iPhone SDK Downloads Top 100,000
CUPERTINO, Calif., March 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple(R) today
announced that more than 100,000 iPhone(TM) developers have downloaded the
beta iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) in the first four days since its
launch on March 6. The iPhone SDK provides developers with the same rich
set of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and tools that Apple uses
to create its native applications for iPhone and iPod(R) touch. Read more
McGraw-Hill Construction Launches Network Express to Empower CRM Users
NEW YORK, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — McGraw-Hill Construction,
part of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) and the leading provider of
information and intelligence to the construction industry, today announced
the launch of Network Express. Network Express provides comprehensive
project information from the industry-leading McGraw-Hill Construction
Network(R), built on the Dodge database, for easy and flexible integration
with CRM systems. Read more
Zoho People Targets HR Departments
Human Resource Management App Helps Companies Run Businesses Online. PLEASANTON, Calif. — March 10, 2008 — Zoho today announced Zoho People, its human resource management application for companies that want to run their businesses online. The Zoho People video tour gives a quick overview of the key functionalities in the application and is available at http://www.vimeo.com/770428 or http://www.viddler.com/raju/videos/20/.
People joins Zoho’s suite of business applications, including Zoho CRM, Zoho Meeting, Zoho Projects, and Zoho DB. The new offering is ideal for small and medium businesses (SMBs) with 50+ employees.
“Zoho People is one of our first department-specific offerings,” said Raju Vegesna, Zoho evangelist. “Unlike other SaaS players, Zoho uniquely delivers online productivity apps, business apps, and now department-specific apps under a single umbrella. As we often say, we want to be the IT department for SMBs. This means we have to offer business applications along with productivity and collaboration applications.”
HR for the People
Purchasing and deploying most HR applications can cost anywhere from $10,000 to over $100,000, a steep price for cost-conscious organizations that need to streamline their HR departments. With Zoho People, organizations can avoid that expense with an online, self-service HR application that is both enterprise grade and cost effective.
Zoho People targets HR teams within organizations with over 50 employees. Currently available in beta release, the application will be constantly improved in response to customer feedback. Today, Zoho People includes several modules that streamline human resources management.
• The Organization Definition Module lets users define the structure of the organization – including departments, roles, and employee details – by dragging and dropping nodes on a tree-style organization chart. Employees can be added individually or imported from an existing source.
• The Recruitment Module eases the hiring process in an organization by automating the steps from searching for candidates in the resume database to recruiting new employees. This module allows managers to raise job requirements for posting on the Website by administrators. Features include posting positions currently open within the organization, position requirements, candidate consideration and qualification, and job offers made. Resumes can be added to the module’s resume database, searched during openings and re-categorized.
• The Forms Module contains various pre-created, commonly-used forms for tasks in any organization, like a leave form, a travel request form and an expense report form. This module includes 28 forms by default. With Zoho Creator integration, this module allows administrators to create and add new forms, or customize existing forms to fit an organization’s needs.
• The Checklist Module lets administrators automate a series of business processes and define the flow based on any content that is added, modified, or removed from Zoho People. Tasks can automatically be assigned to different individuals, groups or departments based on defined workflow. For example, a check list for a new hire might include the HR department enrolling the new hire in a benefits plan, the purchasing department buying a laptop, and the IT department configuring the laptop for use.
• The Self-Service Module lets employees and managers define and update their personal information; access and submit company forms, such as expense reports; and review organization policies and procedures. Managers can also define job openings and organize their team structure. Employees can submit information to the HR department using defined reports. This module also holds information on compensation and different regulatory compliances for your organization.
No two businesses are alike. To give users maximum flexibility, Zoho People is completely customizable. Zoho has integrated Zoho Creator into Zoho People, so users can customize every aspect of the application – from the user interface to forms and content – to reflect each organization’s business processes and identity.
Zoho plans to tightly integrate Zoho People with Zoho Business. For example, modules such as the Self-Service Module, which can be used by departments other than Human Resources, will be available to Zoho Business users.
