support for interactive document applications Enhancements such as the ability to automate sections and paragraphs and the inclusion of bar codes can be used for complex interactive document applications, including fully personalized transactional documents and contracts, agreements, policies, letters and business forms. Rich content can now be retrieved by the HP Exstream LiveEditor directly from enterprise content management (ECM) and business process management (BPM) systems, web applications, and SharePoint, and then sent back to these sources for updates after editing. Other significant capabilities include security features such as confidential masking of information, role-based editing and expiration certificates, as well as many new user productivity tools, including custom dictionaries in multiple languages and extended workflow and repository capabilities. Significant enhancements for on-demand communications The
Amazon added a new feature called Virtual Private Cloud to their Web Services. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) is a secure and seamless bridge between a company's existing IT infrastructure and the AWScloud. Amazon VPC enables enterprises to connect their existing infrastructure to a set of isolated AWS compute resources via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection, and to extend their existing management capabilities such as security services, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems to include their AWS resources. Amazon VPCintegrates today with Amazon EC2, and will integrate with other AWSservices in the future. As with all Amazon Web Services, there are no long-term contracts, minimum spend or up-front investments required. With Amazon VPC, you pay only for the resources you use. If you are interested in this product you can check out its features and sign-up for the service via this page: http://aws.amazon.com/vpc/