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"JReport 11 continues our mission to deliver data visualization, discovery, and self-service tools to our users on all modern platforms," noted Dr. Bing Yao, President of Jinfonet Software, on the release of JReport 11. The new release, which provides advanced data visualization with a powerful dashboard system and a mobile solution, features 40+ chart types and styles now enhanced with live charting including motion, real-time, and scrollable charts. Motion charts allow users to dynamically view data trends by auto-playing chart parameters. For example, you can put a chart in motion to show month-by-month changes over the course of a year. Real-time charts enable any web services data feed to be displayed and refreshed automatically. It can be used for monitoring applications, including system performance, stock charts, and real time applications. Scrollable charts ... (more)

Best Practices on APM in Windows Azure and Silverlight

Are you the one to decide on implementing your next project based on public cloud platforms such as Windows Azure? Is it going to be HTML5, Flash or Silverlight for your rich end-user interface? Have you thought about the costs running on cloud services that seem cheaper than hosting on your own hardware? What other open questions and second thoughts do you have that keep you from making a decision? Getting End-to-End Visibility in Windows Azure Our partner ‘software architects' already walked through these questions and decided to deploy their time cockpit application (timecockpi... (more)

Cross-Platform Mobile Website Development – a Tool Comparison

Gartner says, in three years, mobile application development projects will outnumber PC projects by 4-1 ratio and in four years, 50% of the people will primarily access their emails from a mobile device. So, the necessity of establishing a mobile channel for your customer is – well a no-brainer. However, should you just build a mobile website or should you also invest in building native applications is not easy to decide. There can be no doubt that you need to have a website optimized for mobile devices. What is the best way to build and maintain that website is not a simple deci... (more)

IBM Acquires Worklight

How about we start this post off with some facts? - Mobile data traffic exceeded voice traffic in 2010 (Wireless Industry News, August 26, 2010) - Shipments of smartphones exceeded the shipment of PCs for the first time in 2011 (2011 Economist) - Ten billion mobile connected devices are expected to be in use by 2020 (2011 Economist) - 74% of surveyed CIOs indicated mobile capabilities were a top investment priority over the next three to five years (2011 IBM Global CIO Study) As you may surmise from the above, the mobile computing space is hot. Companies are already doing mobile... (more)

Improving the Mobile Experience with HTML5

It has been reported that one third of the world's top 100 websites have already adopted HTML5, a percentage we expect to grow with the ever-increasing amount of traffic coming from smartphones and tablets and, more importantly, the amount of conversions and revenue-bearing transactions coming via that channel. With Adobe signaling the end of mobile Flash, HTML5 has quickly become the choice for companies looking to deliver a rich and interactive mobile Website or app experience. In the end, organizations must deliver an exceptional design and exceptional performance to give th... (more)