For more information on Zoho, please visit www.zoho.com. To get breaking Zoho news, please visit and subscribe to the RSS feed at http://blogs.zoho.com/.
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About Zoho and AdventNet
Zoho is creating one of the most comprehensive suites of affordable, online productivity and collaboration tools for today’s knowledge workers. More than 200 developers work on the Zoho Suite, often implementing new features just days after customers request them and responding to customer queries within minutes of their posting. To date, Zoho has more than 500,000 users who rely on its 17 different applications to meet their online collaboration needs. Zoho will continue to expand the breadth and depth of its suite of offerings with new and updated applications. For more information on Zoho, please visit www.zoho.com.
Zoho is a brand of AdventNet, in business since 1996 providing innovative software tools worldwide. For more information on AdventNet, please visit http://www.adventnet.com/.
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Siemens PLM Software Sponsored Race Teams Off to a Roaring Start
Roush Fenway Racing Driver Carl Edwards Wins Back-to-Back NASCAR Sprint Cup
Series Races
Hendrick Motorsports Driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Joe Gibbs Racing Driver
Denny Hamlin Win Pre-Season Races
KB Racing’s Greg Anderson Wins NHRA Season Opener
PLANO, Texas, March 8 /PRNewswire/ — Siemens PLM Software, a business
unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global
provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today
announced that Siemens PLM Software-sponsored racing teams — whose cars
are developed with the help of Siemens PLM Software technology — are off
to a strong start to the 2008 racing season. Read more
Gameloft Confirms Plans to Develop For iPhone With Over 15 Titles in 2008
NEW YORK, March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — As referenced during the
company’s keynote speech at the recent Game Developers’ Conference,
Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of games for mobile phones,
today confirmed its intention to develop over 15 mobile games built upon
Apple’s iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK). Read more
Software AG Publishes BPM Basics For Dummies(R)
HANNOVER, Germany –(Business Wire)– Mar. 6, 2008 Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, in conjunction with Wiley Publishing, today announced the publication of BPM Basics For Dummies(R): Software AG Special Edition. Written by three Software AG executives, the book offers a pragmatic and fast-paced introduction to Business Process Management (BPM), which they define as “a process-centric approach for improving performance that combines information technologies with process methodologies.” Read more
Software AG Extends SOA Further into Mainframe Environments with Release of the webMethods Application Modernization Suite
HANNOVER, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today introduced the webMethods Application Modernization Suite as a comprehensive product suite for revitalizing and extending mainframe applications. The release fully leverages the company’s global leadership in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) and business process management (BPM) markets, and builds upon nearly forty-years of mainframe experience. Available versions include a Web Edition for low-risk, non-invasive Web enablement; a new SQL Edition for standards-based mainframe data integration; and a new SOA Edition for service enablement, governance, and deployment of mainframe assets within an enterprise-scale SOA. Read more
ComponentOne IntelliSpell, the Fastest and Most Complete Spell-Checker for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
PITTSBURGH, March 5 /PRNewswire/ — ComponentOne has released its
latest pioneering product, ComponentOne IntelliSpell. ComponentOne
IntelliSpell is a powerful spell-checker application for Microsoft Visual
Studio 2008 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, capable of 400,000 words per
second and is equipped with developer friendly task lists and wiggly
underlines to help speed documentation correction. Read more
Sangoma Continues to Grow Overseas Distribution
TORONTO & THE NETHERLANDS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sangoma Technologies Corporation (TSXV: STC), the premium provider of PC-based telephony hardware and software products for proprietary and open source networking and telephony solutions, announced today that they have partnered with The IP Company MSMLE (Mobile, Small and Medium Enterprises, Large Enterprises), a provider of open source solutions, to expand distribution of Sangoma’s premium telephony and data cards throughout Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Middle-East. Read more
New Report Provides an Overview of Russia’s Mobile Market, Covering Regulatory Developments, Mobile Operators, Technologies, Mobile Data, Content and Applications
DUBLIN, Ireland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets has announced the addition of Russia - Mobile, Mobile Content & Applications Overview & Statistics to their offering. Read more