IT SECTOR

One of the founders of the company MySQL AB, David Eksmark, announced his resignation from the corporation Sun Microsystems. For several years he worked at Sun Microsystems, holding a number of senior posts: supervised the development, is the head of the internal IT department, responsible for liaison with the community of MySQL. As explained himself Eksmark caused his departure from the Sun as the internal rules of the company: "I hate rules, which I have to follow, and I hate to violate them. Therefore, the preferred option for me is the denial of permanent employment and further cooperation with MySQL and Sun at less formal environment. " The company Stimulsoft announced withdrawal Stimulsoft Reports.Net 2008.2, a new version of the famous reporting. In Stimulsoft Reports.Net 2008.2 fully processed kernel is reporting that caused more than doubling the speed. Radically redesigned interface that is implemented on the basis Ribbon UI. For several dozen existing bar codes hav...

8 October in Moscow went SAP-Forum 2008, organized by Europe's largest producer of software company SAP AG. As you know, she is developing corporate software for the automation of all internal business processes: accounting, trade, manufacturing, finance, personnel management and warehouses, etc. Among the customers SAP - almost all companies from the list of Fortune 1000, and now SAP is starting to earth and small business (on their classification, is a company with annual sales of at least 10 million euros). Forum SAP - a traditional event for the business community, representatives of large corporations and partners SAP, but have never before in its history it has not been in such grim circumstances, when all around and just talked about the financial crisis. The tone of the Forum asked in his opening remarks, Jovan Maryanovich, general director of SAP CIS. He explicitly said it is now forced to deal with the company: "We call customers and say: everything has changed, we d...

Microsoft has released information about Visual Studio 2010 and development platform. NET Framework 4.0. So far released only those changes that affect Visual Studio Team System 2010 - component VS, which would create a single ALM-space for the entire project. In VSTS 2010 will be enhanced support for UML and DSL, will increase the effectiveness of testing at the expense of special tools designed to deal with difficult reproducible bugs, plan testing, verification of changes in the code. Microsoft Team Foundation Server will have a built-in support for Agile Development'a, improved communication between developers, new visualization tools. Moreover, as assure the representatives of Microsoft, the introduction and management of TFS was greatly simplified. Nokia announced a package of Qt Extended 4.4 (formerly Qtopia), a new version to develop applications for mobile and embedded devices that are running Linux. The composition of Qt Extended includes 19 components for the implementat...

The biggest Russian search engine and Web portal «Yandex» postponed the primary placement of its shares (IPO) for an indefinite period. First public offering was planned for the third quarter of this year. Now the IPO could take place until May 2009 th, but only if the situation in financial markets will soon stabilize. IPO to be held in the U.S. high-tech NASDAQ stock market in Silicon Valley. June 20 «Yandex» even opened its own office in California - Yandex Laboratories, - headed by peremanil one of the top managers caught up in crisis Yahoo. Defectors Vish Mahidzhani was previously directed at Yahoo Search, and until then engaged in the same company Inktomi. Before the first half of 2009, Yandex Laboratories should have been a small representation of staff 10-12 staff. The official purpose of opening representative offices (in the version «Yandex») - to support the search quality. According to the guide, «Yandex» became a company of international standing, and it needs to maintain ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) often becomes the latest instance in economic disputes developed nations. But rarely such proceedings relate to companies IT-industry. One of those rare cases occurred relatively recently. Conflict of interest This is not completed so far story began in June this year. Then the U.S. government and Japan sent a joint complaint with the WTO. They complained to the European Union, which in their view, charged with manufacturers of computer equipment unnecessary taxes. Specifically, it was about companies that produce computer monitors, printers and cable converters. The reason for the differences is that these groups when importing goods into the territory of the EU duty-free to reach 14%. Interestingly, however, that the major manufacturers of such equipment - China, Taiwan, Malaysia - claims not to the Europeans. In a sense, the root of the conflict - the International Agreement on Information Technology (International Technology Agreement - ITA), whic...

Today, to any outside observer, it is obvious that the company Apple serious crisis of governance. And he was not due to failures and not the world's financial turmoil, but precisely the contrary - stunning success of Apple products in recent years. Even in summer and early autumn of this year against the backdrop of excellent sales and elegant financial condition of Apple, just exactly the place the company experienced a few unpleasant moments associated with the sharp fall in its shares. And, revealing, they were all linked to the persona Co-founder and head of Apple Steve Dzhobsa. More precisely, with the state of his health (Dzhobsu about a year ago, removed the malignant tumor of the pancreas). Now is Dzhobsu appear on a person not in the tsvetuschem as rumors start to crawl on his feel unwell. The last time Apple shares have collapsed, most recently, when spread information that Steve took Dzhobsa ambulance with a heart attack. Then, the truth, it turned out that this is hog-...

October 7, one of the most famous producer of microprocessors - the company AMD - announced its restructuring, which divided it into two companies. One will specialize in the development and design of chips, the second - to release processors. So AMD intends to reduce operating costs and increase their market share. The company, which will release a chip, will be temporarily named Foundry Company. AMD, it will have 44.4% stake. Attachments from AMD it would be technology, intellectual property, patents, manufacturing facilities including two production sites in Dresden and related assets of factories. Headquartered Foundry Company will be located in Silicon Valley in the USA. The remaining shares of Foundry Company will be at the disposal of an investment company Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), established by the authorities of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). Advanced Technology Investment Company promised to immediately invest in Foundry Company $ 2,1 billion, with $ ...